Drag Wars ! W-30 Olds 442 takes on HEMI, L88, SD-455 and GSX - 1/4 Mile Drag Race

Drag Wars ! W-30 Olds 442 takes on HEMI, L88, SD-455 and GSX - 1/4 Mile Drag Race - RoadTestTV

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4 жыл бұрын

HOW FAST is a W30 Olds 442??
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A very rare 1972 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 takes on old school America muscle cars: 70 Buick GSX Stage 1; 1974 Pontiac SD-455 Trans Am; 1970 Hemi Road Runner and a 1969 L88 Corvette.
All of the muscle cars in the video are very rare and desired muscle cars. So, how so how does a 1972 Olds 442 W-30 stack some serious Detroit Muscle cars? Let's find out...
The Olds 442 W-30 started life in the 1960's as a blueprinted 400 cubic inch terror from the Olds division of GM to compete with the SS396 Chevelle. In 1970, the blueprinted W-30 grew to 455 cubic inches and was one of the most potent motors from Detroit. The car in the video is a 1972 W-30; however, don't let the 300 net horsepower rating fool you. Even in 1972, the W-30 was a blueprinted torque monster.
The first car to take on the W-30 is a 1970 Buick GSX Stage 1. The GSX is equipped with Buick's torquey 455 cubic inch Stage 1 engine (Stage 1 was essentially a blue printed motor from the factory and was Buick's answer to the Olds W-30). The Stage 1 was rated at 360 HP and 510 lb/ft of torque.
The next car to race the W-30 442 is a 1974 Trans Am equipped with Pontiac's 455 Super Duty Power plant. Even though this car was built in an era when smog rules were strangling horsepower, the Super Duty 455 was a force to be reckoned with and could hold it's own with muscle cars from the late 60's and 1970. The Trans Am in the video is equipped with an 455 SD motor conservatively rated at 290 horsepower.
The third car to race the W-30 442 is a 1970 Hemi Road Runner which is equipped with a dual quad 426 cubic inch Hemi rated at 425 horsepower. The 426 Hemi is a legendary motor with untold potential due the the hemispherical design of the combustion chambers.
The last car to race the W-30 is very rare 1969 L88 Corvette. The L88 was a race only option and a well kept secret. The Lengendary L88 was conservatively rated at 430 horsepower; however, most believe it made well over 500 hp.
All the cars in the video are competing in the Pure Stock Drags, so modifications are very limited. The only modifications permitted are minor porting, blue printing and minor weight reduction without altering the stock appearance. Camshafts and compression ratio have to be within a small percentage of stock specs. That means stock intake manifold, stock exhaust manifolds and street tires.
So WHO WINs? Watch the video and see what happens.
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@lindsaymcpherson4744 4 жыл бұрын

Driver in the olds knows what he's doing

@darinmcdonnell712 4 жыл бұрын

Yes he does, he bought an olds!!!

@badgerbait8351 4 жыл бұрын

Those 442s had a great body design!

@fast03vette4me 3 жыл бұрын

That Olds presents itself as a bit of a sleeper IMO. And just WOW for every CLASSIC representing. Admiration and RESPECT for the men that drive them the way they were engineered to be driven!

@netrioter 4 жыл бұрын

My grandfather had a 72 Olds Delta 88 4 door with a dealer installed W30 from a 442. It would do low 13's. My uncle would sneak it out at night and street race it. He was arrested a few times. They totally lied on the power on the W30

@merlemorrison482 4 жыл бұрын

that Olds is a beast!!!

@bluesfanman1 Жыл бұрын

Wow does that 455 launch like a rocket!

@vincentrobinson9325 3 жыл бұрын

I was just in a 70 w30 442 all original today chirp 3rd gear on the highway doing 70 love the torque

@davegeisler7802 2 жыл бұрын

That L88 Vette 😍 and a M22 rock crusher , ripping off high 11s and looking badass doing so , thats about as good as it gets on the street !

@whirlwind8825 3 жыл бұрын

Its not the driver or the car. Its the engine. While they are shifting their way to third gear the Olds 455 is out torquing them on the bottom end . Then something magical happens around 80-90 mph... The big block has top end power also ...

@rapidride2 4 жыл бұрын

There is a TON of patient testing and tuning done to that Olds. It's been gone through with a fine toothed comb. The driver is good as well.

@darinmcdonnell712 4 жыл бұрын

All if them have been gone through with a fine tooth comb, they all play by the same rules!!!

@rapidride2 4 жыл бұрын

Not every tuner is equal and not every car responds the same to tuning. Some people are more serious, while others are out there more for fun.

@darinmcdonnell712 4 жыл бұрын

@@rapidride2 and??? That goes for all these cars!!!

@masterjerry5442 3 жыл бұрын

@@darinmcdonnell712 if the low compression 1972 olds 455 can out do the gsx, i'd like to see what the 1970 could do. that gsx looked like it was going a lot slower than its potential. and the l88 beat it because its a screamer. and the roadrunner lost because it tried to go up against a torque monster

@wildrosegarage4208 3 жыл бұрын

@@masterjerry5442 I run a olds drag car and have ran a lot of different combinations and that 72 has a lot done to it hidden on the inside. A hemi mopar is better in every way shape and form. Olds have horrible oil drain back, tiny bore 4.125, small valves, and horrible exhaust passage to say the least. And this 72 should be a 8.5:1 compression dog, the exhaust outlets are 2 1/4'', My car is 300lbs lighter than this hurst and he is running faster than I did with a 10.7:1 compression 488 olds stroker with C heads with some work done to them. I am a olds guy but I speak the truth.

@garygraycar5751 3 жыл бұрын

A 442 never built was the 66 W-30 (3x2 carb) with a short stroke 425 built to race. Believe this combo would be the fastest if offered. Those 425's would wind just like the short stroke 400's that owned the GTO in 66-67.

@Jeffbob442 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I had a 67 442 that we put a 425 in...4 speed car so we had to tap the crank for a pilot bearing...but man alive, like you said, that 425 would outwind my 70 455 w30 car ! Way faster than the 400 that came in the car!!

@donaldhollums3278 4 жыл бұрын

The owner of that Oldsmobile had to have taken his car to the outer fringes of the rules to get it to run low-low mid 12s.

@darinmcdonnell712 4 жыл бұрын

And so didn't all the other cars as well!!!

@sauniergmail 4 жыл бұрын

114 - 115.5 mph?? Stock rules ? No chance in hell for the w30. No chance.. that equates to about 90-100 hp more than that engine ever made stock.. 100 TO THE WHEELS more..

@sauniergmail 4 жыл бұрын

The e.t. isn't even the real issue. The mph tells the tale. 115 mph? No way in hell

@darinmcdonnell712 4 жыл бұрын

@@sauniergmail same as the hemi, and the rest of the cars. They all play by the same rules.

@SweatyFatGuy 4 жыл бұрын

@@sauniergmail I was running bottom 12s trapping 110-115 with a D port 455 Pontiac in a 3900lb race weight 79 Formula with 4.10 gears in the 1990s. With 3.42 gears it ran 11.5-11.4 and trapped 118-120mph because it was pulling well beyond the 900ft mark. That was with a stock L88 converter in a Th400 and a cam that was slightly longer duration than the 068 4 barrel cam, but smaller than the 744 RA III cam and on a 108 rather than a 114 LSA. Headers and a tighter LSA are not going to add 100whp, besides the RA style manifolds will run pretty much the same times as the cheap Summit 1 5/8 headers I had on it. The W30 manifolds work just as good as the cheap headers I run on my D ports. I got my 4000lb 70 GTO to run mid 12s at 105-110 with a 8:1 compression 455, stock converter not even the L88 one with 1900 stall I ran in the other car, and 2.93 gears. It had 5C smog era heads on a cast piston stock rod short block, and an UltraDyne 068 copy with a 108 LSA, blowing through the cheap Summit headers. Qjet and stock intake with HEI. The G headed 455 Olds will run just as well as the A C or E headed 455s, and the W30 stuff helps them out a bit. I ran into other guys running slower with 455s and some running 350 and 427 chevys who pulled the 455s out because they couldn't get them to run or because they spun them too hard and chucked the rods out. They all asked how much I was spraying it to run faster than they were. It doesn't take much to make a 455 run hard, be it Olds Buick or Pontiac, but going with a single plane intake, a big cam over 240@.050, a 3500+ stall and 4.10 or deeper gears is a sure way to run high 13s with one of them unless you work the heads over and run lots of compression... and then the 4.10s will still limit how fast it runs and slow it down from a 3.08 to 3.55 gear, the 3.73 slows a couple mph and runs the same ET, so all it does is make for more revs going down the highway. Make it do what it was intended to do and do it better, then the BOP 400+ inch engines will run damn hard. Try to make it run like a chevy with deep gears, big stall, single plane intake, and spin the snot out of it and you are going to need aluminum heads that flow at least 310cfm. I have one of those too, it made 520ftlbs on a chassis dyno at only 3000rpm, and its making 700ftlbs flywheel at 4500-5000, so even with a 270@.050 solid roller and a Victor holding up a 1050 Holley, its still making ludicrous torque down low. I can see a W30 running those times easily if you get it to hook and know what it wants. I did it with garden variety stuff 25 years ago, and my junk is faster now.

@Ballenxj 3 жыл бұрын

That Olds is Bad ASS! Took on everything but the Vette which is understandable considering it was most likely a bit lighter.

@BuzzLOLOL 3 жыл бұрын

The L88 engine was under rated by 130 HP to keep unknowledgeable from ordering/buying it... The Hemi had more power than this Olds as seen from the higher trap speed, but unibody Chrysler products light in the back end and hard to get off the line as quickly... made even worse by Hemi engine weight...

@dirkpittthegreat4559 7 ай бұрын

Vette caught up at the very end and edged him out. Had a 70 w30...never beat...was a beast. Sold it...what was i thinking 😂

@howabouthetruth2157 4 жыл бұрын

And there ya have it, the L88 is hard to beat. The driver of that Olds knows how to race a car.

@johnringel9892 4 жыл бұрын

The Oldsmobile owner really had his ducks in a row. All of the cars in the video were strong contenders. All ran better then they did new. The Olds guy was a little sharper tuner. A little better driver.

@GH-el9ch 4 жыл бұрын

And a little faster car

@robintaylor1490 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think it was all just tuning, more like gears.

@davegeisler7802 2 жыл бұрын

Gears and race prep cars .442 were low 14s stock , maybe mid 13s with a good driver, not low 12s.

@davegeisler7802 2 жыл бұрын

And the L88 Vette stock would have been very high 12s , low 13s

@harris9784 2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps the Olds 442 had his motor rebuilt, balanced tuned and set up perfectly by Mondello !? If so, that 455 Olds was making good, solid power. Not to mention, a dang good and experienced driver. Most races are won or lost at the starting block. This hoss was a finely tuned racer.

@johnwilkerson2195 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Olds

@oldsguy49 4 жыл бұрын

That is truly an exceptional 442, not even the best year! Dr. Olds must have been working overtime on that little jewel. The Corvette would be an A stocker, the Road Runner would be a strong B stocker, as probably the Buick and the Olds would be probably an E or F stocker. Quite an achievement for polyglas bias ply tires!!!!

@timothypeck5418 4 жыл бұрын

oldsguy49 I had a1970 W-30 that ran in C stock with an automatic that was totally stock, no headers or any mods and it won its class pretty regularly. Great car.

@robintaylor1490 3 жыл бұрын

Can you say gears ?

@badass6.0powerstroke10 3 жыл бұрын

@@robintaylor1490 God Damn, you really like the term "Gears" I'm seeing it all over these comments.

@robintaylor1490 3 жыл бұрын

@@badass6.0powerstroke10 that's what happens when you get beat buy gears and no motor ... lol 😆

@dirkpittthegreat4559 7 ай бұрын

@@timothypeck5418had a 70 w30. Was the beast of many races. Worked on 3 times to increase hp and torque...raced 31 times...never lost. I am a fool for sellig it.

@electrolytics 4 жыл бұрын

That driver is no slouch off the line, I can say that.

@dirkpittthegreat4559 7 ай бұрын

He missed only 1 from what I could see

@roberthaibi2304 4 жыл бұрын

Epic drag race ..442 getting it done ......L88 corvette smoking compition

@robertrobinson6831 4 жыл бұрын

That old's is not fucking around

@BobbyOfEarth 3 жыл бұрын

Stock Class rules notwithstanding ..the 442 is smoking hot!

@boss12 4 жыл бұрын

I underestimated that Olds because it was a ‘72. Good racing. It lost to the Vette but that was still a great run.

@stevenstair1068 3 жыл бұрын

As the man sings Can't Touch This 😆

@danbaumann8273 2 жыл бұрын

Wow...That was cooool. That 442 got the hop on those beasts. Surprised he won. Awesome driving. Don't know all the souping up rules but that was damn impressive. I thought he'd get stomped by that monster Buick and Road Runner. Was figuring that Vette would be too much, which it was. The only car that I thought would be in his range was that SD Firebird and from what I understand they're no slouches either, especially if tinkered with.

@davegeisler7802 2 жыл бұрын

The Hemi was running down the 442 on the big end , it just ran out of room by a few feet , and the big block Vettes were just plain nasty !

@sharitcuello5026 2 жыл бұрын

Vaya buen video el oldsmobile 442 W30 de 1972 vs Plymouth Road runner hemi 426 Cl , Pontiac firebird trans am 455 super duty de 1974 y buick Gsx stage 1 de 1970 y Chevrolet Corvette C3 Stringay L88 427 Cl de 1969 pues buenas carreras me gustó mucho tu video pues

@sherrigaskin5656 4 жыл бұрын

The 442 needs the wing. The Buick is killer, too.

@hank1556 4 жыл бұрын

Im assuming a lot of these cars are massaged a little. but to me that makes them more honest and realistic to what they would be on the streets

@ITRIEDEL 4 жыл бұрын

Def some tuning but from my understanding, mechanically they are 90-99% stock

@originalpunkSxE 4 жыл бұрын

You're right. If anything, these cars might even be more stock than what you would find on the streets in the '70's. Back then, no one really cared about originality as long as it made the car go faster. We know a lot more about how to make the original parts work better now.

@bruceallen6016 3 жыл бұрын

Good racing so thumb up. Love the Olds.

@kurtzimmerman1637 4 жыл бұрын

that oldsmobile driver just dusted a hemi!

@billcohnen6326 4 жыл бұрын

I was surprised the HEMI got stomped. That Olds is pretty bad ass.

@GH-el9ch 4 жыл бұрын

@@billcohnen6326 lots of hemi get stomped

@masterjerry5442 3 жыл бұрын

@@GH-el9ch by the ls6 chevelle, the GSX stage 1, the w30(as we just saw), and the 1970 GTO with the 455 H.O. if you put a good racer behind the wheel of any of those cars and a good racer behind the wheel of a street hemi, any of those 4 cars will win every time. especially if they're from 1970

@hampshireracing 2 жыл бұрын

🏁🏆That’s was fun to watched!

@johnhalchishick7094 4 жыл бұрын

That vet and 442 are nice rides

@gregleenyit 2 жыл бұрын

Dang ! That was Awesome !!!

@janivarsrvaag5137 3 жыл бұрын

it was the best dragrace video i have ever seen tums upp oldsmobile was the fastes tums upp again

@XBobbyVegasX 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a sucker for those Big Block Ponchos and Chevys

@TheMrmmkkpro 4 жыл бұрын

Love it, great cars, that Oldsmobubble was rockin, the Ole L88 430 hp, please more like 500 or more. It's so cool seeing these cars in their element. Great video, thanks for posting, always good stuff. 👍👍🏁🏁

@roadtesttv 4 жыл бұрын

@Michael Proulx Thanks Michael. Appreciate your support !

@Ballenxj 4 жыл бұрын

Loved every one of these races. That W30 was done right! My 70 W30 ran consistent 13;4's and it was supposed to be hotter? Thumb up.

@masterjerry5442 3 жыл бұрын

yours probably would have been hotter

@kimmorrison9169 4 жыл бұрын

I was in high school back in the late 60’s. I raced pure stock on a few strips and those 442’s usually ran well. W30’s and w-31’s were even faster. This one running low 12’s is a prepared car. Finely tuned for pure stock racing. Not surprised at the results but would have been shocked if it beat the L88 which as a race motor in a street car. Very, very powerful engine the L88 version of the venerable big block 427.

@davegeisler7802 2 жыл бұрын

Props to Olds , respect ✊🏼 but that W30 ain’t gonna touch an L88 period . Full stop.

@smokeylovesfire1589 4 жыл бұрын

That L88 should have beat everyone there. I’m wondering if the Olds was not stock. It’s driver had every hole shot though. Fun to watch!!!

@kimcokevin Жыл бұрын

Dr Oldsmobile stacking bodies!!!

@johnwilkerson2195 Жыл бұрын

Plenty of torque and the guy new how to drive that 442

@darinmcdonnell712 4 жыл бұрын

Great video!!!!

@damiendoisher7812 4 жыл бұрын

That trans am gets rid of them old fenders, doors and hood for some fiberglass ones and he is low 12 all day long. Never in my life have I felt a door so damn heavy.

@evanbarr9270 4 жыл бұрын

They where all faster than I expected .Good modern rubber must take about a second off the time .Where the 60 ft times good I wonder?

@anhiirr 4 жыл бұрын

w-30 olds 442 the old mans favorite gm product...........right behind the fuelie....of course. I actually saw a fuelie convertible yesterday. L88 is probably my favorite vette personally 67, being born in the lotus era though i could also throw in the 32v 90s zr1 engine. For personal reasons...Looking forward to the eventual overhead cam 32v multiport/direct injection engine in the coming years. Cadillac has one currently. Im looking forward to the enthusiast market and if people are going to try to swap those for "science" lol and by that i mean pure hot rod purposes.

@benmalcolm3132 4 ай бұрын

Even though the corvette at the end won, that 442 is a way cooler car

@brianspangler3771 4 жыл бұрын

If that roadrunner hadn't of spun off the line he would've out ran the olds. Another awesome video.

@brianspangler3771 4 жыл бұрын

@Kelly W Yep. Guess so.

@darinmcdonnell712 4 жыл бұрын

Lol, it rained over the roadrunner's side of the track not the 442's side!! Lol. And the excuses flow like a stuck toilet!!!

@markalton4610 4 жыл бұрын

@@darinmcdonnell712 it was faster on the big end despite a bad start

@masonite1973 16 күн бұрын

@@markalton4610 As expected. Higher hp but lower torque

@edstewart445 4 жыл бұрын

that olds definitely wasn't stock all the others were. especially for 72 classification in the olds at that time,i love when cars go beyond stock the gsx in 70 was the king of the streets in early 1970.

@jeffnorbert1871 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks much!

@bradwindhorst7010 3 жыл бұрын

Car show drag racing. Cool.

@musclecarmaniac6786 4 жыл бұрын

The mighty L88 took em down...

@GH-el9ch 4 жыл бұрын

@LF X And a heck of a lot more powerful engine

@tomhurley974 4 жыл бұрын

not a stock engine in the w30 those times indicate 500 hp+ in a 3700 lb car

@darinmcdonnell712 4 жыл бұрын

They all play by the same rules.

@digidrum2003 4 жыл бұрын

I couldnt see,but i,wonder,if that Olds W-30 has the red plastic wheel well inserts??

@mikecoleman7897 3 жыл бұрын

Red inner fender wells were not put in '72 W30s. There are some rumors that early build cars may have them but most did not and there is no definitive proof either way.

@dustyburner 4 жыл бұрын

WOnder what happened to the first race against the Hemi? Staging and race were two separate races.

@masonite1973 16 күн бұрын

Is that the Inline Tube Olds build?

@joequillun7790 4 жыл бұрын

I think that 72 W-30 is making more than 8-1 compression. Seriously.

@clevlandblock Жыл бұрын

The performance of this particular 442 bears no correlation whatsoever to the period road tests of factory stock, low compression W-30s.

@douglassopa2544 3 жыл бұрын

big daddy olds givin lessons,,

@cdamauser1963 4 жыл бұрын

300 hp? Ha. That vette did good. Driver did well.

@harris9784 2 жыл бұрын

That Buick would have had a better ET time, perhaps, if the Olds driver was behind the wheel of the Buick! Just sayin.

@enerrivers4392 4 жыл бұрын

Gee, who was surprised about the L88?

@masonite1973 16 күн бұрын

Barely squeezed by with a major weight advantage

@solice8844 4 жыл бұрын

What’s the purpose of burning the rear wheels before the race?

@stephenvolkhardt8036 4 жыл бұрын

It get the rubber hot and sticky for better traction off the line

@solice8844 4 жыл бұрын

stephen volkhardt Thanks.

@pauls.3400 4 жыл бұрын

They sure don't make them like this anymore...I thought the Hemi would've done better

@GH-el9ch 4 жыл бұрын

Hemis do good if they're built...stock street hemi not so much

@LT1HILLINGHOE 4 жыл бұрын

442 ain't nowhere near stock if it beat a Stage 1.

@darinmcdonnell712 4 жыл бұрын

The stage 1 is a fast car but never quite measured up to the w-30 performance. The gsx was a beautiful looking car though!

@ronlind1757 4 жыл бұрын

Not true Darin... 70 Stage1 was quite a measure above a W-30.. all things being equal. Any tests or races back in the day verify this.

@Jeffbob442 2 жыл бұрын

I raced , lets see....a 65 442, a 67 442, a 68 Hurst Olds, and a 70 w30...my friend had a 1972 442 w30..so I can tell all the nay Sayers that the times and MPH that this car in the video is entirely possible and still pass NHRA stock rules...I know, I have done it. One thing nobody understands is NO Magazine, Except a short lived east coast mag ''HI performance Cars'' Ever tested What I would call A true 1970 W30! So nobody knew what kind of times they COULD turn if ordered right. ONLY 147 REAL made to race, light body cars were ever made! That being a , Post coupe [lighter body than hard top] 4 speed, No Power Brakes, No Air, and 3.91 axle. Most all tested cars were Hardtop 3700lb with automatic trans or had a/c or had power brakes, ANY of the aforementioned options [not including hardtop] got you the smaller cam [308 duration adv] The big dog 328 duration cam did not Idle well enough to work with the options. Even the Quadrajet carb had no power valve/ primary metering rods because not enough vacuum existed to close it! But , as mentioned, Hi perf cars were impressed by one at a new jersey track..no doubt with a good driver, turning 12.9S with nothing more than a pair of Hard wall slicks on a stock car. They made a project out of this car and with a set of headers a sett of secondary metering rods ,adjustable push rods [for zero lash] a set of D102p Corvette points , removed front sway bar bushings and 90/10 front shocks, they got the car to run a best of 11.91!! My own 1970 w30, while not stock, I could drive it 60 miles to the drag strip and run 10.20 thousand foot and 11.30's 1/4 mile with 11.00/31 slicks ...My friends 72 W30 was built to be a NHRA stocker...but man..a balance and a blueprint later from Joe Mondello and some suspension goodies that car was incredible! Just because it's an Olds, dont sell it short! Matter of fact we are still racing a 455 in a 86 cutlass today!

@dkvperformance 2 жыл бұрын

@BrutalStench 4 жыл бұрын

Can pull that GSX into my garage please....

@masterjerry5442 3 жыл бұрын

fr it needs something

@danbaumann8273 2 жыл бұрын

I'll say.😘😛

@davidtrupiano3374 5 ай бұрын

That ain't no stock 72 W30 455. Imho.

@lw216316 3 жыл бұрын

I am not a drag racer so someone will have to explain to me how a 300hp car beats cars rated over 400hp if they are reasonably close in weight and reaction times are reasonably close. How could that happen unless the 400hp rated cars are not getting that much horse power to the ground?

@ITILII 2 жыл бұрын

No way that this is anywhere near accurate.. Look at horsepower and weight ratings is indicative, too. When you look at fastest muscle cars the Corvette is rated 14th, Road Runner 15th, Buick 16th and Trans Am 19th....so where is this Olds rated ? 45th !!! Olds was running 13.88 at 96mph (yep that was quite a bit slower than what we saw) I call BS on this !!!

@terryschnereger8531 4 жыл бұрын

I don't get how that 71 Olds can clean house. By 71, compression ratios dropped along with hp. Those other cars other than the Super Duty would've given that Olds a run for the money.

@masonite1973 16 күн бұрын

72 and it was fully rebuilt

@mikepreciado7807 3 жыл бұрын

Man. That Olds hauls ass

@MrIgor1955 4 жыл бұрын

The Olds was a great running car but it was good to see reality and the L88 Corvette smoke the Olds.

@masonite1973 16 күн бұрын

Different class of vehicles by corporate mandate

@needmetal3221 4 жыл бұрын

That ain't 300 hp

@billferguson9734 5 ай бұрын

You can always tell the cheaters

@mr.s.7166 4 жыл бұрын

lies 72 cars were slower

@GOBRADON502 4 жыл бұрын

No way are these cars stock I call bullshit

@badass6.0powerstroke10 4 жыл бұрын

I'm quite surprised at the outcomes in most of these races, i know the rules for this class, that many pieces can be massaged for better performance. But the Biggest Disappointment for me is that there weren't any Ford's to beat up on that Olds. The Stage 1 Buick should any day of the week run much better than the Olds, heck the Hemi should of beat it. Maybe he just took better advantage of the rules, and he can really drive it. I don't remember those 455 Olds Engines taking out any of the other Muscle Cars back in the day. He was lucky there wasn't any 71 Boss 351 Mustangs with that Nasty Cleveland or any 427 Ford's or the Mighty 428 CJ there on this day. It would be a different outcome.

@darinmcdonnell712 4 жыл бұрын

You obviously don't know much about cars!!! The Ford 427 medium and high riser were great motors but the 428scj were never that quick, neither was the boss 429 as it had to be heavily modified to get any power out of it the boss 351 was pretty quick for that year but that was really about it, the fords never really had the torque to keep up with the Oldsmobiles, Buicks, six pack mopars, the olds was dominant in its day and apparently still is!! Oh and by the way wasn't Warren Johnson in his olds with an Oldsmobile drce motor that took the title away from Bob Glidden and dominated pro stock for 20 years in pro stock?? Or was it 25 years???

@bw3506 4 жыл бұрын

Nope

@badass6.0powerstroke10 4 жыл бұрын

@@darinmcdonnell712 You obviously don't know much, you really think Warren Johnson Dominated Pro Stock ? What ever you are smoking please share it. It was Bob Glidden that dominated for years, usually being the only Ford in competition. Never said anything about the Boss 429 being a great engine. And the 428 CJ was a great engine for the Street Stoplight to Stoplight racing.

@user-ge2qn6gp4o 4 жыл бұрын

You're right. If they had shown more Ford's on the track than we'd have more clips of the olds beating people!

@darinmcdonnell712 4 жыл бұрын

@@badass6.0powerstroke10 yes, Warren Johnson beat Bob Glidden and Glidden faded away and warren Johnson dominated pro stock for many years after and along the way setting many records