1970 Challenger RT vs 1971 AMC Hornet SC 360 | PURE STOCK DRAG RACE 

I took my driver's test to get my license in an AMC hornet. They were good little cars.

I agree with you. I like the AMCs. Had a 68 javelin with the 232 straight 6. It obviously wasn't fast but back in the 90s got positive attention every place I went. The challenger was cool but that hornet was right on it. Great underdog car👍. I guess the sc360 was built to go up against the Nova and duster back in the day. You're video is five stars. Awesome job 👌

Wow. I owned a 1970 440 Challenger RT/SE automatic. Great car. Thanks for posting rare and incredible AMC cars.

Man, great tight racing there!!! Great matchup!!

Great match. The challenger sure felt the sting of those matches ..thank you C..Z. another great video 2thumbs up.

That mopar just kept getting faster and faster.. torque wins.

Truly like both cars, but have to cheer for the underdog here. That Hornet did well, and of course those 440s are awesome. Thank you as always ~ Chuck. P.S. Dam near spit my drink out with the Live Laugh Love joke - brilliant!

Burnouts sounded like clips from the OG Mad Max movie. LMAO. That Horny was making the 440 earn it on this one. Thanks for the vid!!

That Challenger got faster with every pull. Love these Hornets though regardless, quite rare machines.

Those SC-360 AMC Hornets are the TIT'S! Thanks for showing them some well deserved love my friend, Semper Fidelis.

Had a hornet....3rd owner....rusted away....but dang the AC was super cold and still worked when it went to the junk man

Give the Hornet credit, it definitely had some balls.

Wow I did not expect the Hornet to even hang. Never liked AMCs when I was in high school, but have some respect now. In about 1982 a 70s AMX caught fire and burned-up in front of my house weirdly enough. I missed the first burnout in this video because I was looking at the gal in the shorts haha!

Great race! Glad to see the humor working it’s way back in there! Keep ‘em coming!

Both car are awesome super clean and fast consistent 13s that's great. I really love the hornet very cool car very rare 360 4 barrel posi and a 4 speed appsolutey love it. Great video thank you. 😊

Saw a lot of hornets back then. Even had a friend with a green six cylinder and he loved it. Notice I said he because friends opinions differ. Out of all those cars over all those years I never saw one with a 360. Rare and cool. Bet there aren't that many in this kind of shape either.

Good example of weight advantage and HP advantage. With similar reaction times, the Hornet jumps ahead at the launch due to it's lighter weight. The Challenger's 440 with big HP overcomes the air resistance at high speed and pulls ahead. The overall races were very close, and this was a great matchup.

I get a kick out of the way you narrate when speaking of the cars and what equipment that they have in them. Funny stuff. Also, y’all have some very nice cars up there. Keep your videos coming. Great Job!!

That challenger is impressive because of it's weight

I love seeing cars like the hornet I had completely forgotten about.

Great video sir!!!!

Challenger top ends the AMC 2 out of 3 times but that AMC is an ultimate sleeper

The 360 looks like it can punch above it's weight class,

Awesome , Thanks C&Z 😊

That Challeger is making some good hp to run 109 mph at that weight 😳

Awesome C&Z《☆》Challenger R/T mint green is sweet👍🔥🔊007 Bond Movie producers picked a 1974 AMC Hornet with a 6 cylinder engine to make the Corkscrew jump in the movie Man with the Golden Gun🖖😎☮

Former (and Future) Javelin Owner here. Does my underdog heart good to see a Brother AMC doing that well against a Big Three competitor.. Missed an opportunity last year on a 4-door Hornet with a warmed up Dual Quad 390 with Auto Trans. Sleeper material if ever there was sleeper material...

It was the early 1980s and my friend and I drove his '71 Duster to Great Lakes Dragaway to do some draggin'. It ran steady 13.60s. There was a guy with a Hornet there with a 3 speed stick. It was his first time at the track. The car was nothing special at all- just a typical beater, basically... except it ran in the 12s! Even the owner was completely surprised.

I like the sassy back in the channel.

I thought that little hornet would have a slight advantage because of the weight difference. Good racing though.

I'm a Mopar man and of course I love those 440s but damn I love that AMC too! I've never seen one of those SC 360 Hornets. What a beautiful car!!! I'd love to own either one.

Great cars! Great racing!

My only regret with this channel is i didnt find it sooner

I had no idea these hornets could be spicy dang!

Very nice! Both so cool and I would take either one. Mopar's and AMC's rule in my opinion.

Thanks for sharing this. 2 great cars, their history and 3 great race rounds. Great to see!

The AMC cars were rarely seen but much respect to these guys... styling left a little too be desired

Thanks for the memories!!

this is the greatest duell ever ! two awesome cars. i love these green challenger !!

"It's an amc...from 1971...who caaares" Exactly what my family thought when I started working on a 1970 AMC Ambassador. Great project to start with, vinyl top is still in good shape and so is the body (which is pretty rare out here in Nebraska) Funny enough it's got a 360 as well. Factory 4 barrel as well. Most of my family owns Chevy small block 350 powered stuff, so it's kinda neat to have something different (if a bit of a pain when I need to find parts) Hoping it's gonna be a nice big boat for cruising once I'm done.

A👍 up to both driver's running that good with standards, today's youth couldn't drive these cars 😂

For what it was, that Hornet was a haulin'!

For 80 cubes less that Hornet was close every time. Learned how to drive stick in a ‘74 Gremlin with a 232 and a T96 3 spd.

I always wanted a '71 SC 360 like this, but back in high school in the early 80's I had two '77 Hornet AMX's. Both were in Sunshine Yellow, black interiors, with the standard 258 2V, with automatics. The AMX package came standard with a 258 2V, close ratio 4-speed, a limited slip rear, and heavy duty suspension with handling package. My first one had a shift kit, and that Mopar 904 trans wouldn't shift out of 2nd until you let up on the pedal at around 80 mph when the engine sounded like it was about to blow. I raced a guy in a new '83 Trans Am with the 305 4-barrel HO, and beat him by 2 car lengths, 3 times in a row. He wanted to know what I had under the hood, and didn't believe me when I told him it was a stock 6-cylinder. I always wanted to build my 2nd one into what they should've made. A 360 4-barrel, 4-speed, using an original '77 360 4-barrel from a Matador cop car. I miss those cars, they were rare unique looking cars, and my 2 were the only ones around my area. 🧏‍♂️

Cool and rare car. Almost never seen anywhere. That Hornet was impressive.

Growing up in my hometown just outside Kenosha there was a guy who had a hornet SC, and trust me you got respect

I love AMC's and Challengers! Great vid!

That 3 run was a race bud! Nice to see a plain 440 on the track. Ever get any 383 action?

My family had several AMC's good running cars.

I'm always surprised at what E-bodies weigh. That's within a few hundred pounds of a modern Charger/Challenger, with all of their electronics, airbags, door beams, and everything else. Where did all the weight come from? I know a big-block Chrysler with iron heads is a CHAWNK, but what else?

Goodday C & Z, Fantastic racing hands down, Suprised how quick the Challenger was considering the weight of it. Any Oldsmobile coming up soon ? Your number 1 Fan in Australia Louis Kats from Melbourne Australia ☺ 👍 ❤

Never saw one. Glad you show us these rare muscle cars.

Seriously love these videos. Your commentary and jokes honestly make it so much more entertaining. Never change C&Z.

A lot of commenters are down on the looks of this Hornet. I love it! I think this is the best looking AMC I've ever seen...and that includes the Javelin and the AMX!!! Beautiful car imo.

Respectable Rambler! Mopar went to work...good horses 🐎

Great video. That Hornet is a pretty good looking car.

Nice one !

I look forward to getting my muscle car fix on top of the legendary narrating! Always a good laugh and great races

Well I care too! I have always owned Mopars, but I like the little AMC’s that could. I think I can, I think I can.

Lmao the first 14 seconds. Good video, keep the humor up love it

Got myself a 74 javelin amx and a 71 gremlin X, love a good hornet

That little 360 sure held it's own against that 440.

Man these weird little AMC's are some of my favorite cars. It's a shame all the really cool ones like this are so rare.

I heard one of the major Model Kit companies is coming out with a kit of the 71 Hornet SC/360... Needless to say it's on my wish list!!

I have a 1975 Hornet 2 door fastback setting in the garage right now....my project car.

Damn, way closer than I thought.

I might be misremembering but I recall a hornet with a 401 big block.., never was beaten on the street....

The 70 Challenger RT Convertible kit is on my wish list too . Might be a "Challenge" to locate one since it's an older kit..

I had friend with a Penske prepped SC360. This car at Irwindale did a 13.35 at 105.

This car is blessed, it wasn't chopped into becoming a Gremlin - whew.

Very view SC 360 Hornets around, I've seen a few at the AMC nationals, Cordova Dragway in Illinois.

If the Challenger could get more traction it would be in the 12's easy. The driver did an excellent job with the tires he had.

I've noticed that most all the cars you show that start in the left lane wins

3200 with driver 390 lbs of torque. 13s makes sense to me! Challenger was sandbagging first run! Both cars are too cool. Good to see them getting driven & not in the garage rotting away

Good race

An ex-girlfriend had a Hornet. She called it the "Horny".😉

AMC did a Great Job, You have to Give it Credit.

I'd rather have the 71 lime green gsx the rolled by at 0.15. Gorgeous and rare!!!!

Damn, I bought a little ‘68 Hornet back in ‘88. Paid $650. It was a 258(?) inline six w/ a 3 on the tree. That little car did unreal burnouts - people always freaked when I popped the hood. Car only had 58k on the clock. I loved that car, but my wife (ex now) made me sell it. Sure wish I had kept it - it drove so nice, & had unreal power for a six.

The 440s torque overcame the weight disadvantage but give the Hornet credit with giving up 80 cubic inches and only 8.5 compression as well was very respectful it just ran out of steam with 4.10 gears probably would be a little quicker with 3.90 gears. I just built a 360 for my AMC Spirit drag car and it makes 400 hp with a small cam and the Spirit weighs 2300lbs and will run low 11s with 3.70 gears

Challenger needs to figure out how to get traction,easy 12 second car...

The challenger is ready to go 12s! Big blocks pull hard at the shift. Torques, baby!

Love it!

Some great racing 🏎

I have to say the Hornet was pretty impressive considering it was giving up 80 cubes and a significant amount of HP and Torque to the challenger.

Great matchup! The Hornet was nothing to look at...but better than the Gremlins and Pacers, lol! The AMX and Javelins were cool, though. I was really shocked by the weight of these cars...a very entertaining race!

howDY c&z, ... thanks COOP the WiSeNhEiMeR from Richmond, INDIANA ...

I would have guessed the Challenger to win, that said, surprised by Hornets performance.

It takes the stepchild to almost beat a mopar

The S/C is pretty low key compared to some AMC’s from just before, like the Rebel Machine and the SCrambler. A sleepy look gets more street action.

Dang, I was really pulling for the Hornet.

109? huh?

My dad has a 1973 grain Torino sport fast back

Hornet definitely held its ground. Even with a 4spd it ran very consistant, and impressive times. Not too shabby AMC.

Love the hornet.....had a 4dr piecer ....rusted away tho....

Remind me likens for a P76 318.

I'm impressed by the AMC price! Ida paid today's money for a new one! There has to be a catch unreliability? Expensive dealer fees back then?

The MPH was much higher in the Challenger every time. That makes the 440 less quick only from traction and or driver. AMC weight stated was not with driver.

If money fell from the sky I'd immediately look for a Hornet SC/360, or a Randall Gremlin 401XR.

AMC cars are a love / hate thing. Most people hate 'em, but some things are just so ugly you gotta' love 'em....lol. Gremlin X for instance. That Hornet is a sharp looking little car. Personally, I'd take the big block Challenger.