It was a pretty small car, and for a 4 cylinder of the time, very smooth
running. He went 85 mph everywhere he could. I'm not saying it was as
fast
or quick as a 1st gen Challenger, but, for a 4 banger it was a quick
little
mf. Remember. Pinto. Vega. Chevette.
"Bryan" <bryan.swadenerNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:UIWdnTDgmr-fPkLbnZ2dnUVZ_hmtnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "Newsgroups" wrote:
>> A frat brother of mine had one. It was gold and was very quick and
fast.
>> Good handling. Back then, it seemed like every other person in
>> Cincinnati
>> had one of these.
>
> In '78-'83, the second-generation Challenger (a Mitsu im****t) was
powered
> by
> a carbureted inline 4cyl 1.6L (4G32) or 2.6L (4G54)... about 100hp for
the
> 'big' engine. Unless your frat brother seriously hotrodded it or
swapped
> in
> a larger engine, you must be thinking of the first generation 70-74
> Challenger. See Wikipedia: http://tinyurl.com/24ptjv
>
> Bryan
>
>
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