Thats wrong!I had a Chevelle,a 1964 SS that would go 140 with a 327 and a 4 speed,solid lifter cam,Edelbrock Manifold,dual point distributor, 780 Holley,headers,L 60 15s on the back,American mags.Plus I beat a Charger with a 440 through the quarter 2 out of 3 races with it.Charger was stock,but a 327 and a 440 is a lot of difference in Horsepower.My gears were better for the quarter,cant remember what they were now,maybe 3:90 gears,maybe higher.I had a 1963 Ford Police Interceptor that raced a Vette,top end,and it was a real close race,and the Vette speedometer said 160.It had a solid lifter cam 390 and a 5 speed automatic transmission.Yes it really had a 5 speed,overdrive, automatic transmission that was made out of cast iron instead of aluminum.With the solid lifers,it would wind way up there.It was a cop car and all they did was take the lights and siren and spotlight off of it.I wish I still had that old car. Lots of cars would go faster than that.In high school I had a friend who had a Plymouth GTX with either a 383 or 440,and it had 180 on the speedometer,and pegged it.We figured 180 or close to it,by running it a distance and seeing how long it took.Like 16 miles in 5 minutes and had to slow down to 100 or lower for some curves.Probably the most scared Ive been in a car at about 16 years old.It had modifications,but I dont remember what for sure.I know it didnt have headers,maybe cast iron headers,but it was long ago,not sure. You can even get an automatic transmission car way up there going downhill with a long hill and a solid lifter cam.Even a long hill goes by quick at 160.The 4 speed would pull down going up hills with a small block,but a big block would not pull down as bad.One of the fastest cars I ever was in was a Chevelle with a 4 speed and a 454.I dont know how fast it would go,but it would go,and get there first,if racing about anything around.If he didnt run off the road taking off.It would burn rubber as much as you wanted to.Another fast car was a 426 Hemi Roadrunner,and just about anything a 426 Hemi was ever put in,was wicked.Even 440s were fast,rubber burning machines. 340s too.289 and 390 Ford Mustangs would go too.Most of it has to do with the rear end gears and solid lifter cams.A car with high gears will eventually outrun a car with low gears if there is enough road.The low gears get you off the line quick,but the high gears let you go fast top end.Overdrive like the cop car had, helps on a long distance high speed.It would take it a mile to get up there,but it would fly,and actually would come clear off the ground,way off the ground, on a short hill if you didnt know when to get out of the gas.Stiff suspension,high speed, and you can come off the ground,and land, and live, if you are lucky and nothings under you when you land,and you dont turn the wheel any, while in the air. I even had a 1956 Ford car that had 120 on the speedometer and I put a solid lifter cam 352 engine out of a cop car,and a 3 speed transmisson,and pegged that 120 MPH speedometer.At least 140 MPH and going up still when I got off of it. GTOs would fly.Where I live there is another town 13 miles from this one,I made it from main street here to the square there in 5 minutes,and still have witnesses who rode with me with a stopwatch in my cop car.There are 7, 45 MPH curves,not to mention a couple of miles inside the city limits of the towns to get to the square and out of town from main street,with turns and stop signs and Railroad tracks. I had to slow down to about 65 for the 45 MPH curves with bias ply tires and 3 inch wide drum brakes.I was with a guy in a GTO that did it faster than that.I dont remember what he did to it,but it was a hot rod.I know he went faster through the curves than I did. Plus the most horsepower any of them had was maybe 500,but thats doubtfull.The 454 Chevelle maybe had more than 500 horsepower.Most had about 350 maybe 400 horsepower,even with carbs,cams and headers.Its more the gears and cam than anything.More horsepower lets it hang in there better on the hills,and gets you fast quicker,but the old cars would still run,real good.
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