"Actual Match Race" 1969 440 'Cuda vs 1973 Firebird Formula 'SD-455'

69 Cuda 440 said

Yorktown, Northern Westchester County, New York

I'm talking about a true Street-Driven Performance Car, not a set up Street Racer.

For God's Sake, I popped on a set of License Plates on my 1968 340 Super Stock
{SS/I} Barracuda that ran 11.50's @ 120 MPH and drove it to the local
Bowling Alley (Valley Lanes in Jefferson Valley, New York} was by far the
fastest Street Car around.

That's not what I'm talking about......................

I'm talking about a 'Street-Driven Performance Car'...........

And Mr., Rusty Rod

I owned a 69' 440 Cuda 'M-Code',,,,,,,,,Please don't tell me about the Exhaust System not being a problem,,,,,,

I Lived It..........

And, No Way would any 73' Corvette outrun my sisters 73' Formula SD-455'.............

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I didn't. I told you what a magazine found out. I didn't say a 73 Corvette. I said GRAND SPORT. 1970. You said yourself

"With 3.90 Gears, the 'Formula SD-455' could out-run just about anybody on
the Street,,,,,,,,except maybe me,,,,,,,,and out-handle any Musclecar."

Those are your words. ANY MUSCLECAR. You specified no year. I got news for you. Those SD cars were pretty fast for their time. However, they were big, heavy and underpowered in comparison to those muscle cars that preceded them. Pontiac had almost zero street cred with the exception of some extremely rare models that were almost factory experimental types. Pontiac was more into luxury. They had nice cars and some were fast. But only those that were most rare. 90% or more of Pontiacs made back then would have gotten their asses handed to them by a 340 A body. That's just a fact. The 73 455 SD was only rated at 290 HP. Granted, that was net and not gross, but that is the only rating Pontiac ever released. Everything else is a guess. They did have 390 LB FT of torque. One more thing you have wrong. The curb weight on those cars is around 3854 pounds. They were pigs. Nice pigs. But pigs.