WAS: drag race times NOW: history of listers

[Livolsi, Stephane]

Seems like a lot of us have progressed from the 'muscle' car raw power and
big cubes to the more 'refined' power and tuning of our European current
rides.

When I think back to when I was driving my 68 Torino (mild 302) I realize
that my current 86 5ktq wasn't even built yet!

Stephane

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> From: 	David Head[SMTP:v8q at bellsouth.net]
> Sent: 	July 16, 2003 2:56 PM
> To: 	Dan Cordon
> Cc: 	quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: 	Re: Drag racing times (long)
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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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>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...
> >>
> >>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...  ;-)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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....
> >
> >--
> >Dan Cordon
> >Mechanical Engineer
> >University of Idaho - Engine Research Facility
> >
> >
> >
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