Author Topic: made funked and nopoop drive the big ugly car. (Read 4632 times)

SirLoin · « **Reply #90 on:** July 28, 2003, 01:03:24 PM »

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Originally posted by Furball
they all suck compared to this : -

Lol!..Can u imagine Mr Bean in a Cooper?

LePaul · « **Reply #91 on:** July 28, 2003, 01:17:17 PM »

I just wanted to jump into all this male posturing

And FWIW...even that damn lil Euro-car would suck the pin stripe off my damn POS Saturn *Coupe*

funkedup · « **Reply #92 on:** July 28, 2003, 01:20:25 PM »

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Originally posted by Mini D
The main thing to notice... all the light weight big blocks were pretty much below 14 seconds. Camaro, Buick G/S, Olds Cutlas (hearst and 442). Those were times ran back then. On the older tires. Today, they'd be faster with a new set of rubber.

Another thing to notice is that a lot of them were tested with slicks. I think Detroit overstated hp figures a lot of times.

Mini D · « **Reply #93 on:** July 28, 2003, 01:22:55 PM »

The numbers for the magazines were usually on factory tires LePaul.

MiniD

lazs2 · « **Reply #94 on:** July 28, 2003, 01:29:00 PM »

When they ran em on slicks they got into the 12's and even 11's. Street tires today are amazing compared to tires in those days...

I recall being in a GTO in the late 60's and the little F70 tires lit up going 70 mph on the freeway.

still waiting to hear about dowdings driving /building/owning experiance. I hope it isn't restricted to adding oil to his austin princess and a few hours at the library... oh... and the alleged evo ride of course.
lazs

funkedup · « **Reply #95 on:** July 28, 2003, 01:31:33 PM »

Keep reading, it clearly says on that link that some of them ran slicks. It's common knowledge that a lot of the cars Detroit sent to the magazines back then were not the same as the ones coming off the production lines.

SirLoin · « **Reply #96 on:** July 28, 2003, 01:32:17 PM »

You haven't driven a real car Lazs until you've been behind the wheel of an MG Midget.

lazs2 · « **Reply #97 on:** July 28, 2003, 01:34:25 PM »

oh... the "movie".... thinking about dowding reminded me of it... Called "beat" was suppossed to be about the beat generation and a murder... guess it was but... I think it was mostly about homosexuals... probly some cult homo movie. Every time I go into blockbuster from now on they will probly suggest other homo titles for me.... well... now I know what it is like to walk a block in downdings pumps.
lazs

Mini D · « **Reply #98 on:** July 28, 2003, 01:36:58 PM »

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Originally posted by funkedup
Keep reading, it clearly says on that link that some of them ran slicks. It's common knowledge that a lot of the cars Detroit sent to the magazines back then were not the same as the ones coming off the production lines.

Didn't see slicks mentioned for many cars... except the vette that ran a 10.5 1/4 mile (when was that again?)

Most of those tests were done with the car at hand. Its how car magazines sold their copies. They seemed decent at citing when factory numbers were provided and slicks were used.

MiniD

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #99 on:** July 28, 2003, 01:37:29 PM »

LOL Laz.... it really sounds like I missed out, or should I say I got dowded by not going?

funkedup · « **Reply #100 on:** July 28, 2003, 01:40:29 PM »

Well you didn't miss anything with that movie. It made me feel... dirty. I had to take 3 showers just to get the gay off me.
Of course we DID watch it all the way through. Not sure what that says. :

lazs2 · « **Reply #101 on:** July 28, 2003, 01:42:01 PM »

loin... yu mean "spridget"... drove several.. even drove one with a small block in it and another with a volvo 4 banger (dual carb 120hp).

yep funked... the tests allways seemed weird to us guys that were going to the drags a couple of nights a week. We could get bone stock big blocks into the mid thirteens but it depended on the driver.. mostly you had to keep the tires from going up in smoke in 2nd and 3rd. You could pick up an honest 40-60 hp in those days just with hedders.... slicks would put all the big blocks in the 12's

mid 13's were the norm for any brand big block with a good driver and no mods ... mid 14's for mediocre drivers.
lazs

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #102 on:** July 28, 2003, 01:42:31 PM »

Mini
From what I heard, Pontiac went out of their way to make sure the cars tested in magazines where NOT from the showroom, they would take them, install thinner head gaskets, adjustable rockers, more aggressive timing and a few other things, like a 421 or 428 in place of the 389, or 400( block looks exactly the same.)
Royal Pontiac sold a Kit to do all the above to your own car.

There was a big stink at Pontiac when one dealer let a non prepped car get tested.

Mini D · « **Reply #103 on:** July 28, 2003, 01:45:27 PM »

And what engine did they substitute for the 455 and 454?

What they did with the small blocks is of no concern to me. Thinned gaskets? Agressive timing? LOL OK...

MiniD

SirLoin · « **Reply #104 on:** July 28, 2003, 01:46:46 PM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
loin... yu mean "spridget"... drove several.. even drove one with a small block in it and another with a volvo 4 banger (dual carb 120hp).

lazs

It was a "Midget"...Where did u get spridget from?..Mine had a (i think) 1275 Austin Mini engine...It was fun especialy in the winter driving around with 5 inches ground clearance in snow storms.