04-27-2016, 07:53 AM
Just a little thread to get some talking going 
Anyone care to share some of their experiences with pure raw horsepower from the 60s/70s?
Faster than most? fastest ever? coolest?
Anyone who believes that those engines were actually putting out the "rated HP" listed is naive beyond imagination
Fastest highway ride ever... 66 Buick Riviera 425 4bb, slightly modified... the dotted lines on the interstate were one solid white line and we KNOW we were doing every bit of 140+ and that boat was just as smooth as sitting in a hammock on a summer afternoon...I have never been in anything faster than that car yet, although Stinky's 69 Mach1 rates pretty close.
quickest ride ever.. I rode in Camp Stanley's "Call of the Wild" Camaro across the valley mall parking lot after a show.. 7 second 1/4 mile... although we didn't do that.. he did punch it and I was in love with speed since that day!
Coolest ride ever.. I got to ride along in a 67 chevelle 502CI, 2 4BBs owned by Mr High from WVa, that literally tore the asphalt from the road and left grooves where he launched from.. I saw that engine redline at 11500RPM and it really made your chest hurt when it rev-ed up.
I personally had a '73 Cutlass Supreme, with a 350 SB Chevy .60 overbore that ran a 13.44 1/4 mile with street tires and closed exhaust, probably could have hit 12s with it with some slicks and open headers
I used to have a 74 Nova hatchback, but it fell apart literally, and I do mean literally.. when I put that SB Chevy engine in it, that I eventually put in the Olds....
Never had a big block, maybe for my midlife crisis...
Anyone care to share some of their experiences with pure raw horsepower from the 60s/70s?
Faster than most? fastest ever? coolest?
Anyone who believes that those engines were actually putting out the "rated HP" listed is naive beyond imagination
Fastest highway ride ever... 66 Buick Riviera 425 4bb, slightly modified... the dotted lines on the interstate were one solid white line and we KNOW we were doing every bit of 140+ and that boat was just as smooth as sitting in a hammock on a summer afternoon...I have never been in anything faster than that car yet, although Stinky's 69 Mach1 rates pretty close.
quickest ride ever.. I rode in Camp Stanley's "Call of the Wild" Camaro across the valley mall parking lot after a show.. 7 second 1/4 mile... although we didn't do that.. he did punch it and I was in love with speed since that day!
Coolest ride ever.. I got to ride along in a 67 chevelle 502CI, 2 4BBs owned by Mr High from WVa, that literally tore the asphalt from the road and left grooves where he launched from.. I saw that engine redline at 11500RPM and it really made your chest hurt when it rev-ed up.
I personally had a '73 Cutlass Supreme, with a 350 SB Chevy .60 overbore that ran a 13.44 1/4 mile with street tires and closed exhaust, probably could have hit 12s with it with some slicks and open headers
I used to have a 74 Nova hatchback, but it fell apart literally, and I do mean literally.. when I put that SB Chevy engine in it, that I eventually put in the Olds....
Never had a big block, maybe for my midlife crisis...