Making power out of the 318

a-bodyguy said

I street raced a pinto 289 302 heads top loader 4 spd 4.56 spool 175 shot 12 inch wide tires on it idled@1800 shook like the old pro stocks ran low 12s@ the track
me 70 duster no front bumper 340 11 to 1 stock heads 243@50 gk cam 108 lsa rhodes lifters torker door stop intake 650 dp unilte headers 727 3.23sg L60 14 26.99 tall 125 shot
sucked him 2 cars out of the hole beat him by 3 finished the quarter in 2nd gear
on paper i was supposed to lose that pinto coudnt have weighed more then 2800 lbs
one of my fav street races but to chicken to bet on it i expected to lose

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I was driving my 66 Formula S and some guy in a Fairlane or Falcon with a 302 will not leave me alone. He's got Stickers all over his rear side window. The Commando at that time was burning a quart of oil every 50 miles, the clutch is slipping in 3rd gear, but back then I was pretty froggy so I run him. Walked right away from him like he had nothing. What a hoot! I could not keep from laughing. A Friend had a 68 396 Chevelle 4 speed, that was a total dog. I never ran him, I would not do that to him. It is all in the combination, tuning and driving. Any one off and you lose.