Performance and handling: vintage versus modern! (minivan, muffler, filter, 1970)

[Riverboat Gambler]

Originally Posted by frankgn87

You are dreaming. I used to own a 63 Impala SS 327 /300 4 speed and my wifes 06 Rav 4 4 cylinder could have beaten it.

Maybe bone stock. This 327 is far from it. That Powerglide even has a shift kit and stall in it. I'm not sure but I know it's over 2,500 RPM. It burns rubber when it shifts.

[Riverboat Gambler]

Originally Posted by frankgn87

WITH MODERN modifications! Are you gettng this? Apparently not.

That's a Chevy 572 big block crate engine. It's stock right out of the box. It's a turn key engine that fits in a lot of older cars and trucks.




1955 Chevy 572 big block art morrison chassis - YouTube


Stacey Davids Trucks-Copperhead test drive - YouTube

[frankgn87]

Originally Posted by Riverboat Gambler

That's a Chevy 572 big block crate engine. It's stock right out of the box. It's a turn key engine that fits in a lot of older cars and trucks.




1955 Chevy 572 big block art morrison chassis - YouTube


Stacey Davids Trucks-Copperhead test drive - YouTube

572 is a MODERN big block with modern cam profiles and heads..

[Fleet]

Originally Posted by frankgn87

how do you think your Plymouth will fare again these neons?

I know I'd much rather own my Plymouth than a funny-looking Neon.

As I said before, you can modify almost any car to run 10s. Even a Neon, but it won't have the styling of a classic '60s muscle car.

[Fleet]

Originally Posted by frankgn87

There was not a single car made in the 60's that could trap over 120 in stock form. I lived it.. Remember? Not one..

Yes, there was.

See post #265 in the thread "Are today's cars better- or worse-looking than the ones of decades past."

[Magnatomicflux]

Originally Posted by snofarmer

Why? For entertainment, I like to race a ricer now and then.
Most of the time I only race cars other mussell cars.

close, On flat ground and with a egg under my foot I can coach 20mpg out of her.
For a few miles.

Nice. Gets better milage then my YJ! I'm at about 15

# in some rag are all propaganda, biased, and embellished by the author or participants this "talk" results is subscriptions.
Then there those # that were in the propaganda from the day that were all on the low side to appease the govt. the cars actually had more HP and went faster that was in the rags.

^^^ Yup.



Now, can we all be treated to some pics of your Charger? That is my all time, absolute dream car.


I just found this thread. Am I completly insane, or was someone saying a Camery could smoke a bone stock Charger?

[Lamplight]

Maybe it depends on the Charger, but according to this the 2012 V6 Camry gets to 60 in 5.8 seconds and runs the quarter mile in the low 14s.

Toyota Camry SE V6 Road Test – Review – Car and Driver

That's pretty darn quick for a stock, generic family sedan.

[frankgn87]

Originally Posted by Fleet

Yes, there was.

See post #265 in the thread "Are today's cars better- or worse-looking than the ones of decades past."

nope. Not even close. NO 60's 427 Camaro trapped 120 dead stock.. NONE. Not one.. That was typical 60's car magazine fluff. I lived it bud..

[Fleet]

Originally Posted by frankgn87

nope. Not even close. NO 60's 427 Camaro trapped 120 dead stock.. NONE. Not one.. That was typical 60's car magazine fluff. I lived it bud..

Yes, of course, you refuse to accept it.

BTW, the '68 Hemi-Dart and Barracuda trapped at 125-130 mph.

[Fleet]

Originally Posted by Lamplight

Maybe it depends on the Charger, but according to this the 2012 V6 Camry gets to 60 in 5.8 seconds and runs the quarter mile in the low 14s.

Toyota Camry SE V6 Road Test – Review – Car and Driver

That's pretty darn quick for a stock, generic family sedan.

And I posted road test specs of several '60s Chargers running in the 13s in the 1/4 mile.