1969 Plymouth GTX 440 - vintage road test

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[summitdrinker]

a 3750 pound, 1963/64 Mopar 426 max wedge could run Mid 12's with slicks. 4.56 gears. 100percent stock motor.

[RHO1953]

I found a web page that shows the performance stats for a 70 Coronet 440 as mid 14's and less than 100 mph through the 1/4 mile. Do a search for Dodge Coronet 440. It is at How Stuff Works. I personally remember seeing those cars run between mid 13's and mid 15's, depending on driver and tuning.

[RHO1953]

I would dispute that. That is a two ton car. One of my friends had a Hemi Charger that never ran in the elevens. And his car had headers and slicks. There is simply no way one of those vintage sleds could get into the elevens. Stock big block muscle cars of that era could not run that fast.

[SirKowalski666]

@RHO1953 Bullshit, my grandfather had a 440 coronet auto with short rear gearing from the factory. He bolted on a pair of hoosiers and it went low 12's first pass, he let air out of the tires and it went 11.9's, that's stock with slicks. Granted, it was running near 7k rpm through the traps but it went 11.9's. The stock tires on classic muscle spun halfway down the track. On my grandfathers old videos there was also a stock hemi dart running 11.7's on slicks.

[fifty1fifty74]

@UunonMopo You are amongst petrol heads here - I don't think you belong. Peace.

[UunonMopo]

thumbs up if you was looking for nvidia gtx graphic card

[summitdrinker]

yep you can upgrade these old mopars suspensions and make they handle much better. And it's not hard, and it's really not big bucks to to do it.

[RHO1953]

Nah, not a chance. The best that car could do would be a mid 13 second quarter mile unless you went inside the engine. The 2012 Mustang V6 runs a stock mid 13. As much as I loved my old Boss, it wouldn't get close to any of the new breed of performance cars. People buy and love those old cars for the nostalgia, not the performance. You could make it go fast in a straight line with a couple of grand in the engine, but it's never going to follow any of the new cars around a corner

[SirKowalski666]

@RHO1953 Say what you want, get some modern suspension components under a car like this and some fat street tires front and rear and it'll outrun most cars including todays camaros and mustangs etc, especially a mopar big block. I've seen decently built 340 small block dusters/darts etc. outrun c5 vettes by buslengths....

[dalotel]

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