Sorry Buster, ya'all seem ta be in the minority here. Most of us that
owned Vega's had a good experience. well, except you ;-) It was all
oil pressure related.
I know there were folks that had a bad time with them, but if I had
to bet, it would be all those with auto trannies. And you know what
they say about trannies ;-)
Larry
On Nov 25, 2005, at 7:08 PM, Dave Carpenter wrote:
> I too was a happy Vega owner. I had the 71 Panel Express truck,
> 110hp, 4speed. Ran 18.56 at the drags. Got 33mpg. Drove it for ten
> years in the summer only. As long as you didn't overheat the motor
> and kept the oil changed they were fine. Most mechanics didn't go
> with the acid etch of the silicone impregnated cylinder walls, so
> they through up their hands and called it junk. The only thing I
> did was new valve stem seals to halt the oil consumption. After
> storing it for 15 years, I had collected enough NOS parts to
> restore it, but decided the Healeys were worth more. I sold it to a
> guy that wanted it for parts for a V8 project he was working on.
> I'm still ebaying parts.
>
> Dave
>
> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. wrote:
>
>> Incidently, I happen to have been a very happy owner of a 73 Vega.
>> I thought it was a marvelous car. I had no troubles with it, and
>> enjoyed it very much.
>>
>> I believe most folks issues were the fact that it was one of the
>> very first high revving engines to come out of Detroit and most
>> folks drove it like it was a V8. Low revs in that car made for
>> low power and low torque, unlike the V8's of the day. That engine
>> was happiest at full song, rev'ed nicely to 7K and ran best in
>> the 3500 - 5000 RPM range. At the time all the owners wanted to
>> run their cars at 1200 -3000 RPM (great for the high torque V8's
>> of the day) and that rev range killed the aluminum blocks as they
>> could not get adequate lube.
>>
>> So I humbly disagree, while not the best ever, certainly not the
>> worst.
>>
>> Larry
>> ex-Vega owner and miss it
>
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