Bondurant P71's ... info ?

[Marauder386]

I am just curious as to the 411 on these cars ... where did they go after the Bondurant School went over to the Bowties ... any pics ? Anything at all greatly received and appreciated ...

:coolman:

[StevenJ]

http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/72538/index1.html

I believe there used to be an article on Car and Driver about it too but this is the only one I can find. I don't know if they still use them or not but interesting article anyway.

[Marauder386]

Thanks so far for that article StevenJ ... I am trying to gather information for a special project...it is a starting point..Thanks again !

:coolman:

[BK_GrandMarquis]

Here are a couple of thread at CrownVic.net when they were on sale on eBay.

http://www.crownvic.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=performance&Number=792687&page=5&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

http://www.crownvic.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=performance&Number=835759&page=4&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

[ex00p71]

A guy on crownvic.us just bought one. Pretty cool cars.

[Master]

These were the ones with the Cobra drivetrain and manual tranny, right? I agree that these units make a good jumping-off point and it poses the question: Why is it such a big deal for us to add a manual tranny? If we all went with the Tremec 5 speed extra heavy duty (P/N M-7003-R58H) rated at 600 ft-lb torque. (don't use the M-7003-F 6-speed if you have too many mods as it can only handle 440 ft-lbs) then we'd have a rockin' car for sure.
BTW: I heard that the Mustangs they use all get crushed after a few years at the track becuase they have spent their lives flexing and stressing and would be considered unsafe for private use. I guess the CVs with their full frame don't suffer so badly.
Didn't know they had switched to chevy's though. Interesting. What do they have for performance rear wheel drive?

[StevenJ]

It has the non-supercharged cobra powertrain. It's the 320 hp Cobra motor, not the superchaged one.

[Master]

Exactly. At 320 hp, and about the same torque, the 6-speed should hold up nicely. Once you supercharge, though, look out. The 5-speed super HD would be the answer.
We should really start a thread to see just how serious, and how many members would really like to go the manual route. Its been talked to death, but without any real statistical analysis.

[94_302]

I had contacted them in the past about a cobra-vic but I was told that all their cars are not street-legal and the asking price was close to 30k if remember correctly. Too much imo for a car that can't be driven on the street. But you do get one hell of a car for that.