Muscle Car Shootout Disappointment

[GOAT72]

First they ran through the WHOLE SHOW with a slipping clutch in the Hemi Challenger.

They had a GS convertible, so if it's true that the 'vert weighs a few hundred lbs. more than the hardtop, then the GS had a disadvantage in every test.

The Mustang and the Chevelle tied for 1st place, so in the burnout contest/tie breaker, the Mustang won because it had a 4-spd. versus the Turbo400 in the SS.

It was alot of fun to watch, but a little attention to detail would have helped.

...especially for the Mopar dudes.


Mac

[COPO]

I agree, but the burnout portion was great!

[Bill Pritchard]

It was fun to watch, but lacking in real credibilty. Like you said, the GS was a convert and had factory air for even more weight. The Hurst Olds and the Challenger both had manual steering - lotsa fun in the slalom course I must say, I think that was the best running Boss 429 Mustang I've ever seen

[Turbo_Jet]

Didn't the Boss run like a 5.0 sec 0-60? I was impressed!

[Don_Lightfoot]

Due to the different transmissions and not all cars having a tall rear gear, it wasn't what could be classified as a "level playing field" in my opinion. Very surprised the Stage 1 won the slalom, but was middle of the pack for the speed tests. As Bill mentioned, the extra weight didn't help. Mustang performance was certainly not what I expected either.

If the Hemi did not have a clutch problem, and/or the LS6 had a 4.10 rear, results would likely have been different. Also, I wish the Judge would have been a Ram Air IV rather than III, that certainly would have improved the Goat's performance.

I really enjoyed the show and thought it was well produced

[budnate]

you have to give LMC a big thumbs up for pulling those cars off the showroom and taking them out and pretty much running the snot out of them....in my opinion that took some stones...

Bud.

[JoeG]

Yeah Bud --I heard each driver was given a Cyanide Pill to be taken if he blew the engine-----