Black Ghost - Hemi Challenger

[the427king]

I had watched the video of UncleTonys garage and had gone to the website he stated that the son was a part of. Interestingly he was listed as part of the team "creatives" with name and photo yesterday . Today his name and photo are no longer there. Pretty interesting

[John Brown]

500 shot of nitrous?

[CamaroNOS]

Originally Posted by 70 copo

Good. That cuts a full second off the time. Road tests show 13.1 @ 107

What else could have been done?

The top street cars in NE Ohio when I was A kid were all solid no excuses low 11 second cars.

And all of them were modified - even the Hemi’ cars.

What did the owner of this car do to close the gap to win consistently on the streets of Detroit then?

I suspect the owner did what I did back in the day, I carefully picked my battles back in my home town.

My Camaro was not any where near an 10 - 11 - 12 second car, as I was just a 17 year old kid with a shallow pockets. Having said that, I managed to only get beat once. I watched the serious street guys run their cars in amazement and just tried to learn a thing or two.

As far as the Black Ghost, for me it is a huge boost for our hobby that will all do us well. When was the last time a great car movie, based on a real story, hit the screens? At the end of the day, it will probably draw more folks into the muscle car world which is just a good thing to see.

I'm just sitting back with my bag of popcorn and waiting for the unveiling.

Paul

[70 copo]

Originally Posted by CamaroNOS

I suspect the owner did what I did back in the day, I carefully picked my battles back in my home town.

My Camaro was not any where near an 10 - 11 - 12 second car, as I was just a 17 year old kid with a shallow pockets. Having said that, I managed to only get beat once. I watched the serious street guys run their cars in amazement and just tried to learn a thing or two.

As far as the Black Ghost, for me it is a huge boost for our hobby that will all do us well. When was the last time a great car movie, based on a real story, hit the screens? At the end of the day, it will probably draw more folks into the muscle car world which is just a good thing to see.

I'm just sitting back with my bag of popcorn and waiting for the unveiling.

Paul

I am good with that for the entertainment value as long as we portray it as such and avoid the emotional trap of attempting to somehow redefine the performance characteristics because we happen to like a back story.

The foundation of this forum is a source of factual information. If that gets lost on the basics then that would be a waste of time for those who have invested in it.

I have been here for nearly 23 years...

[70 copo]

True. Everyone loves a witch hunt as long as it's someone else's witch being hunted.

[cook_dw]

https://youtu.be/xfLAv0RAXQQ

[Mr70]

It's just 20 minutes of Tony patting himself on the back.

[Steve Shauger]

The street racing information was provided by the previous owner who is now deceased and can't provide or defend. It's disappointing and embarrassing that the new owner and most membership have to put up with the constant picking on the car. This is a members car its NOT for sale. Provide him and his car some respect.

The few that continue to stir the pot find glee in doing so find another site.

[70 copo]

I think The street Hemi has a lot in common with the DZ 302.

Both were High end engines and intended to be race engines by design.

As such responded well to modifications to reach the maximum potential.

[dustinm]

Who cares about how fast this car was, is, or whatever. I really dont get why guys are still going on about times... this was never a race car and back then who didnt street race? Every darn stop light was an offering didnt matter what was under the hood. This cars value and coolness is the owner history and documentation.

Im glad a true car guy like Ryan bought it and will treat it as such. I cant wait to see it sometime down there at cars and coffee