Here is my Homage to my wonderful 1981 Chevrolet Citation X-11. It hopefully is living somewhere, so if you know where, please let me know. I lost her when I was having some "financial troubles".
The little girl sure would run. Had a 84 2.8L H.O. (that replaced the original 2.8 HO the original owner blew the head on) that had a 3/4 race cam and was conservatively estimated at 150 HP. Also had a 2 Barrel progressive Holley Carb (450CFM), and an updated interior (sport buckets, not the crappy standard buckets). The engine smoothed out about 2000 RPM, and shook like a beast at idle (550rpm). If you could hold it at 72 MPH it would get 25 MPG, but city driving the cam really killed it (about 14MPG). It had a slight push in high speed cornering, but was perfectly stable at any speed or orientation. I just wish it had a 4 speed auto instead of the 3 speed, because at about 95mph it started running out of gear and the engine was still pulling like at 35mph.
It had an optimus sound system (2 - 3" and 2- 6x9") with a Clarion head, measured at 110dB. Turned the Quarter in 15.9 @ 104Mph, and it's main claim to fame was to blast a 1995 Mustang 5.0 in the 1/8 mile strip by almost a car length.
The one of the few surviving pictures
See page two for the listing of the Plantation's former residents
