First test and tune of 2023 - 1968 Torino GT 

Really moves for just a simple 302 in a big car. Love them Torinos!

I would marry this car

That 302 sounds great, very impressive

I'm also a Torino racer....68 GT fastback. Big block 488 cubic inch with C6 and almost as nice looking as your's! Great job you're doing..

Thats a heck of a good runner for such a large car.

Great video !! .....Put a Heavier flywheel in & watch the off line bog dissappear.......

I'm not a Ford guy, but I love the car, combo, and performance! I couldn't believe it weighs 3260 with driver! My shop teacher in high school had a car almost identical with a 390 and 3x2 carbs. Great content had to sub!

I love the excitement, I know how that feels. Very nice looking car, and great runs, amazing times for such a basic engine !

You cut some great reaction times... I really like your Torino. I have owned mine for 32years. Gold with black stripes. I enjoy watching you run....

That is one fine running Ford !

Those 11r heads are about the best head you can buy for a sbe 302 deal. My best running car had those and the second best had the vic Jr heads.

When somebody knows exactly what they want and knows how to get there. Very inspiring vid!

Had one with 289. Nice car

That's real quick for that big body !!

Congratulations! That was a great first outing for the season!

I had a blue 68 fastback with a 302 in the early 70s. Car was like new with low miles. Really like your car.

That's a really light weight car for being that big! Beautiful car too! Stout little 302 also. Man-Pedal puts the cherry on top of the sundae!

That's a bad ass car.

Very nice! Car sounds great. I love 68 Torinos, but I am a bit biased!😊

I love that body style of Torino. And that thing sounds awesome rowing thru the gears.

So much awesome. Sounds mean I can’t believe you got those numbers out of a little 302!

Beautiful car !! I have a 68 Convertible GT. Keep posting your season see we can see the progress.

How have I never seen you post on 8.2 Deck Mafia before? This car is awesome! Really moving for a midsize with a SBE 302 too! I love it. Awesome job.

I just love it when the other guys get on a video,and comment,"Im not a Ford guy",but.🤣.

Very impressive! Your HCI car is way faster than my stock engine turbo car. I am going to have to add more boost!

Mike, I found this video last night. Love how you have it ripping! Let everyone know you are over a SECOND faster than when we were running together in 12.50 index, and are a much beloved and admired car and driver at NED!!!

Beautiful car - thanks for posting!

Sweet! Love to see it man! 11.50’s is respectable, especially with that size car on a 302. Looks good, and sounds AMAZING going down the track!

Torino club member checking in here..nice car..that only looks fast ..but is fast!

I'm like everyone else commenting...... Holy smokes! You are bad to the bone. Pass after pass absolutely running the crap out of it with no issues is awesome. Super job. Thanks for posting video

I’m impressed!!!

Beautiful car on my home track :--)

I am subscribed. Can't wait to see racing action. Your Torino is a HOT ROD...

11.5s aren't bad for 302 packing that much weight. Love your car. Fell in love with a yellow '68 GT back around '78. 👍

Awesome job Brother!!!! 🇺🇸💪🏼 she’s rollin!!!

Badass yet gorgeous car! 🔥💯🇺🇲

wow.... that thing runs great ....nice Torino

Love the car! Love that it's Ford Powered and makes me wish I hadn't sold my 64 Fairlane 500 2 door long ago. Especially after I started working at race engine shops as a machinist. I'd swapped in a 68 302'2V C4 combo in mine as it was a fun quick street car and I wanted go further with it .

Huge props on that first clean pass. Outstanding reaction time, and very smooth shifts. Car is a GEM, and I am amazed at the vehicle weight at 3200, for a BIG bodied Ford. Enjoy her- She’s special….

Looks great 🇺🇸💪🏻

Awesome man , that thing sounds awesome . Hope to see you Saturday

hell yeah mike looking really good

Just found a driver in a country garage. Can’t wait to bring it home

I am Digging the Torino. I didn't know they where that light. I would have thought 4k +lbs. Gotta watch those time slip Tornados they will get ya.

Definitely gets with the program. Sweet ride. She screams nicely.

IMHO, I would've used a 351w HO engine instead of the 302. Also, a bit more air in the rear tires would eliminate that slight bog at the launch.

Thanks to a great video I love Torino's my neighbor bought a brand new 67 when I was a kid he had it about a year and then he pulled the motor and put a427 side oil in it with a homemade tin tunnel ram it was crazy4:30gerrs top loader best pass that ever made was a 1096 streetcar completely full interior they told him to get a cage he never did he drove it for about five or six years and he bought a brand new Mercury cyclone GT that was another cool car have a great day I'll keep watching I can't build cars anymore but I can enjoy this compression on the side earlier was 14 to 1 the car was cool have a great day

As a blue blood myself WoW💥 That is a gem you have my friend. I can't recall anyone getting 11 sec times from a carb fed 302 in a big booty Torino to boot 👢 Amazinly light in weight. hooking up at launch Like a scalded dog 😂 Once rid of that bog you might just start breaking records. Thanks for flying the blue oval banner. She's a beautiful car too. You just created the perfect street machine. I always said I would love to build a small block Ford street car I can drive without breaking stuff all the time And take it to the track when I feel like it. Even Carrol Shelby himself Said the 289 was his favorite. Whatever you're doing your doing it right! Awesome car God Bless

Wow….awesome var/performance!👍🍻

I don't see enough '68-'69 Torino's racing or otherwise, good for you. My first car was a '66 Fairlane w/ a 289 & 4-sp. I loved the car w/ the Dark Ivy Green paint. Prefer the '66-'67 Fairlane but no matter, go big Ford's! Best wishes for the season!

LOVE IT! That 302 is a screamer! I put a 460 in mine which is great until I need to change plugs.

Love your video's

Wow that thing moves! That 302 really pushes it well. And that g-force t5 takes it like a champ. That's making me rethink putting an AOD in my 72 torino sport. Great driving!

Nicely done. Strong 302 to go that fast at that weight .

Really enjoyed this!

runs great i have a 71 Torino with a 398w c6 haven't ran with the c6 but it ran 887 in 1/8 mile first pass it will do better the power it there still not bad

Beautiful Car n set up!

at 9:48 when you lean into the finish ... love it 🙂

I have the same 302 ED Curtis cam execpt AFR enforcers, 231/239@.050 .610, c4 5600 converter. love the torino

Surprised you can get a small block to go that fast in such a large car. Back in my street racing days, there was a fellow that had a 68 Torino/4 speed/302 and he was stupidly fast. I had a 69 Cobra. The 428 was worn out when I got it. I had plans for it, but someone made me an offer I couldn't refuse for it, and I bailed on the project. Great seeing your car in action and representing the Ford camp admirably

Awesome car. I know you think the car is heavy but I would have guessed 3800 without driver because those cars are big.

Very very cool 😎

She's getting faster! Did you have the track all to yourself? Here is Southern Nevada you're luck to get two runs all day because of so many cars.

That bog off the line tells you one thing, loud and clear, you need a lot heavier flywheel. Maybe between 30 and 40 lbs. You need that to keep the inertia and the rpms up on launch. Watch some videos of stock, super stock and modified production cars in the 80s. Believe me, your 60ft will be down in the low 1.50s to 1.40s and the et will drop by .75 at least. No it won't sit there and Rev up like it does, but that doesn't make it go quicker or faster.

I had a 68 torino that I did a fuel injection 5.0 HO from a wrecked mustang back in 1996 ..wish I kept the car..it was fast..but I used a FMX trans..ran 11.90s in the 1/4

Great video! I really like Torinos! If I were a Ford guy, I'd take one or a Fairlane 500 over a 'stang for sure.

Sounds awesome! Trying to pick a cam for my stock rotator explorer with TFS twisted wedge heads. Victor Jr and 650 as well. What gets me, is how well your old combo worked with the summit cam. I'm honestly really leaning towards that cam because of how well it performed for you. AFM is out of stock on everything I would really like.

Probably 26-28 degrees with those heads . Very impressive 302 and 4 speed- you’re driving very well . Who knows what a C4 with transbrake would do

Beautiful car😮

Nice car.

Back in 1982 I had a 1962 Falcon Ranchero with a little 289/C4 that clicked off 11.80’s @116 mph. This was before the 5.0 and all the technology existed....289 heads, small valves, 1 angle valve job or no valve job at all you could say. I often wonder what it would have run with good heads...10.50’s

A 302 Rev beast, 6600+, I wonder if the specs are similar in the 69 DZ 302?

11.59 is pretty stout for a little 302

It hooks up! There a little bog out of the hole . Have you thought of a different clutch or heavier flywheel? To keep the momentum of the engine rpm’s from dropping off so drastically? I’m thoroughly impressed regardless.

Knew where a 68 green torino gt was in a garage growing up story was owner was killed in vietnam and parents kept the car, around 2005 that house and 2 beside it were the last houses not bought out from businesses springing up nearby then slowly it was the last house left then one day i come in from work and a big excavator had torn down the house so ill never know what happened to that car.

Epping I see, that's my track also

That's a very nice car!! Im a ford guy but I don't get into cars much. I have sevral ford pickups, most 4x4. I'm shocked at how ur car jumps off the line! I have taken my old 71 f100 4x4 to the strip on a Friday fun night but otherwise I don't know alot about drag racing so maybey some stuff is normal? But ur car launches hard! It barely spins at all? But it kinda bogs after the initial launch? But it's faster than I would have guessed! 11.5 is fast to a guy like me!!? Also ur car is much lighter than I would have thought? Did u do some weight reducing? Them cars ain't that light in normal trim are they? I have a pretty much stock??...... .060 over 390 in my 71 f100 & that thing weighs about 4700 lbs with me & has a granny low 4sp & 4.11 gears. I ran it & I launched it very conservative! It has alot of possible breaking points if launched like I could! For one 28 spline axles. But anyway I basicly started in second (always) but basicly idling let the clutch out then rolled into it. Witch a launch like that it managed a 15.3 in the 1/4 at 95 mph. And with those gears at the end of the 1/4 it is screaming at 95!!!! I am looking for that line so I can lift out of it the moment I touch it couse I put that moter together so I know the corners I cut & just crossed my fingers, so let me tell ya, probably don't wanna push past 5500!!! But it's a blast though! For what that 390 is & the parts it has it runs amazing! It really shouldn't run that well!! But I have fun with it!

Since you have a stock short block did you have to cut the pistons with that camshaft?

What did the car weigh before the diet started, and what did all that aluminum cost? Under 3100lbs for any intermediate is impressive!!

Beautiful car! Always have to work out some bugs when you start out fresh. I think you could use a little more carb, like a 750.

Need to power shift . You'll knock off another 2 to 3 tenths 😊

seems the shifter is loosening up and shifting right GOOD JOB

wow!!! Very nice strong 302 what is the rpm range of the camshaft? . thank you

Holy cow! How is that big car that light?!? 😲 I can't see where it looks gutted, but surely you've "gutted" it in some fashion, right? (aside from obvious aluminum engine parts) My 68 Biscayne's not much bigger than your Torino and even though I've taken over 150lbs out of the car (still iron heads), it's still 3900 with me in it!

Awesome car where do I get the cam?

How do you run those heads with stock pistons? Piston to valve clearance?

And that’s why I don’t use a manual clutch, I stick with automatic, and yes I have a reverse manual valve body trans.😊

Car is making some power. The only question I have is what's up with the bog on the line. Q: what size carb, Q: what do you have for squirter's? That car is going to run, I had a similar problem was in the carburetor. Good luck, Giuseppe

Great job ,,, shows what you can do with a well tweaked small block,,, I've seen Torino 390 GTs that can't run that fast... when you try to explain to the owners about fine tuning they eyes go googly 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Is NE Dragway, in NH, your home track? Mine also.

HEY BUD HIW DO YOU GET AWAY WITH NO ROLL BARS GOING UNDER 12? excellent car I had a 70 Torino Cobra a great car

Shift rod and ends exam maybe?

Spray it into the 10's!!!!!

Wow, your Torino runs great! How are you shifting?

Very nice car. Where did you get the air filter housing or did you make it? Thanks.

Ed is the man / try a heavy flywheel could lower your 60 ‘

I agree aluminum flywheel is 4 road racing, toss it for a medium weight

Will you be participating in Drag Week again this year?

Quick

First pass fourth gear , OOOUUUCCCHHH!