I had a 1956 Ford car with a inline 6 cylinder engine,Maybe 272 cubic inch,stock,that would run 110 by the speedometer.Are you all trying to say through the quarter,or long distance? Lots of cars would go faster than 140 MPH.Even through the quarter mile.Newer Police interceptors than mine,like in the 1970s would go 180 or more.I owned one of them for a couple of weeks before I sold it,never ran it wide open though but it would get to 120 quick.Some kind of Plymouth,cant remember what ,maybe a Fury and about a 1978 model.My 1964 Impala with a 350 and a 4 speed,headers and Torker manifold 650 double pumper would do 110 0r more through the quarter and a guy with a Z28 Camaro around here could out run me,and I raced a stock Vette that beat me by a little,so Maybe they were going 115 or 120 through the quarter mile.No drag strips around here,but we used stopwatches and measured the quarter mile.All of those cars would do 140 by mathematics,and probably more.My cars had 15 inch tires,and most people ran 15 inch tires.14 inch tires on cars with a inline 6 maybe.Newer cars like in the 1970s maybe had 14s on them stock.It wouldnt be hard to find an old Chevy with 15 inch tires and bias ply tires were probably quite a bit taller than polyglass wide ovals that came on most hot rods.Also there are higher gears than he mentioned.There are 3:30 and even gears down into 2 somethings.I dont know what the cop car had for gears except they were high,not stock.
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