73 ranchero weight

highp90town · #1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2007, 04:21 PM

HI, I,m trying to find a web site that will give me curb weight of certain vehicles, mainly 72 and 73 Ranchero's. Or does anyone know what these vehicles weight.

Thanks,

NumberDummy · #2 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by highp90town

HI, I,m trying to find a web site that will give me curb weight of certain vehicles, mainly 72 and 73 Ranchero's. Or does anyone know what these vehicles weight. Thanks,

1972: Between 3300 - 3600 pounds

1973: Between 3500 - 3900 pounds

Federally mandated heavy 10 MPH front bumpers, 5 MPH rear bumpers, isolators, and bumper reinforcements added in 1973.

highp90town · #3 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 08:59 AM

Thanks very much, this is useful information because I want to put enough power into the car to be close to (1hp per 10lbs). I didn't know if I should build the stock 351c or go to a 429 or 460, and stay with pump fuel. Looks like I need to go to the 460 with about 420hp.

NumberDummy · #4 (**permalink**) 03-04-2007, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by highp90town

Thanks very much, this is useful information because I want to put enough power into the car to be close to (1hp per 10lbs). I didn't know if I should build the stock 351c or go to a 429 or 460, and stay with pump fuel. Looks like I need to go to the 460 with about 420hp.

This might interest you.

Three of the 1972 Ranchero optional engines were:

429-cid 360HP Thunder Jet

429-cid 370HP Cobra Jet

429-cid 370HP Cobra Jet Ram Air

And a 4 speed with a Hurst Shifter! This was the last year of "The Good Old Days."

You will need heavier front springs if you install a 429/460.

82F1507.5 · #5 (**permalink**) 03-04-2007, 05:55 PM

BTW... the RAM AIR air cleaner assembly with or without vacuum doors, is now a reproduction item. This was a very rare and hard to find item even in 1972. No other RAM AIR unit is correct, or will work due to the seal between the air cleaner assembly and hood scoop. The whole RAM AIR assembly was a one model year only item.

Actually the 429 RAM AIR was a 429 SUPER COBRA JET. There was a difference at the intake to head ports and exhaust ports, high flow heads with larger intake and exhaust valves, and a beefier cam, something all SUPER COBRA JETS share. That engine was not available with A/C. It was typically mated to a 4Speed Hurst and sold with the DragPak options which included heavy duty front and rear coil springs, heavy duty front and rear anti-sway bars, heavy duty shocks. The 370 HP figure for the RAM AIR is bogus. Yes, Ford did advertise it as 370 HP, but that was for the EPA and insurance companies, but the dyno says different, more like 425 HP.

The 370 HP 429 will put a smile on your face. A 550 HP Ford Racing 460 will warp a smile on the face that you sit on..... That I know from experience....LOL

It takes 600+ HP to pop a wheelie with a 1972, if you want a picture I will try to dig it up, but I do have one.

In contrast, the Starsky&Hutch 460's of their day barely eek-ed out 200 HP. By 1978 the Lincoln 460 was down to a measly 165 HP.

Slap a set of aluminum Cobrajet heads, aluminum SCJ intake, SCJ cam, and headers on to one of those old 1978 barge engines and it will wake one up to the tune of 480 HP or more with no other changes.