Thread: 1971 Cutlass sx
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Old 09-26-2013, 04:20 PM   #8
Tar Heel
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Originally Posted by Terry Cain View Post
Sorry, but your way off on your numbers. A car like that which can run a few tenths under the index will cost at least $30,000 to build.
In NHRA form you're exactly correct ... can't be done. Put in Pure Stock form perhaps. We put less than that in our C5 (and those parts are CRAZY expensive) and run 1 second under.

From a quick investigation it appears to be a natural C car with a factory horsepower rating of 320 and factored to 340. That index in Pure Stock is 12.75 if he can get it down to a race weight of 3570. Again, I know nothing about these cars and I may looking at the wrong numbers but with a good set of headers, 4.56 gear, loose converter, and slicks wouldn't this be attainable?

Last edited by Tar Heel; 09-26-2013 at 04:30 PM.
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