[s-cars] NAC: biggest engine in American Muscle Car

[Mark Strangways]

Yes, I think it was in a few T birds (the 460 that is).


Yep, it was in 72' as an option.

http://www.albeedigital.com/supercoupe/articles/tbird_history.html

Scroll down to the middle.
Damn I thought my memory was bad , what a surprise.

Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "serge" <serge411 at speakeasy.org>
To: "Frederic L'Huillier" <Frederic.L'Huillier at Siebel.com>; "Mark
Strangways" <strangconst at rogers.com>; "Joseph Pizzimenti"
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Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] NAC: biggest engine in American Muscle Car


> Fredric, size wise GM had the biggest blocks that they were throwing into
> "muscle cars." The 455 ci engine came in the Buick Gran Sport, the
> Oldsmobile 4-4-2, as well as the famous Hurst Olds, and in the Pontiac
GTO.
> The Pontiac Firebird also had 455 in'70, but I'm not sure about '69.
> Chevrolet had the Chevelle and Camaro, but it came with a mere 454 ci
> engine. The Corvette had a 427 in 69, but you may have been able t
"special
> order" it w/ a 454, but I may be wrong about that.
>
> Ford had the 429 in their Mustang as you know. The 460 ford was huge, but
it
> was a "truck" engine, I'm not sure you could order it in a passenger car,
> that is not to say that a 460 never made it into a passenger car.
>
> Caddy 472 was the biggest engine in '69 but I do not consider that a
muscle
> car, though I had one (convertible, of course) that made many Camaro
owners
> cry. I believe the 500 ci Caddy came out in '72.
>
> But the most powerful muscle car engine of the time was the Mopar Hemi. At
> 426 ci, it was the most efficient combustion chamber design at the time.
> Plenty of people drove those Hemis from the dealer straight to the
> dragstrip. They came in Dodge Chargers, and a few Challengers, as well as
> Plymouth Roadrunners and 'Cudas. Chrysler even shoehorned them into a
couple
> light-weight A-body Dodge Darts called them "pro-stock" or something.
> Anyway, these Darts were very limited production, with fiberglass body
> panels, and were not intended to be driven on the street.
>
> All additions/corrections are welcome.
>
> HTH
>
> Serge Filanovsky
>
> 95 S6 Avant
>
>
> > I am looking for a stock american muscle car.
> > Thanks all for all your answers I have received so far.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Frederic
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Strangways [mailto:strangconst at rogers.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 2:29 PM
> > To: Joseph Pizzimenti; Frederic L'Huillier; s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Cc: s4audinut at aol.com
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] NAC: biggest engine in American Muscle Car
> >
> >
> > Don't forget about Ford and the 460 CI monster.
> > I don't know if it ever made it into a mustang or not, but odds are it
> > did !
> >
> > And Chrysler had some 500 + CI Hemi's , but the where not stock motors.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joseph Pizzimenti" <pizzoman at yahoo.com>
> > To: "Frederic L'Huillier" <Frederic.L'Huillier at Siebel.com>;
> > <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > Cc: <s4audinut at aol.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 8:11 AM
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] NAC: biggest engine in American Muscle Car
> >
> >
> >> I hate to say it, but where's Rod Haney when you need
> >> him?
> >>
> >> Pizzo
> >>
> >> --- Frederic L'Huillier
> >> <Frederic.L'Huillier at Siebel.com> wrote:
> >>> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I was discussing with a friend of mine of the 69
> >>> Mustang Boss 429 last
> >>> night and wondering which american muscle car made
> >>> at that time has the
> >>> biggest engine ? and how big is the engine ?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance for your help.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Frederic.
> >>> --
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