Comparison 340 / 289

I remember back in the day, I ran my basicly stock 340 Demon against a supposibly "Hot 289" in a stripped out 63 Falcon, he had 12:1 compression, tunnel ram with 2-4Bbls, 4 speed, 4.56 gears, etc.,etc. I thought for sure I would get beat bad, but at the end of the 1/4 I had a whole car on him. And to make matters worse, he slammed on his 4 wheel drum brakes and almost side swiped my car! If there was ever a 390 Mustang that wanted to race, I was first in line to get a peice of that! Never lost to a single one. I do agree with (mikedevore) the fox body Mustangs were sweet, I have 2 myself and love them!