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From: shelby@rtech.ARPA (Shelby Thornton)
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Subject: Re: Musclecar shootout...GS vs Hemi
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Date: Fri, 8-Mar-85 16:14:17 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  8 16:14:17 1985
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>        THE DRAG RACE RESULTS.[Both cars ran on slicks and thru stock exhaust.]
> 
>        Quarter Mile Results.	       1970 Buick GS Stage1  1970 GTX Hemi
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>        Run #1                          12.59sec @108.56mph   13.34sec @106.63mph
>        Run #2                          12.30sec @110.97mph   13.03sec @107.14mph

	I find these results very interesting.  Even though the quarter mile
times differed by approx .70sec, the trap speeds differed only by about
2mph.  This suggests that the hemi went up in smoke off the the line and
was coming on  hard (to say the least) top end.  

	Pound for pound, the 455 can't compare to the 426.  I suspect that
if these cars had been a little more equal (suspension, weight, transmission,
gear ratios), the hemi would have been about .40secs ahead of the 455, and
would have been pulling away even harder top end.  The 426 was one of the
torquiest motors ever produced so 3.55 gear ratio would have been much more
to it's advantage (either that or a much bigger slick).

	The 455 is a great street motor and can definitely hold it's own
with the best, but the hemis were a breed apart ("the $400 option that
voids the warranty").


						Shelby Thornton
						Relational Technology