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Cobain03 · Sep 14, 2006

been a while since i've posted on here! so uh, whats up? lol anyways i got a question.

theres a kid runnin his mouth around town that his 66 is faster then anything. well natually, i have to step in and tell him no. i told him to run a 94 v6 5 speed (CAI and exhaust, other then that stock) that im good friends with and see how he does. said that car is liek a 17 second car. anyways, sometimes you gotta look over ignorance.

his mods:
performer 289 intake
edelbrock carb "detuned" was his word, looks small tho
headers and flowmasters.

now my question. how well would he keep up with me? both being autos.

65fastback2+2 · Sep 14, 2006

omw, youd own him

his setup is about the same as my 65 fastback...my 67 coupe is setup about the same but i think a tad better than your car....HUGE difference....his car would run mid 15's...yours would prolly pull a mid to low 14.

iskwezm · Sep 14, 2006

you'll be lucky to hit 15's, DONT BET ANY MONEY THAT YOU CANT AFFORD TO LOSE

Great68 · Sep 14, 2006

What gears do you have?

If you have the 2.80's you'd be REALLY lucky to hit any kind of 15.

Cobain03 · Sep 15, 2006

i probably have the highest gears available. 2.80 lol.

Spoofty · Sep 15, 2006

Well your got a small cam and it doesn't look like he does. So I would pick yours. But don't make any mistakes and hope he doesn't have a set of gears.
What tannys do you both have?

Vinyl66 · Sep 15, 2006

When I had a similar combo to yours: (minus cam, plus gears)
302 .030 over
Edelbrock 600
Performer RPM intake
Stock cam
Hooker Headers
40 series Flowmasters
H pipe
k&n
3.55 gears
C4 auto

I ran 15.4's on street tires with no tire spin. Gears greatly help with acceleration. Did you run your car on a chassis dyno to get those HP and TQ numbers?

Cobain03 · Sep 15, 2006

they are wheel power, i believe it was a dynojet.

how did your 3.55's effect town driving? high revving?

both are c4 autos (3 speed). plus i have the good driver mod versus him. he about lost it by doing a fishtale in the rain, which he should have thought, hey, its slick, maybe i shouldnt do that haha

65fastback2+2 · Sep 15, 2006

i spoke from the fact of all the different cars i raced light-to-light in my 67 and how my car reacted with open 3.00's. I completely blew away a single cab dodge ram hemi...and i raced with several camaro ss's and was able to keep up until we hit 100 lol...gearing will hurt you some, but not much...my stock 302 when i first got it had a spool 4.11 and it was equally as fast as my roller with 3.00's

Stangboy67 · Sep 15, 2006

My setup is also similiar in my '67, with a stock '90 5.0 long block, performer intake and at the time, a holley 600 w/vacuum secondaries. T-5 tranny and 2.80 geared open rear end. I ran 14.7 @ 96 mph on street tires with wheel spin issues. Hp calculators come up with 200-220 rwhp depending on whether you use the time or mph. I would think 65fastback2+2's time would be similiar with a lighter? car, although the auto trans might hurt some.

iskwezm · Sep 15, 2006

you have to remember racing isnt all about power, its about driving too. Same car,two drivers, one driver can run a better time due to skill. Because one car can run a mid 14 doesnt mean ALL cars with same combo will the same.HP doesnt mean anything unless the torque is there to get it to move. I still say 15's are a wish away.

Spoofty · Sep 15, 2006

Cobain03 said:
they are wheel power, i believe it was a dynojet.

how did your 3.55's effect town driving? high revving?

both are c4 autos (3 speed). plus i have the good driver mod versus him. he about lost it by doing a fishtale in the rain, which he should have thought, hey, its slick, maybe i shouldnt do that haha

My car has a 9" 350 limited slip.
60mph is close to 3000rpm. I also have a 3000 stall and I love this setup. I rarely drive on the highway though.

I've only run the 1/8. Do any of you have you 1/8 numders.
Mine are
1.8 60 foot
8.5 ET
83 MPH

Cobain03 · Sep 15, 2006

i'd love to take mine to the track. closest one is hour and half away and my luck, i'd break something.

65fastback2+2 · Sep 15, 2006

Stangboy67 said:
My setup is also similiar in my '67, with a stock '90 5.0 long block, performer intake and at the time, a holley 600 w/vacuum secondaries. T-5 tranny and 2.80 geared open rear end. I ran 14.7 @ 96 mph on street tires with wheel spin issues. Hp calculators come up with 200-220 rwhp depending on whether you use the time or mph. I would think 65fastback2+2's time would be similiar with a lighter? car, although the auto trans might hurt some.

mine always felt like a mid 14 car. the auto trans has a shift kit in it and i can scratch when i hit 2nd. I have the biggest rear tires for a 14" rim, 245/60R14 and they are b/f goodrich radials. i have very little wheel spin issues. Plus with the fiberglass front end im a little lighter than average.

Vinyl66 · Sep 16, 2006

My 3.55's were a great step up in performance over the 2.80's. It is not a great gear ratio for my naturally aspirated small block at the strip. I would prefer 4.11's. But I still drive it on the road and to and from the track so I will be keeping the 3.55's while it is a street car. I keep the revs at 3000 on the highway (about 60 mph) and everyone passes me.

The car still performs pretty well though. I ran my best 1/8 mile time 2 months ago.
It was:
60 foot....1.69
1/8.........7.59
1/8mph...91.8

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