1976 Jeep Wagoneer vs GT500 Mustang drag race

Jeep ran 13.78 @ 95.93
GT500 ran 11.23 @ 124.35

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Jeep
• Wagoneer
• AMC
• 401
• Ford
• Mustang
• GT500
• Shelby
• Drag
• Race

[chevyblazer7992]

would this happen to be at martin dragway?

[ghinmi]

@chevyblazer7992

You bet

[snowblind7272]

360 v8 with 340 heads an intake and a good cam would make it run in the 13's..not that hard, just not going to get more than 12 mpg is all. and yea the gt500 is a fat cow, that's the reason it looses to the z06, but has 50 more hp ..its 3900lbs+ fat pig.

[ghinmi]

401 with a small towing cam & 4bbl intake and it runs low 13s now. Gets around 15 mpg.

[polishroxxor]

It's a Shelby vs. a car with horrendous aerodynamics, the car had an inherent advantage, cut him a break, it's pretty damn impressive that that jeep can run like that.

[Serious2you]

@ghinmi Still gets better gas mileage than my Wrangler.

[TrIsTaNPeRoDeAu]

Lol

[jaydak99]

I am a MOPAR fan, and have an 83 Wagoneer that I love, but these guys are right. There really is nothing MOPAR about FSJ's. There pure Jeep before Chrysler came along. Even after Chrysler bought Jeep from AMC they didn't thange the FJS, they killed them in 1991 so as not to compete with the Ram. They also kept the little Cherokee largly AMC desinged till they killed it in 2001. The 4.0L I6 in Jeeps till 2005 was the last AMC engine.

[Maples01]

@rmendell Yep, but those 727's were tough, I had one in a Scout II, I blew 3 engines but retained the original transmission, now my 78 Wagoneer had a GM Turbo 400 behind the AMC 360 V8, I'd have kept it had the front drive shaft not spit out and knock a chunk out of the transmission.

[mrjerry1975787]

Nice

[porkpig350]

@rmendell absofuckinglutely right..



[rmendell]

@napalmhope There's nothing Mopar about FSJs except their transmissions and demise. It's a Willys design, launched by Kaiser, improved by AMC and killed by Chrysler. Heck, even the "Mopar" transmission is renamed TorqueCommand in AMC/Jeep applications.

[tinkerjeep]

@napalmhope Not. Sorry, but the 1977 Cherokees or any AMCs never came with a 440. A 401V8, yes, but it was an AMC V8, NEVER a MOPAR V8. But the 727s did come in 1980 to 92 Grand Wagoneers, 80-83 Cherokee Chief/Laredo wide tracks. Later Jeep Crand Cherokees DID come with Mopar V8s, but not untill the death of the Kaiser designed, "Full Size Jeeps".