Who runs a 273ci drag car and whats your combination

"Back in the day", a guy in our Mopar club ran a '65 Barracuda in NHRA Stock Eliminator. I remember him holding the record for his class for a couple of years. It was a race car since new; silver; named Silver Bullet. I'll never forget the time he raced another guy in the club who ran a silver '63 Dart with a 340 in it (he ran in M/P). Those cars just SCREAMED down the track together. I believe the lil' Cuda ran in the 12's (in Stock legal NHRA trim) and the Dart ran in the 11's with two 4's on a tunnel ram. Both cars had 4 speed transmissions.

I've known of some other sweet 273s from back then too, but today it just seems like you'd be better off putting the same money into a 340 or 360, depending on what body you're running and what class you want to run. However, you've probably been told this before...