I love hearing all those stories about old very heavy Imperials beating Honda cars. I never race my Imperial against any Japanese cars, but my 1961 Dodge Pioneer with a 318 2 barrel carb. beat a Accura Integra with a V-6 from a light. The guy was pretty upset about that. I thought it was funny that a 40 plus year old car would do that. Now if I really want to go fast with a old car it's no problem. I just purchase a 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 XL "427" 4 speed with 550 hp. The man I purchased the car from told me when he's at a light and the owners of the high performance Japanese cars look at the "427" insignia on the front fenders, they turn their heads away ducking in their seats. :) Rich Woolf '66 Crown '73 LeBaron