📸 Photography Unlikely and underwhelming survivors

[guspech750]

Saw this awesome piece of American engineering a few days ago at Costco in St Charles.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Hopefully they’re in there getting new prescription glasses

 

[DEEZUZ]

 

[DEEZUZ]

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

Meh, I saw 12 of those on my drive in.

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Here’s a very rare, unique and kinda underwhelming one. 1976 Milan Seville convertible. It’s rad AF

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One of the earliest efi cars from what I remember. 350 Olds.

 

[v6buicks]

One of the earliest efi cars from what I remember. 350 Olds.

I had no idea that those 70s EFI Cadillacs were Olds powered. I actually had no idea about them at all other than they were built. TBI?

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Port.

I had no idea that those 70s EFI Cadillacs were Olds powered. I actually had no idea about them at all other than they were built. TBI?

Port but a piss poor intake design. Bet they could have picked up power, mpg and emissions with proper runners.

 

[v6buicks]

I thought it was port. Damn that's a terrible intake design. ? I don't know why I expected better from late 70s GM though.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

god damn that looks terrible

 

[blue-sun]

? would drive as is.

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Would LS swap.

 

[Mr_Roboto]

god damn that looks terrible

I thought it was port. Damn that's a terrible intake design. ? I don't know why I expected better from late 70s GM though.

It's funny though that GM oscillated from that to the insanely long runners of the Crossfire and TPI, then to a mini-ram esque LT-1 to the LSes where they truly got it right. It was like they couldn't decide/figure it out.

If they would have just stuck 1.75" CSA say 10"-12" long runners in that intake it would have probably done almost everything better.

ED:Now that I say this, the turbo 3.8L carbed and 301 intakes look somewhat similar. What are the odds they have no runners either!?

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

? would drive as is.

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By today's standards that now looks like a mini-truck.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Bonus GMT 400 pickup in the pic too.

 

[v6buicks]

Sorry about my dirty windshield. I don't know how anyone manages to keep a first gen Tiburon this nice though. Paint wasn't faded or anything.

 

[sktchy]

Would LS swap.

Got one of those to swap a carbed 350 into whenever they get it drug over here. I kinda tried to himt towards an ls but where they already wanna ditch the tbi I didn't get much further than makin a joke about scary wires

 

[Mr_Roboto]

How much power? Betting the TBI could do it with the right people doing the calibration. They're primitive but not a bad system. Low headaches honestly. At this point though they're probably almost all leaking at the throttle shafts and parts are probably harder to come by.

 

[DEEZUZ]

 

[DEEZUZ]

Sooo. What is it

 

[frank]

Sooo. What is it

Toyota celica gt forsure, mid 80’s generation?

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

It's an ra64 celibacy

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Celica*

I'm totally leaving that autocorrect

 

[Blood on Blood]

From Chicago Spotters…. This is CLEAN

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Is that an 84-87 Electra Park Ave?

If so VERY VERY closely related to the GN engines. The 86-87 even used a 7148 box. It had 2 dot rods and a crank that would drop into a standard RWD block, although it was cut for a 1pc rear man. It had a timing cover that would bolt on to the standard RWD blocks as well (although not sure how compatible it was) as well as the heads/intake fitting a regular block as well and a myriad of other things. Pretty cool engine really, they never boosted one from the factory probably because of the gear box I'd imagine.

My brother had one, as he put it the seats were like rolling down the road on a stuffed sofa.