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Ray,
Tell the
people you've been talking to they have no idea what they are talking
about.
A dual quad
car, especially with progressive linkage, is perfectly streetable. As
the Chrysler 300 guys would tell you, even a non-progressive linked
cross-ram car is street
worthy.
As to the
hemi, the only difference between it and any non-hemi is the layout of the
valves. There are NO maintenance issues
whatsoever.
I'm sure
there were budgetary restrictions on purchasing cop cars then as today but there
were innumerable departments running hemi Dodges and some Chryslers, MANY cross
ram equipped cars and I will never forget the sound of the 440-equipped
California Highway Patrol cars coming down an on ramp after a
speeder!
Drive that
dual quad hemi daily!
Wayne
-----Original Message-----
From: Angela Underwood
[mailto:AUNDERWOOD2@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 8:10
PM
Subject: 2x4 engines
Hello everyone. I have had several people tell me
that it is practically impossible to run 2 4bbls on the street on any kind of
regular basis. Knowing that many of you on the list run multi-carb engines of
several different varieties,what are some of your experiences with this? I
also read in a police car collectors' manual that one of the buying
restrictions for a certain major city in the mid fifties was up to an
including the 383(even with multi carbs) but to exclude hemis of all
dimensions based on their labor intensive upkeep. Any thoughts on this? I plan
to drive my hemi with 2x4s, probably not everyday but quite often. The commute
to work is less than 10 miles round trip.
Thanks for any input.
Ray
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