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Yeas indeed, some of those big block factory GM engines of the late sixties produced power & torque WELL in excess of their advertised figures.
Bob Jane bought out two ZLI Camaros powered by aluminium 427 engines. There was an orange car which Bob used for circuit racing & a blue car. Bob removed the engine from the blue car which car was subsequently used for drag racing & eventually destroyed, along with the tags.
However, when Bob's orange ZL1 Camaro was restored, Bob had a "correct" engine, because He still had the unused alloy block 427 engine removed from the blue car, unused for all those years!
I was recently reading an article about a '69 ZL1 427 Corvette Convertible, capable of mid 10s & 120+MPH down the 1/4!! (from the showroom floor)
Pickles.

Originally Posted by Pickles2

Yeas indeed, some of those big block factory GM engines of the late sixties produced power & torque WELL in excess of their advertised figures.

Like the Chrysler Hemi 426. Chrysler never advertised the production option version, the "Street Hemi", as anything other than 425 horsepower. Popular opinion was that this was to soothe the insurance companies so that buyers could get insurance at any other than exorbitant rates. Dean Batchelor, Engineering Editor at Road & Track magazine, wrote that one did have to be all that expert with a slide rule to work out how much horsepower was required to get the performance figures that R&T observed on test. Somewhere a good bit more than 425 in the 600+ region.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Like the Chrysler Hemi 426. Chrysler never advertised the production option version, the "Street Hemi", as anything other than 425 horsepower. Popular opinion was that this was to soothe the insurance companies so that buyers could get insurance at any other than exorbitant rates. Dean Batchelor, Engineering Editor at Road & Track magazine, wrote that one did have to be all that expert with a slide rule to work out how much horsepower was required to get the performance figures that R&T observed on test. Somewhere a good bit more than 425 in the 600+ region.

426 Hemi?...Do you remember the original "Vanishing Point" with Barry Newman?...One of my favorite Car movies, although obviously the Challengers used in the movie weren't real Hemis!
Pickles.

Originally Posted by Pickles2

426 Hemi?...Do you remember the original "Vanishing Point" with Barry Newman?...One of my favorite Car movies, although obviously the Challengers used in the movie weren't real Hemis!
Pickles.

I owned a 1970 Dodge Challenger convertible with Hemi 426 and four speed. Got married in 1975 and sold it for $5,000 to buy fridge, washer, furniture etc. Rare car and now worth a fortune. Only a handful of convertibles built with 426 & four speed. It had been my Sunday play car. I had a full private use company car. I got it from a Sydney used car dealer who was glad to see the back of it. It had cost him his driver's licence. Needed 115 octane Avgas which is no longer available. Current owner runs it on 98 octane Premium with 20% benzol and ignition timing retarded a bit. Never before or since have I driven anything as fast. Standard convertible body with no added aerodynamic features so it got a bit loose and floaty over 130 mph.

Originally Posted by Pickles2

426 Hemi?...Do you remember the original "Vanishing Point" with Barry Newman?...One of my favorite Car movies, although obviously the Challengers used in the movie weren't real Hemis!
Pickles.

Yes!
The Kowalski car was a 1970 Dodge R/T Challenger with a 440 6-pack wedge (R

Awesome movie. According to some it's Mopar, or No Car...

Originally Posted by shanegtr

Yes your right, its the top of the range ZL1 that's $159k

Here are a few photos of a new 2016 Camaro I spotted at the Little America Hotel in Cheyenne. It was outside one of the family units. I saw the ZL454 badges and went and got my camera. 454 not then available in Camaro. When I got back a woman about 35-40 was sitting outside the unit. I asked if it was their car and did she mind my photographing it. I mentioned it was the 454 badges that caught my eye and that I didn't think the option was still available. She told me they were the Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac dealers in somwhereforgotten, Iowa, and got a special build for their 10th anniversary.OmRCCHAl 093.jpgOmRCCHAl 094.jpgOmRCCHAl 094.jpgOmRCCHAl 092.jpgOmRCCHAl 094.jpg

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

I owned a 1970 Dodge Challenger convertible with Hemi 426 and four speed. Got married in 1975 and sold it for $5,000 to buy fridge, washer, furniture etc. Rare car and now worth a fortune. Only a handful of convertibles built with 426 & four speed. It had been my Sunday play car. I had a full private use company car. I got it from a Sydney used car dealer who was glad to see the back of it. It had cost him his driver's licence. Needed 115 octane Avgas which is no longer available. Current owner runs it on 98 octane Premium with 20% benzol and ignition timing retarded a bit. Never before or since have I driven anything as fast. Standard convertible body with no added aerodynamic features so it got a bit loose and floaty over 130 mph.

UNREAL, UNREAL, UNREAL!!!
If it was a genuine factory hemi, it would be worth MILLIONS today.
I've owned some nice cars that I've sold which have since increased in value, but nothing that comes close to that!
Pickles.

Originally Posted by Mercguy

Yes!
The Kowalski car was a 1970 Dodge R/T Challenger with a 440 6-pack wedge (R

Awesome movie. According to some it's Mopar, or No Car...

Lol,....my son in law's a "Mopar Man", and that's what He says!
Loved the movie in the 70s when it was released, still do,...I've got the remake, but it doesn't compare to the original.
Pickles.