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steve
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6/10/2003
00:49:43
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Well curiosity got the better of me , I usually don't street race but a young turd in a Hemi QC seen me drive by at a intersection and he was all reved up trying to catch up with me at the lights. It was funny because you could see him weaving through traffic to get beside me and be a knob untill we hit a set of lights. So I was a little worried because this was my first race against a Hemi.... well bring on the RC cause the QC went down fairly hard. I was a little surprised it wasn't a closer run, got to the next light and I still wasn't cocky just yet in case he was having a bad launch or what ever well we went again and it was the same story, at least 1 and a 1/2truck lengths between lights. Topped out at around 70mph before we had to stop for the next set of lights. I LOVE the new Ram Hemi but I am getting sick of the hype ( Its a truck not a Hemi cuda )To many people think it is a rocket - but for a full size truck yes it is quick.
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Black Sheep
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6/10/2003
07:00:57
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As an old fart from the days of the Hemi Cuda I can say your correct. The new Hemi Ram can not hold a candle, one of my good friends (also an old fart) has one. I had a 70 1/2 Hemi Cuda, 67 GTX also a Hemi and a 69 Super BEE. One thing to remember the old Hemi like my 70 Cuda was designed to turn on in the 2nd half of the 1/4 mile. I don't keep up with engine stats now but at one point in time the 426 Hemi was the fastest production engine ever built. I can almost hear the rumble of my old Hemi as I type this, ok, could also be a flash back. Yes, those were the days!
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00287RC
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6/10/2003
12:16:27
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how can an engine be the fastest? you mean that engine in what car?
For horsepower figures did any production engine outpower the 1970 Chevrolet LS6 454 (450hp)?
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Black Sheep
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6/10/2003
17:23:42
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In a Cuda, Superbird, Daytona, Charger, Super BEE, GTX , you know production super cars of that era. I don't write the record books,but the record books say it was the Fastest production engine built in its day. As for the Chevy LS6 , It was and is one tough S.O.B.
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Zach
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6/10/2003
22:57:07
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From what I last heard the 426 Hemi was rated at 425hp, but severly underrated due to increasinginsurance costs, actual HP I have heard about 500+.
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schmitty
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6/10/2003
23:43:03
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Black Sheep............Your right on the money...The one thing I cherish the most is my memories of hundreds of neck snapping, breath takin rides in those beautiful mopars of the late 60's, and early 70's. I graduated from high school from a small town is upstate NY in 1970. Man, those were the days.
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Big59er
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6/11/2003
02:51:25
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I'v always been a fan of the 510lbs of torque @ 2800RPM that the Buick 455's pumped out.
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juniork
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6/11/2003
02:52:55
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schmitty, i live in a small town in upstate NY, what town did you live in?
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Black Sheep
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6/11/2003
10:33:03
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Schmitty.....Great to hear from others who remember. Gone are the days, it almost seems like a dream. Great cars are still being built but unless you were behind the wheel of one of these Mopar Monsters, you just don't understand.
Like the 60's you had to be there!!!!!!!!!
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schmitty
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6/11/2003
20:21:22
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Kids these days got no clue what it's like to mash the peddle on one of those monsters!!!!!!!!
North end of Cayuga Lake. Seneca Falls.......
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schmitty
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6/11/2003
20:21:22
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Kids these days got no clue what it's like to mash the peddle on one of those monsters!!!!!!!!
North end of Cayuga Lake. Seneca Falls.......
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juniork
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6/12/2003
00:03:30
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I am in Cooperstown, NY I also have a 1971 Roadrunner with a 440 6 pack, hemi 4-speed and a dana 60 rear with 3.54 gears. i wish they made power like that these days. I am only 23, so i was never able to know what it was like to live in that era.
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02Sport+
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6/12/2003
00:15:35
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I'm like Schmitty. I also graduated from HS in 1970, albeit in the midwest. We had a stretch of road that we called the "miracle mile" through the south end of town. Yeah, real unique. Anyway, I remember cruising on Friday and Saturday nights, and watching the string of Boss 302's, Malibu SS 396's, GT500's, Roadrunners, Barracudas, Super Bees, Plymouth GTX 440's, GTO's, Olds 4-4-2's, Mach 1's, Z28's, and on and on...up and down the road, all night long. Gas was .23 a gallon. Yes, those WERE the days!
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midnightmagic
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6/12/2003
01:58:56
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ahh the days, when my dad and i used to cruise around in the ole 69 GTX 440 supercommando, that thing would roast the tires at 50mph. he beat every 70 chevelle ss ls6 that felt frisky, kicks himself everyday for sellin it. so now im looking to restore one or buy a restored one for his retirement present...aint i a good son! lol
It's Gumbo night every night with all the rice i cook!
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hemi
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6/12/2003
16:29:31
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i have a 1968 hurst hemi dart with the lo23m code.
it is rated at 600+ hp , it is all factory except the rust. and for being an all stock car it will pull high 10's in the 1/4
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gg
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6/13/2003
17:03:08
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i drove 67 gtx hemi 4spd,boys that monster kept me pinned to the seat full 1/4 mile ,12.09 -117.8 mph on drag radials
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vern
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6/13/2003
17:15:43
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boys,the BS is sure getting DEEP.NO stock hemi is rated at 600hp,425-500hp tops i,m talking stock!
check out Ray Barton,s motors,this man knows hemis.nascar has dyno hemis 450-500hp
1969 hemi GTX car of the year Car and Driver,mid 13s,best braking and over all.
so stop the BS and these old farts should know this,if that is,nt BS also.
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vern
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6/13/2003
17:24:21
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i,m sorry my BS,it was NHRA not nascar
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Black Sheep
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6/14/2003
22:31:49
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Vern - Check the Tread, Don't drag us old farts into this HP war, we did not quote HP, just the love of the cars of our day.
Thanks!
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kyle lang
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6/15/2003
01:25:27
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i just bought a hennessey twin turbo viper, after tuning it dyno'd 726 hp and 877 tq, il have pics next week.
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Black Sheep
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6/15/2003
18:16:17
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Kyle - Congrats, The one word that comes to mind is DEADLY BEAST! I would not want to be on the fanged end of that monster.
Have fun punching holes through the ozone.
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Joey
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6/16/2003
01:32:10
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i just took my 2002 RC R/T to the track for the first time today and got a 14.9 at 91mph. it has k&n cold air, f&b 50mm TB, no cats, 180 thermo, gibson headers, and flowmaster 40 series dumped. im not sure if thats a good time or not... it was about 85 degrees and very humid at close to sea level. wat could i expect if it was like 50 degrees the air wasnt so humid?
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