External oiling question

Well as long as we got this thread hijacked now...
Well sure, but yes, they were slow in comparison.
Slow in comparison to anything that is faster and faster than the vast majority of a-bodies that came off the assembly line with /6's, 273's and 318's. 383's were standard in the fuesy C's. Pound for pound, car for car, engine for engine, they were on average, faster than a-bodies.