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Grex Cars Item 56: horsepower
Entered by mcpoz on Fri Apr 28 00:13:15 UTC 1995:

Anyone remember the fastest cars 0-60 and 1/4 mile in the glory days of 
horsepower?  Anyone remember the 0-100-0 time of the AC Cobra?

10 responses total.

#1 of 10 by mdw on Fri Apr 28 10:46:55 1995:

Which glory days?

#2 of 10 by n8nxf on Fri Apr 28 13:40:40 1995:

I have a friend who built one recently from a kit.  15 seconds?

#3 of 10 by novajay on Sat Apr 29 03:37:42 1995:

1/4 mile times were in the mid 12's for the Cobra,
Hemi-powered Mopars with slicks

#4 of 10 by gregc on Sat Apr 29 07:45:34 1995:

At a guess, I would say that the glory days of horsepower began around
1955 and ended rather abruptly around 1975. With the 60's being the heyday.

#5 of 10 by mcpoz on Sat Apr 29 11:37:14 1995:

The beginnings of the power race was 50 or 51 olds with the rocket v8.  
The Chrysler 300 in 55 was truly awesome with a 3-speed overdrive and non-
synchro first gear.  I recall the 427 cobra at 0-100-0 in 9.8 seconds 
whereas the current viper is 0-100 in 12 seconds.

An astonishing car right now is the Mitsubishi 3000 gt.  I think this model
has 1.6 L (100 cubic inches) but about 240 horsepower, giving it the title
of the highest specific output sold in the US.

#6 of 10 by mdw on Sat Apr 29 14:31:54 1995:

Ah.  So all of the things people did to get more HP out of model T's
don't count.  Ok.

#7 of 10 by mcpoz on Sat Apr 29 20:57:21 1995:

Hey, they did great things there also, but I don't know much about what they 
did.  I did hear of "Frontenac Heads" for the model T, and I think that was 
a multi valve overhead cam, but I have never see such a set-up.  I was told
that the engine had two covers in sort of a "v" configuration.  Supposedly
quite a sophisticated (& fast) modification.

#8 of 10 by mcpoz on Fri Jun 23 00:55:10 1995:

I just read in an automotive magazine that Ford is coming out with two 
hot rod mustangs offered through Ford MotorSports.  The first was described
as an "all aluminum block side-oiler 427, with a 0-60 time of 3.8 sec" in
the $50K range.  The second was an all aluminum block 429 hemi - no
performance and no price listed.  They said they would be offered through Ford
dealers at about 500 copies per year. 
Oh yeah, the 427 had a 230 mph speedo and was "capable of over 200 mph."
Just what you need for the ride home.

#9 of 10 by cuda on Thu Dec 21 23:31:18 1995:

mopar ...the only way to drive...if it is a 70 cuda 440+6 that is red .. look
for it coming this summer in the streets of ann arbor.. e.t. 11.00 mabey
faster with NOS  co. CUDA

#10 of 10 by robtodd on Sat Feb 17 00:40:50 1996:

please,  let's talk about some reality,  a real lead sled with a wedge is what
runs now. Not only coming soon,  but here now !!   RUN IT !! mopar from Mi.

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