360 vs 383

318willrun said

I was hoping 66fs would give me some sort of way to measure how he comes to his conclusions. I like to understand. I'm open to dialogue. I didn't get that, but his way works for him and that's fine. Some think a certain ET is slow and some think that same ET is king of the street. Either way, both can be correct and if a car is going what it SHOULD be going, then fine because the masses will decide for themself.

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Drag racing is an all out burst for say 10-15 seconds. It is hard on everything. When I build something I can't abuse it drag racing. I am a top end guy. I tried 4.10 gears once and it would smoke the tires all the way through 1st and 2nd the half way through 3rd. What was the point? Those gears were out in a couple weeks. I started down the drag race road and decided it was not for me. Went with friends a couple times a month, rebuilt carbs, dialed them in, tuned them up, fixed broken parts. Jeff had a "68" 440 Plymouth wagon that would run 9.4's in the quarter, he needed no help. Rick had a "68" 396 4 speed Chevelle, I wont tell you what his times were,but they were real slow. Ron had a "71" 340 4 speed daily driver Duster that would break into the 13's, I eventually bought it. George had the "68" 383 Road Runner that ran 13.0's, he needed no help. My cars were daily drivers and never had much money till later in life. But they were fast enough to have some really great memories and stories. The "64" Barracuda was wound up to 140 mph once a month when I lived in South Dakota, what a rush.