±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: HighestAce
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6648

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 962
Total: 962
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Home
02: Community Forums
03: Home
04: Your Account
05: Photo Gallery
06: Downloads
07: Member Screenshots
08: Community Forums
09: Member Screenshots
10: Community Forums
11: Member Screenshots
12: Downloads
13: Community Forums
14: Community Forums
15: Community Forums
16: Member Screenshots
17: Member Screenshots
18: Home
19: Downloads
20: Community Forums
21: Community Forums
22: Community Forums
23: Statistics
24: Member Screenshots
25: Home
26: Home
27: Community Forums
28: Home
29: Community Forums
30: Community Forums
31: Member Screenshots
32: Community Forums
33: Community Forums
34: Community Forums
35: Community Forums
36: Community Forums
37: Photo Gallery
38: Community Forums
39: Community Forums
40: Community Forums
41: Community Forums
42: Community Forums
43: Community Forums
44: Community Forums
45: Community Forums
46: Community Forums
47: Community Forums
48: Community Forums
49: Community Forums
50: Community Forums
51: Community Forums
52: News Archive
53: Community Forums
54: Downloads
55: Community Forums
56: Member Screenshots
57: Community Forums
58: Community Forums
59: Community Forums
60: Community Forums
61: Community Forums
62: Community Forums
63: Home
64: Member Screenshots
65: Community Forums
66: Community Forums
67: Community Forums
68: Community Forums
69: Community Forums
70: Community Forums
71: Community Forums
72: Community Forums
73: Community Forums
74: Community Forums
75: Community Forums
76: Downloads
77: Community Forums
78: Member Screenshots
79: Community Forums
80: Community Forums
81: Community Forums
82: News
83: Member Screenshots
84: Member Screenshots
85: Community Forums
86: Community Forums
87: Photo Gallery
88: Community Forums
89: Downloads
90: Home
91: Home
92: Community Forums
93: Community Forums
94: Community Forums
95: Community Forums
96: Community Forums
97: Community Forums
98: Community Forums
99: Home
100: Community Forums
101: Member Screenshots
102: Community Forums
103: Community Forums
104: Member Screenshots
105: Community Forums
106: Downloads
107: Contact
108: Community Forums
109: Member Screenshots
110: Downloads
111: Community Forums
112: Downloads
113: Member Screenshots
114: Community Forums
115: Home
116: Home
117: News Archive
118: Member Screenshots
119: Community Forums
120: Member Screenshots
121: Home
122: Community Forums
123: Community Forums
124: Community Forums
125: Community Forums
126: Community Forums
127: Community Forums
128: Community Forums
129: Community Forums
130: Community Forums
131: Community Forums
132: Community Forums
133: Photo Gallery
134: Member Screenshots
135: Community Forums
136: Community Forums
137: Photo Gallery
138: Community Forums
139: Photo Gallery
140: Community Forums
141: Community Forums
142: Community Forums
143: Photo Gallery
144: Home
145: Community Forums
146: Community Forums
147: Community Forums
148: Photo Gallery
149: Community Forums
150: Member Screenshots
151: Community Forums
152: Community Forums
153: Community Forums
154: Community Forums
155: Community Forums
156: Community Forums
157: Downloads
158: Community Forums
159: Community Forums
160: Community Forums
161: Community Forums
162: Community Forums
163: Member Screenshots
164: Community Forums
165: Member Screenshots
166: Community Forums
167: Member Screenshots
168: Community Forums
169: Community Forums
170: Community Forums
171: Community Forums
172: Downloads
173: Member Screenshots
174: Home
175: Community Forums
176: Member Screenshots
177: Community Forums
178: Community Forums
179: Member Screenshots
180: News
181: Home
182: Community Forums
183: Community Forums
184: Community Forums
185: Community Forums
186: Community Forums
187: Home
188: Photo Gallery
189: Home
190: Community Forums
191: Downloads
192: Home
193: Community Forums
194: Member Screenshots
195: Home
196: Member Screenshots
197: Community Forums
198: Downloads
199: Member Screenshots
200: Downloads
201: Community Forums
202: Community Forums
203: Member Screenshots
204: Community Forums
205: Community Forums
206: Community Forums
207: Member Screenshots
208: Community Forums
209: Community Forums
210: Home
211: Community Forums
212: Member Screenshots
213: Community Forums
214: Community Forums
215: Member Screenshots
216: Community Forums
217: News
218: Community Forums
219: Community Forums
220: Community Forums
221: Community Forums
222: Member Screenshots
223: Member Screenshots
224: Downloads
225: Downloads
226: Downloads
227: News Archive
228: Home
229: Community Forums
230: Community Forums
231: Community Forums
232: Member Screenshots
233: Downloads
234: Community Forums
235: Member Screenshots
236: Home
237: Community Forums
238: Home
239: Member Screenshots
240: Home
241: Community Forums
242: Community Forums
243: Member Screenshots
244: Community Forums
245: Community Forums
246: Downloads
247: Community Forums
248: Community Forums
249: Community Forums
250: Downloads
251: Member Screenshots
252: Community Forums
253: Community Forums
254: Home
255: Community Forums
256: Downloads
257: Community Forums
258: Community Forums
259: Photo Gallery
260: Community Forums
261: Home
262: Community Forums
263: Home
264: Member Screenshots
265: Downloads
266: Community Forums
267: Community Forums
268: Community Forums
269: Community Forums
270: Home
271: Community Forums
272: Member Screenshots
273: Member Screenshots
274: Photo Gallery
275: Community Forums
276: Home
277: Member Screenshots
278: Member Screenshots
279: Home
280: Community Forums
281: Member Screenshots
282: Community Forums
283: Home
284: Community Forums
285: Community Forums
286: Member Screenshots
287: Downloads
288: Community Forums
289: Community Forums
290: Community Forums
291: Community Forums
292: Community Forums
293: Community Forums
294: Community Forums
295: Community Forums
296: Community Forums
297: Member Screenshots
298: Statistics
299: Community Forums
300: Community Forums
301: Community Forums
302: Community Forums
303: Member Screenshots
304: Home
305: Member Screenshots
306: Community Forums
307: Home
308: Member Screenshots
309: Community Forums
310: Community Forums
311: Community Forums
312: Community Forums
313: Community Forums
314: Home
315: Community Forums
316: Community Forums
317: Community Forums
318: Community Forums
319: Community Forums
320: Community Forums
321: Community Forums
322: Community Forums
323: Photo Gallery
324: Community Forums
325: Community Forums
326: Home
327: Community Forums
328: Community Forums
329: Community Forums
330: Home
331: Member Screenshots
332: Community Forums
333: Community Forums
334: Downloads
335: Member Screenshots
336: Home
337: Home
338: Community Forums
339: Community Forums
340: Community Forums
341: Downloads
342: News
343: Home
344: Community Forums
345: Community Forums
346: Photo Gallery
347: News
348: Community Forums
349: Member Screenshots
350: Community Forums
351: Community Forums
352: Home
353: Member Screenshots
354: Photo Gallery
355: Community Forums
356: Community Forums
357: Home
358: Member Screenshots
359: Community Forums
360: Community Forums
361: Downloads
362: Community Forums
363: Community Forums
364: Community Forums
365: Community Forums
366: News
367: Community Forums
368: Community Forums
369: Community Forums
370: Photo Gallery
371: Community Forums
372: Home
373: News Archive
374: Member Screenshots
375: Photo Gallery
376: Downloads
377: Downloads
378: Community Forums
379: Community Forums
380: Community Forums
381: Community Forums
382: Home
383: Community Forums
384: Community Forums
385: Community Forums
386: Community Forums
387: Member Screenshots
388: Community Forums
389: Community Forums
390: Home
391: Community Forums
392: Home
393: Community Forums
394: Home
395: Photo Gallery
396: Home
397: Downloads
398: Community Forums
399: Community Forums
400: Community Forums
401: Community Forums
402: Community Forums
403: Community Forums
404: Member Screenshots
405: Member Screenshots
406: Community Forums
407: Home
408: Member Screenshots
409: Community Forums
410: Community Forums
411: Community Forums
412: Home
413: Home
414: Downloads
415: Community Forums
416: Community Forums
417: Photo Gallery
418: Community Forums
419: Member Screenshots
420: Home
421: Member Screenshots
422: Community Forums
423: Community Forums
424: Community Forums
425: Community Forums
426: Community Forums
427: Community Forums
428: Downloads
429: Downloads
430: Community Forums
431: Community Forums
432: Community Forums
433: Home
434: Community Forums
435: Community Forums
436: Member Screenshots
437: Member Screenshots
438: Community Forums
439: Community Forums
440: Community Forums
441: Community Forums
442: Community Forums
443: Community Forums
444: Home
445: Community Forums
446: Member Screenshots
447: Community Forums
448: Downloads
449: Home
450: Community Forums
451: Community Forums
452: Community Forums
453: Photo Gallery
454: Community Forums
455: Community Forums
456: Community Forums
457: Member Screenshots
458: Community Forums
459: Community Forums
460: News Archive
461: Community Forums
462: Member Screenshots
463: Community Forums
464: Community Forums
465: Downloads
466: Community Forums
467: Member Screenshots
468: Community Forums
469: Member Screenshots
470: Community Forums
471: Downloads
472: Community Forums
473: Member Screenshots
474: Community Forums
475: Community Forums
476: Home
477: Community Forums
478: Home
479: News Archive
480: Community Forums
481: News Archive
482: Community Forums
483: Community Forums
484: Downloads
485: Community Forums
486: Home
487: Member Screenshots
488: Community Forums
489: Community Forums
490: Community Forums
491: Community Forums
492: Photo Gallery
493: News Archive
494: Home
495: Community Forums
496: Community Forums
497: Community Forums
498: Home
499: Community Forums
500: Downloads
501: Home
502: Home
503: Community Forums
504: Home
505: Community Forums
506: Community Forums
507: Home
508: Community Forums
509: Community Forums
510: Downloads
511: Downloads
512: Downloads
513: Photo Gallery
514: Community Forums
515: Community Forums
516: Member Screenshots
517: Community Forums
518: Community Forums
519: Community Forums
520: Community Forums
521: Home
522: Photo Gallery
523: Community Forums
524: Community Forums
525: Community Forums
526: Community Forums
527: Community Forums
528: Community Forums
529: Home
530: Member Screenshots
531: Downloads
532: Community Forums
533: Home
534: Downloads
535: Community Forums
536: Community Forums
537: Home
538: Community Forums
539: Community Forums
540: Member Screenshots
541: Member Screenshots
542: Community Forums
543: Member Screenshots
544: Community Forums
545: Community Forums
546: Community Forums
547: Downloads
548: Community Forums
549: Community Forums
550: Member Screenshots
551: Home
552: Community Forums
553: Home
554: Community Forums
555: Home
556: Community Forums
557: Community Forums
558: Member Screenshots
559: Community Forums
560: Community Forums
561: News Archive
562: Home
563: Community Forums
564: Home
565: Member Screenshots
566: Community Forums
567: Community Forums
568: Community Forums
569: Community Forums
570: Community Forums
571: Community Forums
572: Community Forums
573: Member Screenshots
574: Photo Gallery
575: Home
576: Member Screenshots
577: Community Forums
578: Downloads
579: Member Screenshots
580: Community Forums
581: Home
582: Member Screenshots
583: Downloads
584: Community Forums
585: Community Forums
586: Community Forums
587: Community Forums
588: Home
589: Member Screenshots
590: Community Forums
591: Community Forums
592: Community Forums
593: Downloads
594: Community Forums
595: Home
596: Home
597: Community Forums
598: Community Forums
599: Community Forums
600: Photo Gallery
601: Community Forums
602: Community Forums
603: Community Forums
604: Community Forums
605: Downloads
606: Community Forums
607: Community Forums
608: Community Forums
609: Community Forums
610: Downloads
611: Community Forums
612: Community Forums
613: Home
614: Downloads
615: Community Forums
616: Community Forums
617: Downloads
618: Community Forums
619: Community Forums
620: Home
621: Community Forums
622: Community Forums
623: Community Forums
624: Community Forums
625: Community Forums
626: Community Forums
627: Community Forums
628: Community Forums
629: News Archive
630: Community Forums
631: Home
632: Community Forums
633: Community Forums
634: Community Forums
635: Home
636: Community Forums
637: Community Forums
638: Home
639: Community Forums
640: News Archive
641: Community Forums
642: Community Forums
643: News
644: Member Screenshots
645: News Archive
646: Downloads
647: Member Screenshots
648: Member Screenshots
649: Community Forums
650: Community Forums
651: Member Screenshots
652: Community Forums
653: Community Forums
654: Community Forums
655: Community Forums
656: Member Screenshots
657: Member Screenshots
658: Member Screenshots
659: Member Screenshots
660: Community Forums
661: News Archive
662: Member Screenshots
663: Community Forums
664: Member Screenshots
665: Member Screenshots
666: News Archive
667: Community Forums
668: Member Screenshots
669: Member Screenshots
670: Community Forums
671: Downloads
672: Member Screenshots
673: Community Forums
674: Photo Gallery
675: Community Forums
676: Home
677: Community Forums
678: Community Forums
679: Home
680: Member Screenshots
681: Photo Gallery
682: Your Account
683: Downloads
684: Community Forums
685: Member Screenshots
686: Community Forums
687: Member Screenshots
688: Home
689: Home
690: Community Forums
691: Community Forums
692: Home
693: Member Screenshots
694: Member Screenshots
695: Member Screenshots
696: Photo Gallery
697: Community Forums
698: Community Forums
699: Community Forums
700: Community Forums
701: Community Forums
702: Community Forums
703: Community Forums
704: Member Screenshots
705: Community Forums
706: Downloads
707: Your Account
708: Community Forums
709: Photo Gallery
710: Community Forums
711: Community Forums
712: Community Forums
713: Community Forums
714: Home
715: Member Screenshots
716: Community Forums
717: Community Forums
718: Community Forums
719: Community Forums
720: Member Screenshots
721: Home
722: Community Forums
723: Community Forums
724: Home
725: Member Screenshots
726: Home
727: Photo Gallery
728: Community Forums
729: Community Forums
730: Photo Gallery
731: Member Screenshots
732: Home
733: News Archive
734: Member Screenshots
735: Home
736: Home
737: Community Forums
738: News Archive
739: Member Screenshots
740: Downloads
741: Community Forums
742: Home
743: News Archive
744: Community Forums
745: Home
746: News
747: Home
748: Community Forums
749: Community Forums
750: Community Forums
751: Statistics
752: Community Forums
753: Community Forums
754: Home
755: Member Screenshots
756: Member Screenshots
757: Community Forums
758: Community Forums
759: Home
760: Home
761: Community Forums
762: Home
763: Member Screenshots
764: Member Screenshots
765: Community Forums
766: Community Forums
767: Community Forums
768: Community Forums
769: Member Screenshots
770: Home
771: Community Forums
772: Community Forums
773: Community Forums
774: Home
775: Community Forums
776: Community Forums
777: Photo Gallery
778: Community Forums
779: Community Forums
780: Community Forums
781: Community Forums
782: Downloads
783: Community Forums
784: Downloads
785: Home
786: Community Forums
787: Community Forums
788: Community Forums
789: Community Forums
790: Community Forums
791: Home
792: Member Screenshots
793: Community Forums
794: Home
795: Home
796: Community Forums
797: Member Screenshots
798: Home
799: Photo Gallery
800: Community Forums
801: Home
802: Community Forums
803: Home
804: Community Forums
805: Community Forums
806: Community Forums
807: Home
808: Home
809: Community Forums
810: Member Screenshots
811: Community Forums
812: Downloads
813: Community Forums
814: Community Forums
815: Downloads
816: Home
817: Community Forums
818: Community Forums
819: Home
820: Community Forums
821: Community Forums
822: Community Forums
823: Community Forums
824: Community Forums
825: Community Forums
826: Member Screenshots
827: Downloads
828: Community Forums
829: Community Forums
830: Home
831: Community Forums
832: Member Screenshots
833: Home
834: Community Forums
835: Community Forums
836: Community Forums
837: Community Forums
838: News Archive
839: Community Forums
840: Member Screenshots
841: Member Screenshots
842: Community Forums
843: Community Forums
844: Member Screenshots
845: Community Forums
846: Home
847: Home
848: Home
849: Treasury
850: Member Screenshots
851: Member Screenshots
852: Home
853: Home
854: Community Forums
855: Community Forums
856: Home
857: Member Screenshots
858: Member Screenshots
859: Community Forums
860: Community Forums
861: Member Screenshots
862: Member Screenshots
863: Community Forums
864: Home
865: Community Forums
866: Community Forums
867: Home
868: Community Forums
869: Photo Gallery
870: Home
871: Community Forums
872: Member Screenshots
873: Community Forums
874: Community Forums
875: Community Forums
876: Downloads
877: Community Forums
878: News Archive
879: Community Forums
880: Home
881: Community Forums
882: Community Forums
883: Community Forums
884: Home
885: Home
886: Home
887: Home
888: Member Screenshots
889: Home
890: Home
891: Community Forums
892: Home
893: Community Forums
894: Home
895: News Archive
896: Community Forums
897: Community Forums
898: Community Forums
899: Community Forums
900: Community Forums
901: Member Screenshots
902: Community Forums
903: Home
904: Home
905: Supporters
906: Photo Gallery
907: Community Forums
908: Community Forums
909: Community Forums
910: Home
911: Community Forums
912: Downloads
913: Home
914: Member Screenshots
915: Home
916: Community Forums
917: Photo Gallery
918: Community Forums
919: News Archive
920: Home
921: Home
922: Community Forums
923: Community Forums
924: Community Forums
925: Community Forums
926: Member Screenshots
927: Home
928: Home
929: Community Forums
930: Home
931: Home
932: Community Forums
933: Community Forums
934: Home
935: Home
936: Community Forums
937: Community Forums
938: Community Forums
939: Home
940: Home
941: Community Forums
942: Home
943: Member Screenshots
944: Community Forums
945: Member Screenshots
946: Community Forums
947: Home
948: Member Screenshots
949: Home
950: Community Forums
951: Home
952: Home
953: Community Forums
954: Community Forums
955: Community Forums
956: Home
957: Member Screenshots
958: Community Forums
959: Member Screenshots
960: Member Screenshots
961: Community Forums
962: Community Forums

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
THe saddest website ever.... :: Archived
A general meeting place for all pilots!
Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3  Next
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  Officer's Club

Topic Archived View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6475
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:33 pm
Post subject: Re: THe saddest website ever....

Wink

_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
JG300-Ascout
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 6257
Location: Cyberspace
PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 2:03 pm
Post subject: Re: THe saddest website ever....

If taken as satire and self-deprecating humor, I suppose it works. As an informed source of automotive evaluation , it's like trying to get reasoned automotive analysis from Basil Fawlty.

(Who says Brit humor doesn't cross the Atlantic very well?) Laughing

_________________
"All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
JG300-Stoopy
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 5840
Location: Group W bench
PostPosted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:11 am
Post subject: Re: THe saddest website ever....

- 251_Akira_IJN
Great site, I have been to it quite a bit. Seeing cars like that left to rot away sickens me.

BTW, here is my ride. 1972 GS, 455 Stage 1, 4 Speed. I wish summer was here!!! Smile



Akira.......I think you stunned everyone wth this picture, that is a SWEEEEET RIDE!!!!! I've always loved the Skylark GS's, or heck, any GM A-body from that era. I once had a '69 Olds Cutlass 442 with a 4-speed (and a bench seat with a factory cutaway for the floor shifter!) for a short while but it was NOTHING - pretty much a clapped-out rustbucket - compared to your ride!! Man!

I remember Car Craft did a comparo big-block buildup about 2 or 3 years ago with a Chevy 454, Chrysler 440, Ford 460, Olds 455 and Buick 455 using as many equivalent aftermarket parts as possible - the Buick 455 romped everyone in the torque department! Wasn't that engine also called the "Elephant Killer" after a comparison against the Chrysler 426 Hemi where it came out on top, torquewise also?

Gorgeous machine man. Congrats!!!!!!!

_________________
"Once your reputation is ruined, you can live quite freely."
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
251_Akira_IJN
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 13, 2005
Posts: 157
Location: Illinois
PostPosted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 9:30 pm
Post subject: Re: THe saddest website ever....

Thanks for the compliment, the car really has been a labor of love. I have been a diehard Buick freak since I was a teenager in the 80s. Buicks are kind of the red headed step child in regards to GM performance cars, although, with this newest muscle car craze happening, that seems to be changing.

You are right about the Elephant Killer name. The Stage 1 was one of the fastest 4 person production cars tested in 1970. They were capable of 12 second quarter mile times with slicks right off the showroom floor. The big block Buick was and still is one of the most underated engines ever developed. The Mopar guys do seem to fear the Buicks more then most other GM products...Might be the Hemi vs Stage 1 magazine battles where the Buicks embarresed the Mopar guys back in the 80s. Laughing

Thats saying something considering the engine was developed to move 5000 pound Electras. Mr. Green

_________________
Akira Yamamoto
Kokutai 251
Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force
Rabaul, New Britian
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website MSN Messenger
JG300-Ascout
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 6257
Location: Cyberspace
PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:29 pm
Post subject: Re: THe saddest website ever....

- 251_Akira_IJN
Thanks for the compliment, the car really has been a labor of love. I have been a diehard Buick freak since I was a teenager in the 80s. Buicks are kind of the red headed step child in regards to GM performance cars, although, with this newest muscle car craze happening, that seems to be changing.

You are right about the Elephant Killer name. The Stage 1 was one of the fastest 4 person production cars tested in 1970. They were capable of 12 second quarter mile times with slicks right off the showroom floor. The big block Buick was and still is one of the most underated engines ever developed. The Mopar guys do seem to fear the Buicks more then most other GM products...Might be the Hemi vs Stage 1 magazine battles where the Buicks embarresed the Mopar guys back in the 80s. Laughing

Thats saying something considering the engine was developed to move 5000 pound Electras. Mr. Green


Some data from one of my fav webpages...ultimatecarpage.com

for 1970, they have four examples of published data: (from car tests)

1970 Make/Model TIME 0-60 seconds Elapsed Time 1/4 Mile SpeedMPH
Engines Cubic Inches &Horsepower *Model Production TOPspeed Lowest Base Price$
___________________________________________________
Buick GSX Stage 1 6.9 13.70 101.2 455/360 test 1 687 4,479
Buick GSX Stage 1 6.5 13.80 101.0 455/360 test 2 4,479
Buick GSX Stage 1 5.5 13.38 105.5 455/360 test 3 4,479
Buick GSX Stage 1 13.95 100.5 455/360 test 4 4,479
____________________________________________________

While I don't believe 5.5 sec. 0-60 being done on street tires of the day, I have no trouble believing the 1/4 times. The speeds associated with those 13 second times suggest power pulling through the whole quarter mile. You didn't get in the 13's (or the hundreds) those days without 400+ H.P.(at the flywheel) in any kind of 'Murican sedan or pony car. Sub-six second quarters, however, were simply not achievable on factory tires...usually not even in 'Vettes or most Cobras (even the Goodyear Blue Streaks of the day), not in a sedan. Mid sixes looks about right. Serious power!

_________________
"All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
251_Akira_IJN
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 13, 2005
Posts: 157
Location: Illinois
PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:45 am
Post subject: Re: THe saddest website ever....

- JG300-Ascout

Some data from one of my fav webpages...ultimatecarpage.com

for 1970, they have four examples of published data: (from car tests)

1970 Make/Model TIME 0-60 seconds Elapsed Time 1/4 Mile SpeedMPH
Engines Cubic Inches &Horsepower *Model Production TOPspeed Lowest Base Price$
___________________________________________________
Buick GSX Stage 1 6.9 13.70 101.2 455/360 test 1 687 4,479
Buick GSX Stage 1 6.5 13.80 101.0 455/360 test 2 4,479
Buick GSX Stage 1 5.5 13.38 105.5 455/360 test 3 4,479
Buick GSX Stage 1 13.95 100.5 455/360 test 4 4,479
____________________________________________________

While I don't believe 5.5 sec. 0-60 being done on street tires of the day, I have no trouble believing the 1/4 times. The speeds associated with those 13 second times suggest power pulling through the whole quarter mile. You didn't get in the 13's (or the hundreds) those days without 400+ H.P.(at the flywheel) in any kind of 'Murican sedan or pony car. Sub-six second quarters, however, were simply not achievable on factory tires...usually not even in 'Vettes or most Cobras (even the Goodyear Blue Streaks of the day), not in a sedan. Mid sixes looks about right. Serious power!


Hehe and those ets you posted were in a heavy GSX, imagine how much better they'd have done in a light weight strippo GS. Mr. Green

I tend to agree with you in regards to the 0 to 60 times. I doubt any car back then could muster a sub 6 second time with the skinny G60s of the time....Or at least I used to think that until I started following a new drag race class called F.A.S.T. (Factory Appearing Stock Tire).

Link: F.A.S.T.

There are cars (68 427 tri Corvette) running 10.75s on G60 Wide Oval reproduction tires. A 72 Buick Stage 1 GS has won the championship 2 years in a row and ran a best et of 11.10 and 123 mph with 60 ft times in the 1.4 seconds range. That would equate to sub 5 sec 0 to 60. Really some great stuff as the cars appear factory stock, right down to the smallest detail.

Coker Tire is the company that not only reproduces the Goodyear and Firestone G60 x15s but they also have some sponsorship tied into the series. You think they have "tweaked" the rubber compound on those tires a bit? Mr. Green Mr. Green Mr. Green

_________________
Akira Yamamoto
Kokutai 251
Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force
Rabaul, New Britian
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website MSN Messenger
JG300-Ascout
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 6257
Location: Cyberspace
PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:58 am
Post subject: Re: THe saddest website ever....

For a real hoot, go to this 1967 link and scroll down about 2/5th to the profile on the two tires used in this 6-way muscle car test. My wife's Neon has wider meats stock that what came on on the Dodge RT 440 and the Plymouth GTX! Laughing
You'll like the data, too...

www.oldsmobility.com/r...june67.htm


HORSEPOWER/WEIGHT RATIOS

MAKE HP WEIGHT RATIO
EMPTY
Plymouth GTX 375 3545 9.49 lbs/hp
Pontiac GTO 360 3483 9.67 lbs/hp
Chevy SS396 375 3990 10.6 lbs/hp
Dodge R/T 375 4075 10.8 lbs/hp
Oldsmobile 442 360 3960 11.0 lbs/hp
Ford GTA 335 3880 11.6 lbs/hp
Cyclone GT 335 3920 11.7 lbs/hp
Buick GS-400 340 4175 12.3 lbs/hp
Rambler Rebel 200 3340 14.7 lbs./hp

CAR 1/4-MILE
TIME 1/4-MILE
SPEED TOP SPEED
(EST.)
Plymouth GTX 14.96 96.98 123 MPH
Cyclone GT 15.12 99.49 120 MPH
Pontiac GTO 15.13 96.80 130 MPH
Chevy SS396 15.28 92.00 125 MPH
Dodge R/T 15.33 92.68 126 MPH
Oldsmobile 442 15.48 91.37 121 MPH
Buick GS 400 15.58 90.36 116 MPH
Ford GTA 15.94 91.46 118 MPH
Rambler Rebel 17.94 77.38 107 MPH

For comparison, I put a Ford Grand National 427 from Holman-Moody...first with a Holley 750cfm and later with twin Holley 650's, routed through a Lincoln three-speed automatic (cast iron, NOT a C6) and ran on "street slicks"...meaning recap slicks of 7" with two grooves to satisfy The Man. All wrapped up in a '58 Ford Fairlane (about 4,500 lb's)...easily the ugliest full size Ford ever built (think Edsel, without the grill)...routinely ran low-mid twelves (and took me home a bundle of money from muscle car snobs down at Shoney's). This all in 1969-70. It had the potential to run in the elevens, on street legal tires, if I'd been serious about losing some weight (I had the full big-a$$ chrome bumpers and rear seat...everything....heavy car)

Yes, it's Chevrolet Orange...because I'm twisted. Twisted Evil



_________________
"All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
251_Akira_IJN
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 13, 2005
Posts: 157
Location: Illinois
PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:18 pm
Post subject: Re: THe saddest website ever....

Nothing cooler to me then a sleeper...even if it is a Ford. Laughing

My 1st car I street raced was a 64 Buick Skylark 2 door that I built up a 455 with Stage 1 valves, headers, cam, intake, Holley 950 3 barrel, TH-400 trans with a 3000 stall and a 3.08 posi rear end. To keep the "sleeper" mode I put huge 3 chamber mufflers on it to keep it somewhat quiet. I also put 300 4v stickers (original engine that came in it) on the valve covers and air cleaner. Not many people ever questioned that it wasn't a 300, even after looking at the 2 inch primary tube headers or the 950 cfm carb. LMAO Mr. Green

I won quite a bit more then I lost. Ahh the good ol' days.

_________________
Akira Yamamoto
Kokutai 251
Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force
Rabaul, New Britian
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website MSN Messenger
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6475
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:01 am
Post subject: Re: THe saddest website ever....

Dodge musta been listenin' all along!


_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
Shadow_Bshwackr
Janitor

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Posts: 7019
Location: Central Illinois, USA
PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 12:05 pm
Post subject: Re: THe saddest website ever....

A 3.08 gear Akira? Were you racing top end?

I once owned a 67 GS... Wink Sold it to my brother who got so many tickets he had to sell it...lol What color? Why RED of course..:D

Speaking of some of the cool cars I've owned at one time or another...

66 SS Chevelle 396
66 Dodge Charger 383
66 Dodge Coronet (426 Wedge)
67 Buick GS 401
67 Firebird 400
68 SS Camaro 396
69 Plymouth Road Runner 383
73 Plymouth "Cuda" 340

Then the family came...bills, house payments..etc...lol I still did some racing for those in the Central US that remembers US30 Drag Strip and moved into a front engine dragster (rail). Scariest thing I ever drove with the rear end gears sitting right underneath the "family treasures" and you had to use a 'chute' to stop! LOL

I sold it, built a small block Vega, than a V6 powered Chevy Luv. had some street fun and sold both of them. That was it for my 'power years'. Wink

That era was a lot of fun, but as you get older and your family grows, it seems as if your time and money are better spent investing in their future, not to mention your future may last longer..lol

Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6475
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:15 pm
Post subject: Re: THe saddest website ever....

www.leftlanenews.com/2...lby-gt500/

Someone else must have been listening too. Hope this trend continues.

_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
JG300-Stoopy
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 5840
Location: Group W bench
PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:53 pm
Post subject: Re: THe saddest website ever....

- EURO_Shades


HO-LEEE MOLEY..........

...and a 6-speed yet......

OMG......

Now if GM can bring back de Chebelle.......'70 SS lookalike preferably.....with an LS2 under the hood.......OMG.......

Too DAMN bad Olds didn't think of this before they died, I'd kill for a retro 442..no complaints about my Stang GT though, for sure!!!!

_________________
"Once your reputation is ruined, you can live quite freely."
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
JG300-Ascout
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 6257
Location: Cyberspace
PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:51 pm
Post subject: Re: THe saddest website ever....

- Shadow_Bshwackr
A
Then the family came...bills, house payments..etc...lol I still did some racing for those in the Central US that remembers US30 Drag Strip and moved into a front engine dragster (rail). Scariest thing I ever drove with the rear end gears sitting right underneath the "family treasures" and you had to use a 'chute' to stop! LOL



That era was a lot of fun, but as you get older and your family grows, it seems as if your time and money are better spent investing in their future, not to mention your future may last longer..lol



I heard that! My haunts were the now defunct Shuffletown Drag Strip at Charlotte (Newton) North Carolina, the still operating Ohio Valley Raceway (Louisville, KY) and "Thunder Valley"-Bristol, TN. Shucks, we should merge this thread with the "Not a P-51 but still a Mustang" one...lots of good pics over there (including my Camaro SS D stock class winner).
My fasted ride was a "C" Gas Dragster, not my own...

_________________
"All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
401RCAF_HitMan
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Dec 26, 2004
Posts: 1470
Location: Ontario, CANADA (next to the beer store)
PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:17 pm
Post subject: Re: THe saddest website ever....

- Shadow_Bshwackr

That era was a lot of fun, but as you get older and your family grows, it seems as if your time and money are better spent investing in their future, not to mention your future may last longer..lol



here is a pic of Bush's new ride, notice all the room for the family. Mr. Green
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website
JG300-Ascout
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 6257
Location: Cyberspace
PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:27 pm
Post subject: Re: THe saddest website ever....

I notice he still runs a spoiler and bicycle wheels!

_________________
"All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  Officer's Club
Page 2 of 3
All times are GMT - 6 Hours
Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3  Next

Archive Revive
Username:
This is an archived topic - your reply will not be appended here.
Instead, a new topic will be generated in the active forum.
The new topic will provide a reference link to this archived topic.