I have an 80 trans am in the garage!!

@@ripvanrevs Nice, classic cars are bomb

The lady who killed Pontiac should be prosecuted for murder of the king of muscle cars

Agreed.....

delorean did that.

I fail to see even any humorous logic suggesting your gambling luck has improved because of this video.

Especially running 13:40s

sounded and ran more like an LS6 454 than the low compression LS5

Rules in the class are probably as long as mods don't show, like still a stock gm cam from an early car, different pistons, but still have to run stock manifolds and air cleaner. It's fair enough, he isn't running mid 12s like the hemi/dual carb cars.

@@ryurc3033 engine internals are beyond inspection i suppose. which is cool, but how do they run those ETs on stock(appearing)tires? very impressive. my LS6 chevelle ran 12.20 with headers & 7” cheater slicks. still went up in smoke. ✌️

Since it wasn't a 73, than I hope the cam isn't from a 73. Not sure what the rules are but by ETs most of these cars have had some extra love in the motor. The ETs are almost always faster than the test drives back when they were new. I'm pretty sure they can run any cam that came in any version of the motor that's in the car. And compression can go up at least a point from stock. So dude can put the LS6 or even LS7 (wasn't there a race only or boat LS7 or am I making shit up in my head?) Cam in the engine as well as bumping up the compression and I'm sure if they shaved the heads a tiny bit that would bump up the compression as well. Legally they can make that motor a lot closer to an LS6 specs rather than the low comp LS4 or what ever engine code it was from the factory with. This race was settled by the drivers not the cars.

The GTO has a his/hers shifter. They're literally the best of both manual and auto. Slide shifter over to his, and it can come outta hole as auto/no clutch/spin and driver shifts when he chooses with no clutch. Wish they were still like this today.....paddles on steering wheel r like toys.

And a ‘72 SS was a DOG. A 71 was a noted dog, in the day- compared to the stock 396/350 found inn’70. Nobody wanted one.

@@MrBluzhound yep. Dang federal gov imposed that EPA crap on the Pinnacle of muscle cars...70' was that Pinnacle. Starting n 71, engine compression, insurance companies, EPA junk killed hp, and continued during so from then on, until recent years.....now hp is back with a vengeance......with paddle flappers substituting for a 4-speed Hurst shifter and driving skills.

@@MrBluzhound 71-72 cars were definitely neutered as far as horsepower but they're great looking cars,I've seen this Chevelle in person & it is absolutely amazing

Looks K code Aqua.

Matching painted rims top it off, too. Beautiful car.

I had a 69 Plymouth Sport satellite with a 383 and ran 13 flat at 110 miles an hour every day all day long

They are allowed to bump up the compression a point and a half. So the Chevelle owner could have bumped it up to almost 10.1.

Beaten by a slightly newer version of the car. Huh.

@@LITTLE1994 He had more horses and a better transmission.

I had a '64, and got beat by a '65. They were all nice until low-compression 1971.

3 people inside your 64? How many people were in the 67?

@@dustylover100 2

Wasn’t that a his and hers and Oldsmobile used that to .

That Chevelle was strong, and would have done well in the 60s muscle car era?

@@dustylover100 the chevelles from the 60's did well then and most of them had 100 ponies and better engine/trans packages available. Along with all the manufacturers. The 60's were the peak of muscle car performance. Until the modern era began dropping et's into the 12 & 13sec range again.

In 72 there wasn't a bunch of smog equipment yet. Mostly the problem was the lower compression and a less aggressive curve in the distributer and a less aggressive cam. Good gas was becoming a problem for street cars.

My guess, (this is just my theory anyway) most of the top guys in f.a.s.t racing are allowed modifications, as long as it doesn't show, so a cam that's close to stock, better pistons, tuning upgrades under distributor cap, carb tuning, gasket match the intake manifold, hone the exhaust manifolds. As long as it still appears stock. I know one big block Camaro that ran 10 psi in the polyglass tires to try to make them hook up, would spin the wheel a quarter turn in the tire on a launch.

I had same thoughts as I watch these and see inflation adjusted prices. Nice unique cars that function. In some respects not comparable from feature perspective...Do I need a touchscreen? Do I want car to drive, brake, etc. For me...nope

Dion Rau Removing the gold standard ruined the dollar .

@@brianmanners8910 I get that, but my point is you couldn't get a four cylinder mustang or Camaro or anything like that for twenty seven thousand and change, maybe a little compact Kia base model subcompact nowadays.

Yeah, except the new cars today are much safer, handle and stop much better, get much better gas mileage, are much better equipped, and don’t pollute the air like cars from the muscle car era.

And all of the recalls for factory flub ups. We can't build a baby carrier now.

So does this one, it's just the Shifter, Not the whole Transmission, it was made by Hurst, Called the Dual Gate Shifter. It was Often called the His/Hers Shifter.

My wife watches these videos explicitly for the fart noises and smarmy humor

"How dare you fart before me!" - "Sorry babe, I didn't know it was your turn!"

@@davidbattaglia2336 She's definitely a Keeper!

You made me laugh on that one!

You need an overdrive with 3.73/3.91 for high speed cruising.. My 3.73 ''Stag turned 3300 rpm, in 4th, 5th gear it turned 2600, I had a Getrang 5 speed close ratio tranny and got around 20 mpg at 80 mph, stock 5.0 motor.

@@crankychris2 ,I appreciate that bro

*tach

This Chevelle was faster as well. Driver lost the races at holeshot.

Yeah, it’s a miracle.

Not back in the day, and not in this best of three.

@@edwinfeldman8231 you're wrong EDWIN, LOL

Nope. Even if they're not that fast, the 71/72 Chevelles are the best looking muscles ever (just my opinion)

@@alexanderhampp646771/72 Chevelle best looking Muscle cars ever .😂😂😂 Get your eyes checked .😂🤪😂😂

@@brianmanners8910 at least, to me it is. The grille (especially the shape of the front in top view), the single headlights, the shape of the roof, the rear bumper with the round lights. The overall proportions of the car are just right. 71 Cuda is nearly as nice.

Apparently you never went to a dragstrip in your day. First to cross the finish line wins, not quickest ET. Rules have been the same since the sport began.

many engines had very tight piston/cylinder wall clearance which killed high rpm horsepower. a loose 383 will rev like no tomorrow.

I’m asking the same thing.. The Chevelle had a faster quarter-mile time.. that literally means it wins. Oh and a higher top speed..

GTO had a quicker reaction time on all 3 runs. Reaction time is separate from elapsed time. The driver who leaves first and gets to the finish line first is the winner.