"7" Plymouth's You Just Had to Have.

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Jeff,
I can give some general history.
In 1968, my father raced my mothers 67' Cuda 273/235HP Commando
4-speed w/3.23 posi. Completely stock, with about 6000 miles on it.
Ran in J/Stock and ran an honest best ET of 16.16.

At the same, time, a new 68' AMX 290 4-speed was running in K/Stock.
A new car. Not sure of the gears, but I would bet 3.15's. Ran around the same times, low 16.00's.
PC

Standard gears for a 290 4-speed would be 3.54 unless it had a/c, then it would be 3.15's. Of course AMC had optional gears all the way up to 5.00:1!
Those are respectable times on both; should have been a good heads up drag race! And I say 16.00's for a pair of little engines as you and I know most of your "bread & butter" 390-400 CID cars were usually a 15.20-15.50 ET.