The final day of Hot Rod Power Tour 2023 is here and we start in lovely Charlotte North Carolina, headed towards Bristol Tennessee! Fortunately for us there are some excellent twisty roads and mountain passes between here and there, and we're going to enjoy every darn mile of them! Both the 1979 AMC AMX and the 1967 Pontiac GTO are still rumbling along nicely with no serious issues.
Our 1979 AMC Spirit AMX is powered by the original AMC 304 V8 that came with the car, however it's been refreshed and now .060 over and close to 9 : 1 compression, sporting the same 2.87 rear gear now with a posi unit, and a recently completed upgrade from the T4 4 speed to a T5 5 speed! She's ready to run! The 1967 GTO was mechanically rebuilt in the 90s however has been sitting essentially idle for the past decade and a half plus. The 400 Pontiac is still under the hood, running approximately 9.5 : 1 and backed up by a recently rebuilt Pontiac TH400 transmission from Vickers.
We're on the road to Bristol for the final day of HRPT 2023, then headed even further North and home to Columbus Ohio!
