Mitsu employed a "silent shaft" in their I4 engines of the time. I found
85mph was top speed in a '76 Arrow 1.6L.
Around that time, when Glidden was running the W2 LA engine in an Arrow, a
local Hemi Superstock racer by the name of Dave Wren tried to make the
2.0L
engine run in D/Modified Compact. I heard he'd run 12.8s in Pomona. I
saw
the car here in Seattle but didn't get to see it make a pass. Apparently,
after his burnout, he sheared off all 6 crankshaft-flywheel bolts. Later,
I
learned he doesn't like to recall his experience with that car. He had it
in an Arrow... side-draft Webers... Doug Nash 5-speed... Dana 60.
Bryan
Newsgroups wrote:
> 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 wrote:
> > "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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