I can't tell you what my ideal car is but can tell you what I have had and what I have now! Back in 1975 I had a 1974 ex police Valiant charger with 265 hemi and 4 speed. That car ran 16.1 qtrs. I bought a 4 barrel manifold and headers of a valiant pacer and with std exhaust and std cam would run 14.7 qtrs all day long even with the 3.23 diff. I put a 340 six pac motor in it with 4 speed and 3.91 dodge diff. That combo with second hand road racing slicks on it ran 13.6 qtrs all day long. I did try a set of drag slicks on it but they were 29 inches tall so gearing was wrong but did a best of 13.1 . Forty years later I now have a 1974 charger again with 410 stroker with 11 to 1 comp with five speed tremec and 3.91 diff and 28 inch tyres. cruises nice @ 70 mph @ 2600 rpm. That car made 390 rwhp on a chassis dyno and has run a best of 11.4 @ 120mph on slicks. I have since upgraded to trick flow heads and changed the roller cam to a mike at B3 designed 238/242 610 lift on a 112 lobe sep and it idles at 15 inches of vacuum @ 850 rpm and is a real gem to drive, I also changed from a rpm air gap to a 340 victor. The engine now makes 425 rwhp and 550 ft lbs of torque at the rear wheels but I have not run it down the qtr due to the covid situation here in Aus. It is a pleasure to drive as it is very docile and does not buck and jump in traffic. The only other thing I might do to make it better is maybe a full EFI system like a pro flow4 but the cost would be over $6000 by the time you add fuel pump etc in Australia.
