Re: [FWDLK] Just How Fast Were The Cars Back Then? 1956 Fury with mods turned 13.6 @ 105.88mph...in 1967...

[Gary Pavlovich <glpavlovich@xxxxxxx>]

Neil,

Just talked to a Wayne Borgen that acquired a '56 Fury back in 1959 and 
raced it in 1967 with a 1962 Poly 318.  Below is the data:

"Acquired the '56 Fury in 1959 and later installed a 1962 318 Poly engine, 
.060"over, w/Isky Cam approx. 288 duration, cast iron dual quad, stock heads 
w/three angle valve job, dyno tuned by Mr. Norm, 2-Buick AFB's, 1963 T-10 
four speed, 5.38 gears, approx. 6000-6200rpm through the lites, turned 13.6 
@ 105.88mph with slicks."
Raced successfully against Chevy competition in his class; ie. Whipped a '57 
Chevy with a fuel injected 327.

Gary Pavlovich

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> The 101 trap speed is not much-more than could be expected (maybe 92-95 
> mph)
> in a true OEM competition, but, the E.T (low 14's) is literally 
> incredible, UNTIL its
> modern tires/chemical-compounding is taken into consideration, along with 
> the hidden/
> non-divulged mechanical up-grades, that every car in that competition, 
> must have
> received.
>
> Ain't no WEIGH that the Merc ran on 7.50 or 8.00 Goodyear Wingfoots (and 
> with an
> 'open' rear end)!
>
> Even the modern racing-fuel is probably better than the pump-gas available 
> in the 50's,
> but, I don't want to debate that point, altho the road-testers certainly 
> put straight
> Hi-Test 100 octane gasoline in their cars.
>
> Neil Vedder
>
>
>
>
>
> William Huff wrote:
> > Check out the 1958 Merc.  Admittedly optimized for drag racing with a 
> > 4.56:1 rear end, but I don't think it was faster than the 300s  or the 
> > hot Furies  or Dodges back in the day.
> >
> > http://www.purestockdrags.com/2007-files/results_2007.xls
> >
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvvDibdO3cM&feature=youtube_gdata&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Pure-Stock-Drags_Videos+%28Pure+Stock+Drags%3A+Videos%29
> >
> > Bill Huff
> >
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