Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rtech.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!unisoft!mtxinu!rtech!shelby From: shelby@rtech.ARPA (Shelby Thornton) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Musclecar shootout...GS vs Hemi Message-ID: <218@rtech.ARPA> Date: Fri, 8-Mar-85 16:14:17 EST Article-I.D.: rtech.218 Posted: Fri Mar 8 16:14:17 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Mar-85 07:19:30 EST References: <504@teldata.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Relational Technology, Berkeley CA Lines: 26 > THE DRAG RACE RESULTS.[Both cars ran on slicks and thru stock exhaust.] > > Quarter Mile Results. 1970 Buick GS Stage1 1970 GTX Hemi > > 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