Posted by MeanGene1 on July 25, 2010 at 16:23:06 from (209.148.104.56):
In Reply to: Cars posted by Bill from Scotland on July 25, 2010 at 10:52:38:
There were indeed a few '60's- early '70's era musclecars that would dip into the 13's- a Hemi or 440 Six-Pack Roadrunner or Super Bee, which hooked better than the 'Cuda or Challenger, a Cobra Jet Fairlane or Cyclone, LS6 Chevelle, L88 Corvette, or the sleeper and one of the fastest of the bunch, the GS455 Stage1 Buick, which could probably run a 13 with the A/C on, could all run a high 13 with stock tires and available optional gears. And the '69 Z28 didn't run anywhere near the 12's in stock form- it was quick for a 302, as was the Boss 302, but still a little engine in a car that wasn't that light. I have a few old Car & Driver magazines (that I bought new) with some comparison tests, wild one from '69 called "The Econo-Racers", six cars, a Hemi RR, 383 Super Bee, 396-375hp Chevelle, Fairlane Cobra and Cyclone CJ with 428 CJ's, and a GTO Judge, road, drag strip, braking, and road race course- RR took first by a slim margin over the Fairlane, then the Cyclone, Judge, Chevelle last- too bad they didn't include a GS400. Another from '68 was a Z-28 and a Tunnel Port 302, both set up with any option available from the factory, Z had the cross-ram, Tunnel Port inline 2x4, headers, and 4.10/4.11 gears with street tires, and Sam Posey driving- and both of those somewhat tweaked cars din indeed run high 12's. Another from '70 was a 340 Duster, Boss 302, LS6 Chevelle vs a stock, original early wire wheel, skinny tire 289 Cobra, again with Sam Posey driving- the Cobra won, but not by much My own include a pair of '62 Galaxie 500XL's, one is an original black paint 406-405HP 3-deuce hardtop, manual steering & brakes as no power options with the solid lifter engines, now running a 2x4 427, C-6 with 4000 converter and 5.14 gears (jumps pretty good LOL) and a matching ragtop that's a 390 car (soon to be a 427 with a 3-deuce for looks). Also have a '69 R-code 428 CJ Ram-Air Fairlane Cobra and a '69 390 Ranchero GT to match, a '69 Mach1 that I bought from my dad in '73, a '66 428 T-Bird, and a half-finished '64 Falcon drag car, Alston tube chassis that will certify to 7.50 and a 514 SVO that will probably get switched out to a 505ci Genesis block "427" as those nasty old FE 427's are just more fun, and loud as he!! Have a total of 10 427's including the 505 and a couple 454ci strokers, two CJ's and an SCJ, so I can reload the Falcon and the other toys for a while- thinking seriously about one of those 454's with EFI and headers in the '66 Bird and quiet exhaust- here, Camaro hehehe Just sold a '64 Fairlane Sports Coupe- anybody want a '66 Country Squire wagon? Got too many, something's gotta go
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