Muscle Cars

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has played the biggest part in muscle car development in my eyes. They started in the early sixties with a car they called a bubbletop, 409 Bel Air . It had a 409 ci engine that had 409 hp and was a strong runner in the quarter mile . But the car that will always be known as the king of is the 1970 Chevelle LS6, with 450 hp and 500 lb-ft of torque on tap the car could easily run in the low 13-second quarter mile times on street tires. "Quite possibly, this car is the best muscle car of all time"(Kiewicz 21). The Camaro was first built in 1967 It was built to race in the trans am and to beat the Ford Mustang. "These cars possess what’s likely the most popular musclecar body style of all time"(Kiewicz 21). In the first-generation the engines options ranged from a 235ci six cylinder to a ZL1 witch is an all aluminum block and heads 427ci that was pushing well over 450 hp. Chevy Nova SS was another strong competitor in the in 1966, this boxy little car had a ...

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442. The 442 in the early years stood for 4 barrel 4 speed and dual exhaust . The Hurst/ Olds W-46 was a rare option and in 1968 there was only 515 produced . and it would run the quarter mile in 13 seconds . Pontiac also had two major runners in the muscle car race . One was the GTO and the other was the Firebird . The GTO was first introduced in 1964 and the last of the GTO’s were produced in 1972 . The most significant GTO was called The Judge, the car had a bright orange paint job . "After the 400ci limit was lifted in 1970, the GTO was fitted with a big 455 V-8 also used in the Bonneville . The ram air edition produced 370 hp and 445 lb-ft of torque which was more than ...

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