RIP Burt Reynolds

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,460
    ^^^ But that hood looked cool.
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  • gmcman
    gmcman Posts: 1,807
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    ^^^ But that hood looked cool.

    Yessir.

    Wheels also.
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  • [Deleted User]
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    edited September 2018
    One of my favorites was Sharkey's Machine.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,997
    gmcman wrote: »
    FestYboy wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    charley95 wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Always made me laugh. Bought my first "new" car after the Bandit movie came out. Wonder if they'll bury him next to Jackie Gleeson....hmm. RIP brother, thanks for the memories.

    Was it a TA? Would've killed for one back then.

    Indeed it was. Car was so cool back then. Then 1980 rolled around and they took the guts out of that car with a wimpy turbo.

    Umm whaaaa???? Ain't nuthin' wimpy about the turbo 3.8 there Tony, that engine is a beast.

    I believe you're referring to the 1989 T/A. The 1980 was offered a 301 V8 turbo. Even if you wanted to crank up the boost, that engine had a puny crankshaft compared to the 400.

    Indeed, that 301 turbo was a dog, barely kept up with the standard 305's in stock cameros . The TA's with the 455's was where it was at.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,656
    Super duty 455 with the scoop that worked.
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,535
    edited September 2018
    KennethSwauger wrote: »
    One of my favorites was Sharkey's Machine.

    I'm going to watch this again tonight. Came out on Blu Ray a couple years ago. Definitely doesn't hurt that Rachel Ward is in it! And cool audio gear too. Perfect ending in this scene...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-24-SkG2Jw
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  • gmcman
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    tonyb wrote: »
    gmcman wrote: »
    FestYboy wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    charley95 wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Always made me laugh. Bought my first "new" car after the Bandit movie came out. Wonder if they'll bury him next to Jackie Gleeson....hmm. RIP brother, thanks for the memories.

    Was it a TA? Would've killed for one back then.

    Indeed it was. Car was so cool back then. Then 1980 rolled around and they took the guts out of that car with a wimpy turbo.

    Umm whaaaa???? Ain't nuthin' wimpy about the turbo 3.8 there Tony, that engine is a beast.

    I believe you're referring to the 1989 T/A. The 1980 was offered a 301 V8 turbo. Even if you wanted to crank up the boost, that engine had a puny crankshaft compared to the 400.

    Indeed, that 301 turbo was a dog, barely kept up with the standard 305's in stock cameros . The TA's with the 455's was where it was at.

    I agree..It made gobs of torque down low, but just wouldn't "run".

    Granted it's forced induction, but the "flow" part of the equation needed more R&D. I think the secondaries alone flowed more than that small intake tube on the manifold.vo4kipdll0ms.jpg
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,138
    I had forgotten that Gator McKlusky appeared in "White Lightning" (1973) three years before "Gator" (1976), Burt's directorial film debut.

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  • [Deleted User]
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    He was also a semi-regular on Gunsmoke
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  • Viking64
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    KennethSwauger wrote: »
    He was also a semi-regular on Gunsmoke

    Was he the character that had a limp or was that Dennis Weaver?


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  • halo
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    tonyb wrote: »
    charley95 wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Always made me laugh. Bought my first "new" car after the Bandit movie came out. Wonder if they'll bury him next to Jackie Gleeson....hmm. RIP brother, thanks for the memories.

    Was it a TA? Would've killed for one back then.

    Indeed it was. Car was so cool back then. Then 1980 rolled around and they took the guts out of that car with a wimpy turbo.

    4.9 litre 301 cid turbo! A friend had one. The 301 was not a great engine imho. I had one in a '77 Grand Prix and it was very anemic.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited September 2018
    FestYboy wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    charley95 wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Always made me laugh. Bought my first "new" car after the Bandit movie came out. Wonder if they'll bury him next to Jackie Gleeson....hmm. RIP brother, thanks for the memories.

    Was it a TA? Would've killed for one back then.

    Indeed it was. Car was so cool back then. Then 1980 rolled around and they took the guts out of that car with a wimpy turbo.

    Umm whaaaa???? Ain't nuthin' wimpy about the turbo 3.8 there Tony, that engine is a beast.

    The 3.8L SFI Turbo Buick V6 is a beast (I owned a 1987 Turbo Regal with the T-package - blackout package ((amongst other options)). The 4.9L Turbo Pontiac V8 was a t-u-r-d
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    tonyb wrote: »
    gmcman wrote: »
    FestYboy wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    charley95 wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Always made me laugh. Bought my first "new" car after the Bandit movie came out. Wonder if they'll bury him next to Jackie Gleeson....hmm. RIP brother, thanks for the memories.

    Was it a TA? Would've killed for one back then.

    Indeed it was. Car was so cool back then. Then 1980 rolled around and they took the guts out of that car with a wimpy turbo.

    Umm whaaaa???? Ain't nuthin' wimpy about the turbo 3.8 there Tony, that engine is a beast.

    I believe you're referring to the 1989 T/A. The 1980 was offered a 301 V8 turbo. Even if you wanted to crank up the boost, that engine had a puny crankshaft compared to the 400.

    Indeed, that 301 turbo was a dog, barely kept up with the standard 305's in stock cameros . The TA's with the 455's was where it was at.

    The 455's ended in '74 or '75 IIRC. None available by '77. EPA regulations & catalytic converters killed the muscle car until the Buick Turbo Regals with the fuel injected, intercooled, 3.8 V6's started to stomp the guts out of the V8's of the day. The '87 GNX was the fastest production car made in America (1/4 mile).
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  • pitdogg2
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    Viking64 wrote: »
    KennethSwauger wrote: »
    He was also a semi-regular on Gunsmoke

    Was he the character that had a limp or was that Dennis Weaver?


    Dennis Weaver
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  • FestYboy
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    The only other GM turbo enines I was aware of we're the Olds 3.5L (265ci) Rocket Fire, the 164ci Corvair flat 6 and the 4.3L from the Typhoon/Cyclone (besides the 3.8 of course) all of which had some serious GO available. The Corvair engine had to be dramatically detuned in order for the trans to survive. Now I've learned something.
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    edited September 2018
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    Viking64 wrote: »
    KennethSwauger wrote: »
    He was also a semi-regular on Gunsmoke

    Was he the character that had a limp or was that Dennis Weaver?


    Dennis Weaver

    Quint Asper

    Loved that show


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  • nooshinjohn
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    FestYboy wrote: »
    The only other GM turbo enines I was aware of we're the Olds 3.5L (265ci) Rocket Fire, the 164ci Corvair flat 6 and the 4.3L from the Typhoon/Cyclone (besides the 3.8 of course) all of which had some serious GO available. The Corvair engine had to be dramatically detuned in order for the trans to survive. Now I've learned something.

    You forgot one... the 215cid Oldsmobile Jetfire from 1962.
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  • FestYboy
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    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    FestYboy wrote: »
    The only other GM turbo enines I was aware of we're the Olds 3.5L (265ci) Rocket Fire, the 164ci Corvair flat 6 and the 4.3L from the Typhoon/Cyclone (besides the 3.8 of course) all of which had some serious GO available. The Corvair engine had to be dramatically detuned in order for the trans to survive. Now I've learned something.

    You forgot one... the 215cid Oldsmobile Jetfire from 1962.

    No, not forgotten, misspoken... The Rocket Fire at 3.5L that I mentioned is the 215ci Jetfire that you speak of. I'm a derp. 215ci is 3.5L and it's the father of the Land Rover v8, aluminum block and all (minus the turbo).
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  • nooshinjohn
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    Wrong motor... the one you speak of was a Buick design, and was pretty much given away to British Leyland. Range Rover inherited the design a couple years later. The Jetfire was all Oldsmobile, and was retired in 1963 due mostly to customers not grasping how to care for their cars and other tech issues the division didn’t feel like trying to solve.

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  • FestYboy
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    According to wiki, the blocks are the same, but I was unaware that Buick and Olds developed them separately. New little tidbit to store away.

    Nice little rabbit trail this thread took... I feel somewhat responsible. :/
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,460
    edited September 2018
    I have dozens of books on automotive history... don’t need wiki for nothing. Another littlle tidbit about that engine family is that Olds wanted to use it for the Toronado, back when it was a car the size of the original 442, and they were going to use the Corvair transaxle to make it work. The transaxle could not handle the torque, and the engine could not handle much of anything else, so the descision was made to use the big-block family, as Olds did not have a small block up for the task, and GM started to trim fat by forcing the divisions to share bodies, even on their “Halo” cars. Toronado and Riviera shared their shells in 1966, though the Riviera stayed RWD, and the Eldorado jumped on the FWD bandwagon in 1967...
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  • Viking64
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    edited September 2018
    pitdogg2 wrote: »

    Dennis Weaver

    Mick Jagger was wandering around the Playboy mansion and he walked into a room to find Hef and Dennis Weaver in a compromising position. Mick says: "Hey! Hugh! Get off of McCloud!"
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  • nooshinjohn
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    That one isn’t even worthy of an eye roll...
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  • Viking64
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    Guess what I am going to do today?

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  • nooshinjohn
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    Viking64 wrote: »
    Guess what I am going to do today?


    Promise to stop posting those stupid Pug pictures?
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,138
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Promise to stop posting those stupid Pug pictures?

    That's not going to happen. :o

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  • krazypolk
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    AMC theaters will be showing Smokey and the Bandit from September 12-20 at or below $5 per person. https://www.google.com/amp/s/deadline.com/2018/09/smokey-and-the-bandit-returns-to-amc-theatres-as-a-burt-reynolds-homage-1202459939/amp
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    I will,be there for sure...
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  • Viking64
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    krazypolk wrote: »
    AMC theaters will be showing Smokey and the Bandit from September 12-20 at or below $5 per person.
    I'm watching it right now. :)

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  • gmcman
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    Viking64 wrote: »
    Guess what I am going to do today?

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    I didn't know he was in a movie named "Heat". Odd that 4 years later they made another movie named "Heat", which is one of my favorite films...with Pacino and DeNiro...the whole film had an amazing cast.

    Looks like I have some catching up to do.
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