On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:07:55 -0700, "Michael Pardee"
<michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote:

>Ages ago my gearhead younger brother put a 427 in a Vega. He couldn't
>explain why! Anyway, he chopped the firewall up to do it. He said it steered
>worse than a normal Vega (if there ever was such a thing as a "normal" Vega)
>but accelerated like crazy. Uh-huh.

It's the brakes you have to watch out for. I put a monster motor in a
1970 Malibu fifteen years or so ago. It still had the original drum
brakes, front and rear. I quickly got reminded that it's just as
important to be able to scrub speed off quickly, as well as put it on.

Front disc brakes and a servo were next on the list...
--
Dan.