[DeTomaso] Entertaining TV on Sat (no DeTomaso0

wkooiman at earthlink.net wkooiman at earthlink.net
Thu Jul 15 10:41:12 EDT 2010


Agreed.

Also - who said the cars started as stock?  Dodge might have given the movie producer a ringer.  Ford might have too, but Dodge might have given them a better ringer.

There's one thing we can all agree on, though.  It's a helluva movie.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jul 15, 2010 6:52 AM
>To: michael at michaelshortt.com
>Cc: wkooiman at earthlink.net, detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Entertaining TV on Sat (no DeTomaso0
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>That sounds more likely.  Steve McQueen fancied himself a pretty good
>driver, but compared to Bill Hickman... well you don't want the star
>to sulk in his trailer the whole time, do we?
>
>sean
>
>On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 6:12 AM, michael at michaelshortt.com
><michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just maybe it was a sneaky way of equalizing the cars and DRIVERS without
>> smashing any movie star egos.  Michael Shortt
>>
>> On Jul 15, 2010 3:23 AM, <wkooiman at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I don't think you were comparing the right numbers.
>>
>> A 68 Mustang F/B in the Stock class is rated at 10.26.
>> A 68 440 Charger in the Stock class is rated at 10.40.
>>
>> A 68 Mustang F/B in the Super Stock class is rated at 9.94.
>> A 68 440 Charger in the Super Stock class is rated at 10.23.
>>
>> Neither AFR nor Canfield makes heads for an FE.  Those comments are for the
>> 302.
>>
>> NHRA allows Edelbrock heads as stock replacements for the 390.  The
>> Edelbrock heads are an improvement.  They aren't a huge improvement, but
>> they aren't race heads like Canfields or AFR.
>>
>> Of course, these numbers simply reflect what people are doing with the cars
>> today, with years of tuning, testing, and pushing every rule to the limit.
>>  What happened on the street in the 70's and 80's would have been different,
>> and possibly a lot different.
>>
>> However, the numbers sure don't "speak" that a stock 440 Charger would walk
>> all over a 390 Mustang.  Outrun maybe.  I don't have an issue with saying a
>> 440 Charger is faster than a 390 Mustang.  I have an issue with making it
>> sound like it wouldn't even be close.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>>From: Dave Londry <davel at emspace.com>
>>>Sent: Jul 15, 2010 1:39 AM
>>>To: ...
>>
>>>The NHRA rating on a 68 390 fastback is 10.26 (with AFR Canfield or
>>>Edelbrock heads)
>>>The rating ...
>>
>>>> In a message dated 7/14/10 4:26:44 PM, wkooiman at earthlink.net writes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> don't believe ...
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