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What is everyone's opinion, Subjective and/or Objective... as to what was the year the GT was built with the most Quality and Performance?
Best GT Year for Quality and Performance
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best performers were probably 69 and 70 GTs, which had high compression engines, best quality built were probably the 73's, had extra bracing in the doors what whatnot.
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I have to say '68 purely because I can and it's not on the list!
Worst engine has to be '73......it's asthmatic!
Worst engine has to be '73......it's asthmatic!
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Where Were You - in '72!
The '69/'70's had the best performance with high compression engines but the quality of the cars is reputed to have improved through to '72
A '72 with retro-fitted 9:1 pistons and a 32/36 DCD Weber is one of the best!
THe original owner of my '72 had these fitted in late 1972 after taking the car back to the dealer and complaining about lack of power - so mine has the best of both eras.
BTW: The bodyshop that restored my car had a 1975 Ferrari there at the same time and the comparison between the Opel and Ferrari bodywork was a revelation - the Ferrari was noticeably inferior!
The '69/'70's had the best performance with high compression engines but the quality of the cars is reputed to have improved through to '72
A '72 with retro-fitted 9:1 pistons and a 32/36 DCD Weber is one of the best!
THe original owner of my '72 had these fitted in late 1972 after taking the car back to the dealer and complaining about lack of power - so mine has the best of both eras.
BTW: The bodyshop that restored my car had a 1975 Ferrari there at the same time and the comparison between the Opel and Ferrari bodywork was a revelation - the Ferrari was noticeably inferior!
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Yes, I can
From Mid Model Year 1972 until 1975, there were two extra holes drilled in the front of the head, in front of the timing gear. They went into the timing case. It may of been a response to oil leaks.
The problem with these heads is that they were "hardened" so the valves could tolerate the unleaded fuel being introduced. They were not very tolerant to heat, sooooooo if you overheated just once, you were very likely to crack a valve or the head. The earlier style heads were more tolerant to heat.
There are others here who could go into more detail.
HTH
Jeff
From Mid Model Year 1972 until 1975, there were two extra holes drilled in the front of the head, in front of the timing gear. They went into the timing case. It may of been a response to oil leaks.
The problem with these heads is that they were "hardened" so the valves could tolerate the unleaded fuel being introduced. They were not very tolerant to heat, sooooooo if you overheated just once, you were very likely to crack a valve or the head. The earlier style heads were more tolerant to heat.
There are others here who could go into more detail.
HTH
Jeff
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Thats Cool....But i have a 1971 Gt with a 1970 Gt 1.9L Motor with the high Compression so id like to know what the diffrence is instead of the loss of about 20whp loss from 1970 to 1971 because of the emmision law in 1971. P.s...I got a CD player for my car today and put it in it's all coming together! Slowly
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