1976 Ford Gran Torino with Roush 588 CI motor

1st attempt at in car video, not such a good run, 12.05 seconds. Best run that day was 11.83, but missed recording it.
1976 Starsky and Hutch Replica with 588 CI Roush motor. 605 HP, 685 ft-lbs Torque at the crank. Somewhere in the mid 400's HP at the wheels.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 1/4
• mile
• drag
• race
• Starsky
• and
• Hutch
• 1976
• Ford
• Gran
• Torino
• Muscle
• car

[Brutalford]

Dude not being rude but 600 hp -16% for rear rwhp from flywheel is more than 400 that's like 35% of hp. something is wrong, a c6 is a hp killer but 20% is max. What is rear gear? And I imagine roush would use aluminum heads, that should be hitting 10's I have a 466bbf and it's has dyno at rwhp 441 and I run 10.21 71 f100 all steel

[grenouille123]

@Brutalford Too true, I had issues to sort back then with intake and exhaust. That winter, rear wheel dyno was 475HP and 540 ft-lbs, somewhat better, unfortunately headers are too constricting 1 7/8, that plus car & I weighed in at 4,755 pounds going down the track,. But did run 11.49 @117 the next summer. Rear end is 3.89 with 28" slicks.

[torkair72torino]

You should be running much faster then that with that much motor :(

[grenouille123]

IWeighed in at 4,755 pounds going down the track, plus plenty of losses though the C6 tranny. But did run 11.49 @117 last summer, which is as fast as I am tech-ed to go.

[odiemodie1]

Duuude! That was sssweeet! Forget gas mileage! As long as that killer Torino whip and eat the buttocks off those foreign imports, American Iron rules! Dump drift racing! No dos to nitro gulping! Pure engine horsepower and mad-dashing the quarter mile is the real deal! (BTW, is this Torino bottled?) A real monster runs on cylinders only! Nowadays though, most runners are on the bottle, so some of us gotta even the odds! Love to see rail racing always!

[grenouille123]

Cylinders only, bottle would feel like cheating!

[enterthafatass]

GET OFF MY LAWN

[raidacaipo]

lol good movie.. I like Eastwoods character in that film

[aperikube]

merci t pa ne tafiole

[4stringapocalypso]

really nice ,,very casual grip on the wheel for a 12 second run.

Love these Fords! Starsky and Hutch was a great show.Glad to see this isn't a trailer queen. Thank you for sharing!

[mschnur]

@ozcobblepot218 About a million zillion dollars.

[acdcfandl32]

the one dislike is from the guy that lost

[svo65]

the maro driver double bulbed you, what an *%^#@. sweet hot rod ford!!!

[ozcobblepot218]

Hey, what's the basic cost of one of these as new, from a Ford dealer car yard in LA or Calif? What'd be the extra charges to convert the steering to Right Hand Drive, and shipping or air freight costs to fly it to Australia? ...And, can you get it in Navy Blue with White Stripe also?

[ozcobblepot218]

Hey, what's the basic cost of one of these as new, from a Ford dealer car yard in LA or Calif? What'd be the extra charges to convert the steering to Right Hand Drive, and shipping or air freight costs to fly it to Australia?