What else you wish you drove

[RobertN]

Ok, you got me going! What is the Falcon XR8? I know a tiney bit about the GTHO and that, that we've talked about... But XR8? Is it newer?

 

[Anonymous Poster]

No problem, 1971 HEMI Challenger, pistol grip four speed, ragtop, with rallye wheels./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Bayrat]

Oh, the Hemi. Now you are talking. Although the 413 with cross ram was rated at 412 HP and realistically had around 500 I believe.

 

[Jeff396]

Remember the song;

It happened on the strip where the road is wide
two cool sharks standing side by side
A fuel injected sting ray and a 413
revving up their engines and they sound real mean

Tach it up , Tach it up, Buddy gonna shut you down!

Beach boys I thing....great song!

Jeff

 

[Bayrat]

Or was it Jan and Dean?

 

[RobertN]

Looking back to what they did then, and then thinking about the tire technology we have now... Imagine the fun now with all the traction you could get!

 

[rdln]

and think of all the lawsuits if the big three advertised that a car was built for drag racing!

 

[Jeff396]

Man I love the net. Did a quick search and came up with the;

6. "Shut Down"
Time: 1:49 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
Master #39180 Recorded 1/31/63
Single Released 3/4/63 (Capitol 4932)
Charted 4/27/63 Reached #23
B-Side with "Surfin' U.S.A."
Brian Wilson/Roger Christian

Tach it up, tach it up
Buddy gonna shut you down

It happened on the strip where the road is wide
(Oooo rev it up now)
Two cool shorts standin' side by side
(Oooo rev it up now)
Yeah, my fuel injected Stingray and a four-thirteen
(Oooo rev it up now)
Revvin' up our engines and it sounds real mean
(Oooo rev it up now)

Tach it up, tach it up, tach it up
Buddy gonna shut you down

Declinin' numbers at an even rate
(Oooo movin' out now)
At the count of one we both accelerate
(Oooo movin' out now)
My Stingray is light the slicks are startin' to spin
(Oooo movin' out now)
But the four-thirteen's really diggin' in
(Oooo movin' out now)

Gotta be cool now power shift here we go

Superstock Dodge is windin' out in low
But my fuel injected Stingray's really startin' to go
To get the traction I'm ridin' the clutch
My pressure plate's burnin' that machineÕs too much

Pedal's to the floor hear the dual quads drink
(Oooo pump it up now)
And now the four-thirteen's lead is startin' to shrink
(Oooo pump it up now)
He's hot with ram induction but it's understood
(Oooo pump it up now)
I got a fuel injected engine sittin' under my hood
(Oooo pump it up now)

Shut it off, shut it off buddy now I shut you down
Shut it off, shut it off buddy now I shut you down
Shut it off, shut it off buddy now I shut you down
Shut it off, shut it off buddy now I shut you down
Shut it off, shut it off buddy now I shut you down

Jeff

 

[Bayrat]

What you drive is half the trip Kelvin /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif! In the era of real muscle cars, the big block Mopars ruled until the Hemi was dropped due to emision requirements. Fords and GM's for the most part had to be modified to beat them. That is not meant to start an arguement, because some limited production models of different brands such as the Boss 429 semi-hemi were <font color=red>very</font color=red> fast indeed. My track and dealership experience showed if nothing else, Mopars were FASTER out of the box with no mods. As far as function goes, if I had thought that way in the 60's, I would be an expert on Volkswagen. Not much fun, and cold in the winter. But very functional and economical/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif.

 

[RobertN]

Dodge has the Viper, I think GTR, That is a race only, not legal for street machine.

The SCCA A-Sedan folks get "bodies in white" from GM. Those though, are just the body/unibody, with the white pre-primer sealer. They are bare bones; you have to add everything to them to make a race car.