I agree. Horrible filming but great race. ADVICE TO ANYONE FILMING A DRAG RACE: If you are filming a drag race make sure you can see both cars in the view at ALL times and that you can see both E.T./MPH at the end of the race AND keep still...at least your hands.
Completely stock on street tires is about right. He had headers and some suspension tuning but probably little else. These cars will do a second faster with slicks and gearing. A colleague had a sport model of a 2020 Mini Cooper, paddle shifters, BMW engine and all that. Once he learned to drive, he pulled low 14s on street tires. Goes to show how far power to weight has come in 70 years.
Yeah, gorgeous ride....this was just a cruise...should go high 12's. My absolutely stock 63 Fury max wedge Mopar goes 12.0's at about 115 all day, thru the mufflers...with sticky street legal tires.
Slow trap time (14.08) and speed (105.84) for a 421 SD. My 1962 Catalina Convert with a 389 Tri-Power Automatic Trans with a 3.90 posi-differential would turn (14.50s at 98.6 mph).
Yeah, slow E.T.....I don't think he was being that hard on it....I'd say this is a 13.50 car stock...it's tough to launch one of these harder with a stick...it's hard on parts.
Agree. The speed (105.840 ) should correspond to a much lower ET. I suspect the gearing is too high. The car should be in the 13's, or possibly high 12's. I had 4:33's in my 65 GTO. That will get you off the line a lot better.
