Drag racing times (long)

[David Head]

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When I had my 66 GTO .060 over 389 with tripower I went through 11
clutches, 2 rear ends and innumerable ujoints in 2 years. With a 3.08
rear I could get 20 mpg hwy. When the other 2 carbs cut in I got 8...
But it was a very fast 8 mpg...

454 is a GM big block. Mopar(s) came with 318, 340 4 barrel, 340 six
pack, 440 4 bbl, 440 six pack and 426 hemi. It pays to know your
competition.

The only thing that ever nailed my goat was a 66 Chevelle with a Ed Pink
built 396. Damn that car was quick.

Dan Cordon wrote:

>>>There a kid up the road with some kind of 70's Mopar (?) monster he's
>>>playing with... lime green... LOUD... has left some very fancy patterns
>>>of used runner on a few intersections around here.
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>>>It's got a 454 in it.  He's running 13's, too.  In a car practically
>>>delivered by its manufacturer ready to drag race.
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>>Yeah, and the kid up the road is NOT getting 20-25 mpg either.  I used to
>>have friends with 'Cudas and they were very familiar with single digit mpg
>>calculations. Actually, that's a calculation you might do once because
>>after you know how low it is, what's the point.  Pay to play...
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>>Of course, it really depends on how hard you drive it.  You just have to
>>have the will-power to resist the temptation. I'm sure if you took it
>>easy...  ;-)
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>I had a '70 Mach I mustang that I used to drag. At the time it was about
>427 hp in a very highly modified small block. I also used it to commute
>to work and such, but it wasn't very good at that :o)  Anyway, if you
>were VERY nice to it, and with the 2.75:1 rear end I put in for highway
>cruising I could get as much as 11.5 mpg. Around town you would expect
>no more than 6 mpg. A day at the drags would usually have something
>around 2.5 mpg or so. It was a very spendy commuter, and a pretty crappy
>highway car to boot. I still have the car, but have since transformed it
>back to near stock and am getting ready to sell it.
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>Just for clarity.....did the 70's Mopar really have a 454 in it? It was
>it a 440? Seems odd to put BBC power in to a Mopar, but I've seen
>stranger....
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>Dan Cordon
>Mechanical Engineer
>University of Idaho - Engine Research Facility
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