Whats the best time for a factory stock duster 1/4 miles ??

- Marvin - said

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The discussion about how fast a stock 340 was is always interesting. As a very long term owner of a 1968 Formula S Fastback, I can state that 13.5 @ 105 is doable with a stock engine. My 'Cuda was purchased from the original owner in June 1969 while I was a junior in HS. I raced it in stock form at OCIR, Long Beach, Irwindale and other SoCal tracks. I had 350 timing slips on the car by the time I put 60,000 miles on it. All were in the 13.60 to 13.50 range with a best at [email protected].
The car had 3:55 gears, H70x14 retread tires, cut off exhaust and I took out the back seat and spare tire for a car weight of 3050 lbs. I weighed 175 at that time, so total weight was 3225. I knew a number of other 340 owners that ran in the 13.75 range, so this is totally realistic. I never found out as at the time I didn't know, but is suspect my early 340 build (Sept 1967) was a 340 4sp cam in an automatic car.