Quote Originally Posted by harddrivin1le View Post
Those cars were neither that quick nor that fast when they were BRAND NEW and 100% PRODUCTION LINE STOCK - not even those that were tested on slicks.

Example: This GTX (a Roadrunner with a few nicer trim pieces) trapped @ 13.43 @ 104.86 - on 9" wide slicks and with 4.56 gears - back when it was BRAND NEW and 100% production line stock (but fitted with the slicks and gears):

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...g?t=1205441732


"Musclecar Review" is a current publication that caters to what amounts to a religion. The results they post are generally not representative of the how the cars ran when new - 35+ years ago. Rather, they are representative of how MODIFIED (e.g. "pure stock drags") examples run TODAY - with mods - admitted to or otherwise.

Why are you unable to comprehend that fact?

You religiously read that rag yet you were oblivious to what "stock" (NHRA's definition, as used by the guys running in the "pure stock drags") meant. So was that rag - until I wrote them and told them so. (And yes, they published the letter. Even their answer was clouded by ignorance. They had no understanding of what a "cheater cam" was, for example.)
Those three cars listed above ran 13s in completely stock condition. And, sometimes, even when hampered with a balky manual transmission (many car mags preferred Mopar's 3-speed automatic Torqueflite to the Mopar 4-speed manual transmission). A car running in the 13s is fast then and now. And can actually be dangerous in the hands of an inexperienced driver.

The GTX you are referring to was a convertible... a several hundred pound handicap right there. A hardtop or coupe would have been a little faster. In any case, that GTX ran a best 1/4 mile of 13.97 @ 103.50 with only the driver aboard, 3.23 gears and factory '60s tires. Very good for an unmodified street car with an engine detuned for street use.