I had a 69 roadrunner,built 440 and TCI torqueflite.Car would run 11.60s.I always thought that the car was waiting for the right moment to kill me.
“I always thought that the car was waiting for the right moment to kill me.”
I don’t feel comfortable over 80 on public roads. As a kid I had a 68 Chevy pickup that would do over 120. It was like floating in a balloon. It’s too fast to react to a common situation like a car pulling out in front or some other obstacle.
Those old engines couldn’t take prolonged high RPM’s. That truck had a modified 283, and I’d often go over a 100. I typically got about 30,000 out of it before major overhaul. On one run the rocker arm studs pulled out of the head on two cylinders.