James
I out ran a guy at my work who has a 330hp/350 crate motor in a 65 chevy long bed.
He thought that thing was bad. I laughed everytime he said he would whip my slow TA.
He had everyone convinced at work that his truck was fast.
I work in a manufacturing company out in the country. We finally lined up one afternoon on a nice long straight road. Two of his buddies from work came to watch. I will say it was pretty close to about 50 mph. I had him by a length. By 80, I had him by 2 1/2 lengths and pulling. He was so quiet when we got back to work the next day. He never mentioned racing me again. It was a humbling experience for him.
By the way my car was a 1979 TA with a stock 403 (OLDS) with headers, a shift kit and 2.73 gears. It ran low low 15's at 93 mph in the 1/4.
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