318 power?

Dan the man said

What did the 340's run off the show room floor? I've heard and read that they ran high 13's to low 14's off the show room floor. I'm not trying to degrade the 340 here, just saying what I saw, who knows what kind of suspension system either car had, tuning, driver skills. Seems guy's think that the 340 is unbeatable and that's not true. I do like the 340 the best and always will. I was simply saying what I seen at a dragstrip a few years ago and you guys come apart. Whether you want to admit it or not the mustang of the 80's was a strong runner and responsed well to bolt ons.

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i owned both i had the fastest 80s model mustang and a gts i speak from racing them both
the coupe 5.0 5sp was faster then the 93 cobra with the updated intake throttle body and gears why is that? weight they ran 14.3 and had bigger traction issues
only the coupe had a shot at a proper 340 stock to stock the gts is far more consistent prolly wins 7 of 10 races
the lightes 69 a-body cuda with nothing more then tm5 and a 700dp 3.55s and 50s went 13.1@104 thru the mufflers factory manifolds everytime for 20 flippin
years
ive seen 340s run 15s built ive seen 5.0s run 16s 350s run 17s
340 with nothing but a carb an traction is mid 13s the notch low 13s
who cares what asshats do
the 340 a-body was a terror anybody with a clue knows this
they were not overrated they were underrated