First, I would never classify a 74 anything as a muscle car. Second, you assume too much and know too little about what I installed - it wasn't a totally stock 400. Just because a car is heavy doesn't mean it can't turn OK numbers, though I admit I never clocked it.

Finally, please stop trying to compare Japanese and European cars to "primative" american V8 power. Even though it's technically correct that the japs and euros are better engineered in some respects, so what? That doesn't always mean more power but it usually means more money.

Besides, whenever you hotrod a japansese car, it still often looks ridiculous and sound obnoxious, even if it is fast (too many are not). What's funnier still is when one of those "rice boys" totals their Honda's front wheel drive system down at the drag strip trying to compete with a primative American V8 - rear drive setup. The price you pay for looking "phat" I guess.

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Gil

2004 ML350
1984 300CD; Ivory (sold)