RE: [Chrysler300] On the Road Again

["C Bilter" <cbilter@xxxxxxxxx>]

The Car Life road test of the J strikes me that they "calculated" a top
speed of 130mph; it is not clear that they actually ran the car to top end.
Our late President George Riehl said the J would do about 150 if you had
enough open road, and that was probably as indicated on the speedo with his
rebuilt "totally stock" engine in his black J.  The facts are these: The J
in the Car Life road test ran the quarter in 16.5 sec at 97mph.  The mph
sound about right; the time is a little slow (perhaps not the best launch).
We know the J and K were among the lightest regular production letter car
built and along with the ram K the only ones "mass produced" from the
factory with short rams and headers (i.e. not counting the handful of 4sp
Fs, short ram 400hp Gs, or dealer installed short ram Hs), which really
helped in the upper rpm ranges.  The ram K should have similar performance,
but a K 'vert would be a bit heavier and therefore slower.  My J had an old
time slip in the glove box when I bought it from when it was run by a prior
owner at the Minnesota Dragways, before that strip was closed in the 1980's,
when it still had its original short rams and headers, and it ran the
quarter in 15.41 sec at 99.88 mph.  And my car doesn't have Suregrip.

 

I've read in the past that no road tests were published for the K, either
the FirePower 360 or the 390 ram.

 

Carl B

300J

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From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Rich Barber
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:32 AM
To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Chrysler300] On the Road Again

 

  

While Googling for a 1964 Chrysler 300K Road Test, I found this (mostly
positive) Car Life Road test of the 1963 300J. It contains comparisons to
G's and H's. I was surprised that the indicated top speed of 130 MPH was
not much more than that of the '55 C-300 (128 and change on the sand).
Perhaps other published tests or personal experience tell a different tale?

http://bpostwarclassics.runboard.com/t8152 

I never did find a 1964 300K road test. Does anyone know of a credible
1964 Chrysler 300K road test?

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