Big Block or not?

But....you may be forgetting all the stuff out there for the 302. I like your idea, Norm....but I'll have to take the 302 in a Fox wagon. You can go wherever you want with the performance stuff out there. The 302 in my Mark VII was a fast engine and I'm not light footed at ALL. I got a consistent 22 plus MPG. I'll take that with lot of snort to go with it.

 

That is the console I would like to have to, but then I would use the space were your ashtray/lighter and clock is to position the position the vents. Heck I could even run a tube through the tunnel and have a seperate vent (control) in the back!

 

HMMMMMMM a Twin Turbo 300 I6 Interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IHAZeqwQvA

 

Heck just buy the Zephyr and have Norm send you a ac dash.

 

Double hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, what about a twin turbo'ed 302?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMu7tG4AJvU&feature=fvw

 

Now THAT'S my kind of thinking!

 

Eggxactly !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I pulled the AC out of my fox.
Actually need it a total of about a week out of the year up here.
And I have another car with AC so whatever...
Plus if you don't have it there is more room for a turbocharger. heheh

 

Any mustang, capri dash from 1979 to 1986 will fit right in, and they usually came with AC. Plus you get all the gauges.

With a Turbo mustang/capri, you get the Turbo boost/vacuum gauge, instead of the ammeter.

 

I got a meter but it's not for a car.

 

There is no replacement for displacement. 7 liters+ in Europe? you da man!

 

An AC dash would be my choice. Then just stick in the factory air system.

 

I would agree with that, but it depends on how hard it is. I had a discussion with Norman some time ago about this and he told me that it is a lot of work. Of course, finding an a/c car would be easiest, but as this is only the second Fairmont/Zephyr wagon ever I have seen for sale here, that doesn't seem so feaseable.
A/C is needed to keep both the misses and my son happy on the trips to and in Italy and would greatly increase the acceptance of driving a classic daily. This also means it has to be done fairly quick; before the summer.
Finding a good a/c dash with all the stuff, installing the rest of a/c before then would be difficult. That's why I thought about the underdash system.

Let's first get this Zephyr home and then I can decide.

 

My choice for a really nice unmolested car would be leave it as is.

 

But...he wants/needs AC, Andy. Perhaps selecting a different car would be easier. Modifying cars is always more difficult than it may seem before starting on it.