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Old 02-25-2007, 09:48 PM
Morley Morley is offline
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Re: couple questions about 79 TA

What kind of info are you looking for? I used to own a '79 T/A and know quite a bit about them.
The Olds 403 in them was rated at 185hp and around 210 ft/lbs of torque and was a smallblock engine. The 403 is not a good choice for a high HP rebuild unless you have one of the heavy duty ones. The standard 403 had "windowed" main webs and therefor couldn't take a lot of stress. There were some "heavy duty" 403's produced with solid main webs and they were mainly found in trucks.
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