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Subject: 1977-78 Fury/Monaco question Author: Bearhawke in Az [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 08:26:47 07/12/02 Fri Question: I dug out my copy of Sanow's book on 1979-94 Mopar squads and in it was a chapter devoted to the woes of the Maine State Police with their 1977-78 cars. What I am wondering about is this: were their mechanical problems unique to the 400 4V ELB single exhaust equipped Fury/Monaco cars or was it simply the luck of the draw? The reason that I am wondering was that the 1977-78 CHP Monacos were identical aside from being equipped with the Calif spec 440 Magnum sans Lean Burn along with dual exhausts. And those units seemed to be reliable. Bearhawke in Az [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date I think it was just crybabies up in Maine, ahyuh (NT) . 08:54:26 07/12/02 Fri I remember the 78 Monacos were terribly cold blooded engines here in the winter, and the lean burn was always a tuning problem. And the fuel milage was about 8-10MPG. Had to return to HQ to fill up at about the 6 1/2 hr mark of the 8 hr shift. (NT) Grainy 17:01:12 07/12/02 Fri Lean burn on a '77 Monaco? Jim O. 16:34:48 07/13/02 Sat Jim: the only big block Mopar offered in Calif for 1977-78 was the vacuum advance iqnition equipped 440 Magnum. Every other Mopar passenger car in those years had the 360 4V tops, period. (NT) -- Bearhawke in Az, 18:26:56 07/13/02 Sat Bearhawke, what about the 400 2bbl or 4bbl? (NT) -- Giant, 00:01:35 07/15/02 Mon Giant: according to Sanow's book the Maine SP problems were with the E68 400 4V.......I suspect that the single exhaust by creating too much backpressure was the culprit along with the extremely lean A/F ratios courtesy of that POS Lean Burn. (NT) -- Bearhawke in Az, 20:49:15 07/15/02 Mon I see your point Jim O. 14:44:28 07/14/02 Sun I think most likely it was the lean burn system and cylinder head warping. ford jockey but prefer Mopar 13:37:31 07/15/02 Mon Novas, now that's an improvement, I especially liked the way they all had the rear ends that slipped on the mounts and remained at an angle so when they drove down the road they were crooked, it kind of reminded me of a clown car in a circus parade. (NT) -- I'll stick with the Mopar...anyday., 17:46:30 07/16/02 Tue Actually we never experienced that common ailment with them. They were quick, roomier, solid and could turn on a thin dime. We drove ours to about 125k and they sold at auction for at least 1500 each not bad for local cars. -- ford jockey but prefer Mopar, 23:54:11 07/16/02 Tue