The cars in the test were carefully scrutinised for authenticity. That is: is this the car someone would get if they walked into a showroom. Post #16.
The Pontiac entry was disqualified for cheating........& results not published. Among other inconsistencies, it had the vac hose to the dist blocked, & some engine parts did not have the correct part/casting #s for that year. They went to some level of checking to make sure it was a level playing field. Obviously they deemed the differences on the Dodge were not enough to give it an edge.
There was an important lesson in this test: small carb [ 625 AVS ] v big carb [ 700+ cfm Holley ].
both the 383 & the 428 ran identical 14.04 quarter times. The Dodge was 1 mph slower, 99 to 100
