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I'm just quoting what the book said this is'nt my opinion.You mentioned that opinions verses fact gets blurred when people are passionate about their cars.I've never ever seen a GT-37 in the flesh let alone own one.So I dont know were your going off when you say I'm passionate about my car???I own a 1970 GTO not a GT-37.
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gtaa9, I wasn't referring to you about "being passionate" about your car. I was referring to others (perhaps John Sawruk) who tend to exaggerate things because they are passionate about the cars
they love. That's ok, we all have our favorites. But we also must face reality. An original, stock 67 GTO, is not going to outrun a 70 Hemi Cuda. Heck, if you look hard enough, one may find a website stating that a Pontiac 301 Turbo was a great engine, and could easily run with an old GTO if the "301 just had the right gears, and was tuned properly".
As for comparing apples to apples, this is exactly what I did. A 70 GTO 400 RAIII could not, and would not, outrun a 70 RAIV GTO. Same car, same body, same options. The car with more power wins. You can slice and dice, argue about traction, driver skill, and which way the wind was blowing, but the fact remains the RAIV was a stronger engine than the RAIII.
And the GT-37 was a step down from the RAIII, RAIV, and 455. It had a standard 350 hp GTO engine. Lighter in weight than a GTO? Maybe by about 20-30 lbs (rubber floor mats verses carpeting, maybe 10 lbs there). Nowhere near enough to make up for the mechanical improvements set into the RAIII, let alone the RAIV.
The GT-37 wasn't some mythical warrior that came out of left field with some mysterious prototype Pontiac engine. They were cheap alternatives to GTO's, nothing more, nothing less. They could not outrun a RAIV GTO.
That being said, I happen to like GT-37's and T-37's a great deal. I always rooted for the plain brown wrapper cars.
