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Originally Posted by Evan Smith
IA '66 427 Fairlane I tested ran 13.3/105 on 7-inch tires, CJ Mustang ran 13.8, '71 Boss 351 ran 13.6 and a 396/375 Camaro ran 13.7, all over 100 mph. Any of these cars would probably 12s with open headers, gear swap and slicks, but can run 9s in Stocker trim.
Evan
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And the amazing thing about that is, my stock, daily driven '95 LT-1 automatic Camaro ran a best of 13.881 at Quaker City, 99.83 mph at Dragway 42, granted with a wider profile street tire. Best 60' was 1.98.
My opinion about the new cars, the quickest, easiest fix is to create FX-classes. I echo the sentiments of many--the new cars are cool, and if they bring new cars, drivers, fans, manufacturer interest, media attention, etc to our sport, that is a good thing. It just isn't good/fair to have them dominate at the expense of the old iron. If the performance levels of the new cars eventually equal out, then you can re-combine them, as was done with the FI cars/classes.