1988 Cadillac Brougham

[sgtsandman]

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Made some decent progress 'cleaning' this damn thing up over the last week or so. Even got wild enough to run a new fuel line & filter from the pump lol.

All the computer controlled carb & air injection nonsense has been removed and tossed in the trunk. I have a bit more fiddling with wires to do.. mostly getting them all pulled back through the firewall and removing them along with the computer.


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Nice caked up Intake

Thank the PCV system for that. I think about that time was when catch cans started to be a thing.

 

[Blmpkn]

Hey when you get this thing going...and i get my LTD going...we should take them to the strip and run em'

Let's gooooooo! Lol. 145 horsepower right here..

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Let's gooooooo! Lol. 145 horsepower right here..

I think thats what my my 351 has...maybe 150 lol. 290ftlb though.

How heavy is that thing? I know mines right around 4000lbs.

Itd be a interesting matchup lol.

Then maybe get someone to loan us a parking lot for an autocross

 

[Blmpkn]

I think thats what my my 351 has...maybe 150 lol. 290ftlb though.

How heavy is that thing? I know mines right around 4000lbs.

Itd be a interesting matchup lol.

Then maybe get someone to loan us a parking lot for an autocross

This does like 255ft lbs iirc.. but curb weight is somewhere around 4300-4500lbs according to Google.

Autocross would be a riot lol

 

[bilbo]

When I saw autocross with big smog cars suggested it made me think of this:

 

[rusty ol ranger]

This does like 255ft lbs iirc.. but curb weight is somewhere around 4300-4500lbs according to Google.

Autocross would be a riot lol

What engines in that? A 305 right?

An autocross would be absolutly a riot. My guess is after we ran a lap or two it would look like someone dropped a whole crate a cones from a chopper that just landed and exploded everywhere lol

 

[Blmpkn]

What engines in that? A 305 right?

An autocross would be absolutly a riot. My guess is after we ran a lap or two it would look like someone dropped a whole crate a cones from a chopper that just landed and exploded everywhere lol

Close.. it's got an olds 307.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Close.. it's got an olds 307.

Ah ok

I dont know....i think i might get ya

 

[Blmpkn]

Ah ok

I dont know....i think i might get ya

Probably what's your rear end ratio?

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Probably what's your rear end ratio?

2.50.

Currently.

Im thinking about grabbing a 3.00 third member though from a ranchero.


Oh and i relooked up the specs... 149hp@3200rpm 291ftlb@1600rpm.

Per the 70s chilton manual i got lol
Yours pry has a 3.08 dont it?

 

[Blmpkn]

I'm not sure honestly.. could be 2.73s or even 2.42s lol... something incredibly high considering it has a 4 speed

 

[rusty ol ranger]

I'm not sure honestly.. could be 2.73s or even 2.42s lol... something incredibly high considering it has a 4 speed

Yeah thats a crazy gear with O/D.

I know my LTD would peg the speedo (85) before it shifted from 2nd if you were floored lol

 

[bilbo]

The junkyard gem from a few days ago made me think of these threads.

Junkyard Gem: 1971 Ford LTD Brougham 2-Door Hardtop

A 1971 Ford LTD Brougham hardtop coupe in a Denver-area self-service wrecking yard.

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