Whats the best time for a factory stock duster 1/4 miles ??
OH yea, old thread coming back to life. I can dig it!
Have any of you guys heard of the F.A.S.T. series that runs in the NE?
Some of these cars are amazing...ck it out, 71 Duster 340 11.27 @ 120 MPH
http://fastraces.org/
And they use some unusal tricks while looking stock. Stoked engines are the start.
Those 72' Model cars are pretty sad.....todays' Sport Compact four cylinders would have a hey-day with those "Muscle Cars"....hell my 200hp 2.0L Turbo AWD Eclipse went 15.0 @ 90 bone stock through a paper air filter.
True for the run of the mill cars. While the power pl;ants all remained the same, the running gear was up in the air. That is the difference on what made any particular car change from normal to quick. When a person laid there hands on the car to enhance it, thats when it got interesting. The new catch phrase was introduced then. It was two words that went viral, even though there was no such ting as the internet, but the words, "Super Tuned" went around something fierce.
You have to take measure of what was then and how it is now. Comparing a 1970 to a 2009 and bashing it or treating it like it is garbage with wonder how it ever got it's name as a muscle car is ignoring the past even more so than the bashing/trashing/comparing you do.
Remember todays standards. In 40 years time, these cars, Viper, Vette, Buggaitti will all be made fun of and talked about what slow as chit they are with wonderment of how they ever got there titles of fast! And some punk will quip, "My Match Box car with YYY power plant will out run that old *** crap in reverse easy. LMAO!" And he'll think every Vette was of the "Super Vette" status.
Do your homework kids.....
