'65 Mustang Hi-po vs '65 Formula S

KosmicKuda said

Yep, I remember street racing my 67 4 speed 273-4 against a 390 Mustang and I beat him.

True story was the stock 68 Charger in Bullitt ran circles around the Mustang. They modified the car so it could make a pesentable showing. The engine sounds were also dubbed in from Ford race cars and all of a sudden McQueen was double clutching every shift.

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Yeah there's an article floating around the net that chronicles all of it. How the Charger was bone stock other than body and suspension mods for the jumps. How the Rustang had to be totally modified just to keep up with the Charger. It's all in the article. Wherever it is. I've not been able to find it in a while.

I think what hurt Ford most was their insistence on using retarded camshaft timing and they did it from the early 60s all through the muscle era and it cost them dearly, IMO. I think had they not done that, they would have won more races everywhere. That BOSS 429 they had for example, compared to the 426 Street Hemi, it was a no brainer who'd win pretty much every time. The BOSS 429 is one of those "should have could have" stories. Pretty much the same with all the rest. Even still, Chevy still couldn't keep up with either and they had to have the likes of Wally Parks and Bill France to put sanctions and restrictions on Chrysler and Ford. Chevy never would have won much at all were it not for that.