Mopar racers,,, help me settle a bet.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Jim,

They did, all those guys that were winning those Junior Stock Classes
from 1966 thru 1969 were running 327's in their 1957 cars, while claiming they were 283's.

You are kidding, right?

[bigshow2966]

A couple years ago Mr. Norm's tried to release "recreations" of the SS/CA package car that never was, maybe that's where the confusion arose?

IIRC, it was supposed to use a 440 shortblock with Max Wedge heads and intake.

[Geerhead55]

Originally Posted by bigshow2966

A couple years ago Mr. Norm's tried to release "recreations" of the SS/CA package car that never was, maybe that's where the confusion arose?

IIRC, it was supposed to use a 440 shortblock with Max Wedge heads and intake.

Naw,,, trust me. These 3 were confused long before that!
Danny Durham

[Paul Ceasrine]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

You are kidding, right?

Ed,

In the Northeast, (New York , Connecticut and Milton, Vermont and
Orange Dragstrip in Massachusetts.

Nearly the whole lot of 57' Chevy's were running 327's while claiming a 283 in Stock Class.

In 1968, I saw my fair share of 57' Chevy BelAir's running a supposed
283/270 HP Dual-Quad in I/Stock, hitting 12.90's while on the
brakes, on a regular basis.

These guys went from running 14.10's to 12.90's (on the brakes) in the span of 1-week, after getting their engines 'done'.