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No wonder Chrysler started crying and got the 427 banned. By the way this is the pass mentioned in the Wikipedia article I posted. 9.23 for a stock T-Bolt on modern slicks.

Could be.

I got it second hand and the previous owner had replaced the stock exhaust pipes with Dunstalls which greatly improved performance. I put the stock "reverse cone" pipes back on it (which were included in the deal) and you could feel performance drag, it wouldn't accelerate nearly as promptly. It really needed those Dunstalls.

Also, there were at least a couple of options for the rear chain sprocket back then and I'm not sure if he didn't replace the stock one with a smaller one, giving slightly slower acceleration but higher rear wheel RPM's at the top end engine RPM level, i.e. higher top speed. It wasn't a drag racer by any means but with that flat power curve would accelerate very smoothly through all four gears and get to going really fast before you realized it. Got stopped by a cop doing 70 in a 35 MPH zone and honestly didn't realize I had gotten up to that speed.

It was a 1970 model based on 1940's technology but it had Class with a capital C. It handled better than any bike I've ever ridden and cornered like it was on rails, had crappy electronics and an almost useless rear brake. With all that torque you had to adjust the chain tension about every three days, and the ride was accompanied by the smell of hot oil and gears and widgets and what-nots all thrashing around down there. For a 19 year old kid it was great!

They were badass, pure and simple. Actually, checking back, mine was a '70 Gran Sport 455. Not so great in corners, but it would flat pin people to their seat backs for quite a distance if I so desired. Got more than a few speeding tickets in that one... and burned out more than a few tires. Young and dumb and all that...

Hits the head - really? I did know that lead additive does help avoid wear, but darn - I always thought that tetraethyl lead was an ignition control compound to deal with pre-ignition issues in higher compression situations - thought it raised the octane rating. Like - in Sunoco 260.

ahhhh, brings back some memories.

I hesitate to rank and only 10?

In no particular order,

68 to 70 Dodge Coronet, two door, 440 4 speed. A guy I knew had one of these. Thing was a sleeper and a rocket.

67 -68 Firebird, 400 4 speed.

65 GTO, I liked the side by side headlights better...

68 - 71 Nova, 327, 350, or 396!

70 Cuda Hemi, or 440 tripower. Drove a 440 tripower for a while. Most power I ever drove.

68 Galaxie 500 or Fairlaine with a 390 or 427

68 Beaumont 396

64 - 67 Vette roadster, big or small block, top down, the Muncie M22 is whining, the exhaust is burbling - doesn't get much better on a nice day.


I know some of the new cars can really go but there was something about that old iron.

I'm not buying that a Camry would shoulder out a Goat.

After the Honda CL-350 and a Kawasaki Bighorn 350 and a bunch of dirt bikes, I wanted a bigger, faster road bike. I test rode the Kawasaki 500 triple and it scared me when it suddenly came on the pipe and unexpectedly wheelied. Instead I got a used 1970 Honda 750-4, an awesome good bike.

For awhile, in my younger days, I had a lot of powerful cars (300+hp):
1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser (310 hp/368)
1959 Chrysler New Yorker convertible (350 hp/413)
1961 Cadillac convertible (304 hp/389)
1962 Impala ht (300 hp/327 3-speed)
1963 Pontiac Catalina/Ventura (303 hp/389 4-speed)
1964 Impala wagon (300 hp/327 4-speed)
1967 Riviera Gran Sport (what a car! 360 hp/430))
1970 Pontiac Formula 400 (335 hp/389)
1972 Eldorado convertible (365 hp/500)

Somebody mentioned "seat time"

The B-body mopars of 68, 69, 70 (GTX, Sport satellite, Road runner, Coronet, Super bee, Charger) with 383 magnum and an auto trans, good street cars.

Plenty of 383 and 440 4 speed cars fell prey to the 383 magnum and an automatic.

It was a job beating that combo on a quarter mile of county road.

Armed with a 383M/727 auto trans B body, a dork with a pocket protector and a pair of birth control glasses could take lunch money from a gear head in the same car with a 440/4 speed.

It happened plenty of times.

383= big block that revs like a small block.

The 383 magnum with the 727 behind it = "user friendly"

lol!

Smash the skinny peddle, steer the car.


If a better car beat you, it's because the dude could drive.

How about those 426 Max Wedges? You know, the ones with the race engines already installed in them?

what i want my polara to look like. [video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_J7DmCDeeTk[/video]

That stance is perfect.

Are you going to roll the rear fender lips like that?

maybe, but i am going to split the wheel well's and move the inner side out to the frame, will give me 3 more inches of room. its going to get blasted ad primed after Xmas. one of my new duck hunting buddy's owns a paint/body shop.

The leaf springs don't confine you as much as the inner well?

I suppose you are going link/coil overs?

going to run caltrac bars and springs http://www.calvertracing.com/index.php i'll move the spring mounts inline with the frame or on the inside of the frame.


dart wheel well widened

Tie for first - 1964 Chevy Corvette with 427 and 1966 AC Cobra with the 427 engine.

The 427 showed up in 1966.

I don't think the 427 was available in a 64 Vette... don't think that was available from the factory until 67.... could be wrong tho, no expert...

any of you Vette experts know if the 409 ever found its way into a Vette straight from the factory?

Brother in law in MN has one of those.... but the 426 in it was not straight from the factory with one...I think it was equipped with a 413 with 2 4V's on it....