What Motor did that '73 Bonneville have?
I know the Ventura was a 350 4v.Excellent chase.
shareI believe it had a 400 engine.
shareDoesn't really matter. Both cars were customized to the hilt. '73s were the first year that the compression ratios were drastically reduced. If they had used stock vehicles, the chase would have taken twice as long--no compression, no acceleration, no power at all.
"You eat guts."--Nick Devlin
I think Grand Villes came with a 455.
People rag on those cars for the detuning and whatnot but they can still be made to move with few changes. Monster if you tweak them even more and beef up the suspension.
Choked off with emissions crap, low compression, and low rearend ratios. Probably more than a "few changes."
They were good-looking cars in the early and mid-70s, but it was a decade before Detroit figured out how to put a little power back in them.
Oh, well!
"You eat guts."--Nick Devlin
Not really, it's just tacked on ancillary crap to the car after the fact so it can be taken off. The compression ratios would take more to change though.
The 71s were almost identical and they didn't suffer like the later years.
I have a 74 Impala which is essentially the same platform with only a 350 in it, the car flies for something 4,000lbs. However it has no emission equipment on it (I think it was removed in the 70s), factory duals and an aftermarket intake/4 bbl Holley as well as some other things.