Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
I remember I had a Mercury Capri as my second car. Not the ones that became Mustang Bodies in 79 but before that. It had a small V6 and as light as the car was, I smoked most small blocks 305s-350s It was a part German Car not sure if the engine was German, But I always thought that engine would have been perfect for Midget racing. Even in that small Capri, It looked small but it had all kinds of torque and would just scream, it wasn't till about 80 where the V8s started pulling me..
Had a 76 Capri, those things got with the program. With the old USRC group out here in so-cal the only limit was 200ci on any engine. They tried to even things up by allowing wider right rears for some engines. [or motors, who really cares?]