Jay writes:
Who said _anything_ about stock? I was referring to highly modified cars.
This was
> to point out that "modern" enthusiast modifications like engine swaps have
> been going on since the '50s.
Okay, if we're talking "highly modified Euro cars vs. highly modified
domestic cars",
Change my statement to "I've never heard of Euro cars from the 60's
turning high 9's..."
> In any case, most of the modified European cars with which I was familiar
> in the early 70s were never taken to the drag strip. I have no idea what
> kind of quarter mile times my buddy's Alpina 2002 (with some additional
> work by Miller and Norburn) would turn, but I did see it outdrag big-motor
>
I doubt they were the best big-motor American cars...
CHD
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