Hemmings 1969 Corvette L88 vs 1970 Hemi Cuda

427 auto 4.56 vs 426 auto 4.10
as seen in Dec 2011 issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines

[@GruesomesGarage]

Two legends there , 427 Chevy and 426 Hemi .

[@easygoing2479]

Now, THAT'S the matchup we've been waiting for.

[@patrick2530]

Great race. Both are excellent cars!

[@jeremythompson9122]

The Cuda only has the 10.25:1 compression 426 Street Hemi. The L88 is a full race engine. Also a Corvette is a lot lighter than a Cuda. Put the 12.5:1 compression 426 Race Hemi up against the 12.5:1 compression L88 and were talking an entirely different outcome. That would be more of an even matchup.

[@SealofPerfection]

Actually they are pretty close in weight. And notice the Vette was detuned to 11:1, so not much compression difference, either.

[@nicetna2010]

Hemi's never were 'off-the-line' motors, they were originally designed to compete at high rpm's. If I'm not mistaken, PSMCDR allows gear swaps. A 4:56 outback in a Hemi should get the elephant moving right quick, then it's all over once that Hemi tachs over 4k.

[@gearyharlan7729]

Let's tweak the Vette a little more too then

[@dthellland9738]

that's crazy fast for 45 y/o machines

[@Dogboy1960]

Not really........this was pretty common for cars like these two. If you look at the specs........you quickly realize the cars matched up for this race were two of the very best offerings for drag racing back then. Today you can buy the best offerings and they are quicker still.....but where the new cars REALLY SHINE vs these older models is found in how they have better street manners. To get a low 11 second 1/4 mile out of that old L88 Corvette required an engine that got abysmal gas milage and those 4.56:1 rear gears would have made for the most miserable driving experience on the highway you could imagine. We've come a long way from here. A standing quarter mile acceleration alone is nice to brag about when you go this fast.......but it's a long way from the only way to measure today vs yesterday. Today's cars aren't nearly as cool or legendary.......but they sure as hell are much better cars.

[@dthellland9738]

no shit 4.56 gears sux on the highway along with 6mpg.

[@josephliptak]

Old school all day long over modern wizardry

[@AbcXyz-rn2lz]

The tri power L88 was the most powerful na GM v8 till the 2023 lt6 if I'm not mistaken. I think the iron block version had more output than the all aluminum. The all aluminum was only in one trim package a year later; I don't mind being corrected

[@DeanMk1]

@@AbcXyz-rn2lz L88 was a single 4-bbl., not tri-power. The iron block L88 and the aluminum block ZL1 made the same power.

[@sidefx996]

I love to come here so all the keyboard experts, most of which have NO IDEA what they're talking about, can impart wisdom on everyone else...

[@mothertree]

lololol I love it! same

[@possiblycrazy442]

If there were a top ten list of channels with "best races / worst comments" then this channel would be on there somewhere. Lots of chest thumping fanboys finding way too much meaning in these.

[@boostjunkie2320]

I would kill to have either one!! Can't go wrong with GM, Dodge, or Ford in the 60s. Hell Amc too!!

[@acemaster1001]

that is terry penningtons wife driving the vette in this vid.

[@burningblue1254]

Great race from 2 amazing cars.

[@viejitogringo]

the hemi has an aftermarket cam even!!......im sure the 4:56 gears help launch that vette!! both the high water marks for both factories until the mid 2000's

[@kennethrobinson11231]

All you crying MoPar people. Street Hemi were not all that fast. Back then Street Hemi cars were not winning at the drag strip. They were 12:80 cars. Some were low 13's. I ran beside a many of them. They had a strong top end. A 440 would bust them every time. I've seen Olds W-30 get them, Buick GS get them, 427 / 425 Chevs would beat them about every time. So what I'm saying here is. If the hemi was stock and not any real work done to them they were just another good running car. You had to spend money to get them to really run. This was in the late 60's and into the 70's. Most of you all weren't even born. I was there at the strip and the back roads of the time. I even beat one with a GTO at Bluegrass drag strip in 1969. I pulled him out of the hole and he did make a strong comeback but at the end I held him off. I'm not even talking the L-88 because nobody had one around here.

[@leonardbeaner2110]

I had a friend who ran an acid dipped 440 GTX on the street (Front Street Phill)y and on the drag strip. He told he would kill a hemi on the street, however when he ran on the strip, he would come out on them, but they would motor by him on the top end, He would call Sox and Martin for the latest tips. Was a Junior High School drop out but a mechanical genius. Rest in Peace Cave Man .

[@mothertree]

thanks for that memory...the GTX sounds awesome and so does your friend.I had a buddy who street raced a 69 nova 427 4 spd who told me the only car that ever beat him was a 68 RR 440 auto ..he said the car had been lightened...these cars were heavily modded and that nova may have run just under 10 sec at one time....radical bastard and weekend warrior he was(Jimmythegreek) I can still hear that Rat Motor crackling.have a good one Leonard.

[@rogerlairamore3209]

kennethrobinson11231 at a nascar track the Hemi dominated in 1969 and 1970 so ford protested and threatened to drop nascar so nascar banned the Hemi for 1971 because Ford was tired of losing to the Chrysler Hemi and Chevy wasn’t competitive back then it was always Plymouth, Dodge and now and then Ford would win but Chevy never won and rarely finished top 10.

[@e.z.hernandez6378]

🎶 little red corv.... holy shit!

[@zxtenn]

I was looking at the specs and thought the L-88 had 12.5to 1 com not 11 to 1-- I had a 427/425 in a 67 yenko clone and from I saw in the day the L-88 was 12.5 unless she dropped the com for street???

[@keithfaulk1354]

Looking for a 1977- 1981 corvette. [e-mail]

[@techmaven5900]

One red light constitutes a bad driver? She won the match.

[@strangelyfamiliar1729]

She did it on purpose so that he could win 1.

[@MichaelMitchell-eo6cb]

Great race! Those cars just needed a tire to get low et’s.

[@pwr27986]

That Vette was spinning and still blowing the doors off that Slowpar!!!

[@andrewp1998]

2 out of 3,, real close , not exactly blowing doors!

[@gonzalesjg575]

Cebby = CACA

[@Mastermindyoung14]

Slowpar... Ha... Ha.. fu nay.

[@loveisourweapon2010]

Love the colours and sounds

[@jefftheis742]

The hemi in race tune were the badasses still two of my faves right there

[@carsbyjeff]

That was too Cool. Who in their right mind would beat these valuable cars down the drag strip? Anyway, I enjoyed it!!

[@firebirdjone]

It's what they were meant for Jeff. I enjoy it much more than staring at them in the garage, or the lawn chair nationals. I got tired of that very early on. Nice to see enough car enthusiasts that are willing to enjoy these cars and give people something to see, and even better that people put on an event like this to give us something to take these cars to and use them.

[@firebirdjone]

You could also think about it this way. Much safer making a few passes down the strip than you are driving these things in traffic nowadays with all the idiots on the roads. I know I'm much more relaxed at the strip than the street because of that. Also keep in mind we aren't doing 7000 rpm clutch dumps with slicks on the back. These stock street tires will spin with too much throttle, you have to finess these things out of the hole, so in reality this type of racing is relatively easy on driveline parts. I've never broken anything with stock tires on the car.

[@jilpoke]

A red lined big block is a happy big block.

[@briansd2772]

Totally unfair! The 'Vette had one more cubic inch on the 'Cuda.

[@alzaidi7739]

and one less trunk and row of seats

[@rogermurph101]

@@alzaidi7739 and yet the Vette still weighs 500 pounds more than the Cuda.

[@alzaidi7739]

@@rogermurph101 HAHAHA! Vette is 3750, HEMi Cuda is 3880. 130 lbs less, not 500 more. Whatever it takes to cry yourself to sleep.

[@alzaidi7739]

Proving again that if you only have one friend, the Corvette may be the car for you.

[@dannymostarac1799]

I would take the the cuda.

[@drmrdude1965]

You can detuna Corvette, but ya can't detuna fish!!!!!! Lmaoooooooooo

[@realistic2603]

I love chevy and mopar!...they are my brands.....the g.m. here at work has a full off resto 1966 427 tri power vette...435 horse...more like 500.....absolutely beautiful car.....this engine is a race engine no doubt......overheats very badly.....wants to stall out sitting at a stop light...will flood out quickly......this car was built to race...not to putt-putt around in.....same way with the race hemi!

[@acemaster1001]

sounds like it need a tune up lol. 427 tri power will idol all day and stay at 190*.

[@kennethrobinson11231]

Ace Speedy Change your needle and seats in the carb. You just need the right man ahold of it. And you can NOT use todays gas.

[@mothertree]

I think you are on to something...many don`t realize what a head gasket does and what can happen when a water jacket fails.

[@motherlovinsnuffstar4887]

I'm not gonna piss and moan over who won, I'm a big 3 guy all the way. Imports is what I can't stand, those miniscule "tuner cars". Nothing but love for the domestics. Besides, if you're loosing to an L88 corvette, you ain't loosing to a slouch by any stretch!! Those cars and engines were designed for each other...

[@theinsaneshecklador6598]

@David Mc The genuine Cobras from the 60s were aluminum bodies. Most kit cars and some of the later Shelby cars were fiberglass.

[@techmaven5900]

Loosing?

[@techmaven5900]

@fosterpainter What the fuck is "loosing"?

[@boostjunkie2320]

I like anything from the 60s really and the imports too. New and old. Truck, car or bike. Anything unique or stupid fast

[@willtheman840]

Two incredibly great cars. The right lane was tougher for both cars. I consider this a draw.

[@Dogboy1960]

Haha ......beaten by a girl........more seriously though.... cool cars and kudos to both owners still willing to drive 'em as the manufactures designed to be driven.

[@truebetold65]

Agree

[@wrotedog]

427 corvette 🏁

[@rockylazzaretto1628]

there both super sports for my taste and i'm happy with that DM & GM are better

[@MrMakemyday3]

I lost interest from the first 10 seconds. an l-88 was 12 . 5 to one compression not 11 to one....makes me wonder about the rest of the video if they dont know that simple fact

[@thegreenerthemeaner]

I noticed that too. I will say that Big Block chamber design did not lend itself well to full flame travel on ignition with the factory 12.5 pistons. I know less dome helped to cure that problem and more power was found getting everything to burn than trying to squeeze it tighter. Been there.

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

Keep up the good work!

[@acemaster1001]

read the articles in this video. Corvette 3414 LBS. CUDA 3750lbs. Both cars make very comparable horsepower.

[@andrewp1998]

true.. street hemi is about 480's

[@glasserallen]

Hemi did very good being how it's a full weight car and the 💩hitvrolet is lightweight- fiberglass.

[@kurtzimmerman1637]

Hemi did not win every race. Long live Chevy.

[@andrewp1998]

@Moon Pie NO, it was mopar with the 340 , 440 six and the hemis

[@andrewp1998]

@Moon Pie LOL< yah right, everyone knows that Mopar ruled the street and strip..they had the most potent small block in the 340 six pack and the most potent big-block with the 426 cross ram hemi in the 68 dart and barracuda, all chevy could do is go neck and neck with their 427 with the street hemi.

[@andrewp1998]

@Moon Pie the 427 l88 goes neck and neck with the street Hemi Cuda and thats all chevy could do ..

[@andrewp1998]

@Moon Pie kzbin.info/www/bejne/fom8pp9rnK5ohKs

[@andrewp1998]

@Moon Pie lt1 beat the 340 six pack,??maybe, but I still have doubts!!,. I didn't say the l88 was less of an engine, all I said was that the l88 427 vette was alway" s neck and neck with the 70/71 Hemi cuda.

[@rustylugnut755]

Both are very nice cars.

[@flyurway]

Poor ol' MoPar couldn't get a W until the Chevy screwed up!

[@flyurway]

@@aldo6192 What kind of moron statement is that? Do you base that on facts and science, or just what you want to think? Obviously the latter. If the Vette isn't a muscle car what does that make the Mopar after the Vette spanked it twice in a row? Go back to building your model cars kid.

[@acemaster1001]

agaiin. READ the article in this videos about the cars. Corvette 3400LB CUDA 3750lbs. The corvettte hands down is lighter then a cuda with a hemi

[@ITRIEDEL]

I straight love PURESTOCKDRAGS channel

[@254967conwell]

the Vette in this video weighed in at 3429 and the Cuda at 3750 ..so there's your difference. Take out the back and passenger seat and spare tie and it might be a different race

[@rockylazzaretto1628]

there both awsome

[@michaelbower2117]

The L88 was a true race engine. The Hemi in street cars were not dialed up like the L88 was. But I Love them both.

[@dondakota920]

did anyone notice the corvette was detuned with 11:1 instead of the factory 12:1 compression on an open chamber L88, and the hemi had an aftermarket camshaft? Chev still had faster times, but should have been a bigger difference, but a more fair test would be a stock hemi against a 435hp 427, rather than a race prepped L88

[@Bob-Maplethorpe]

Don Dakota I have read that L88s were not 430 horse stock, and actually pulled closer to 600. 11.7 seconds on a heavy car with those tires seems to make sense to me. If a 2006 z06 Is good for these times at 505hp, wouldn't over 500 seem logical?

[@rogerlairamore3209]

Don Dakota did any body notice even though the Cudas weight was 500 pounds heavier than the vette and ran a higher rear gear it stayed with the liter lower geared vette. If the Cuda had 456 gears it may have beat the vette.

[@SealofPerfection]

Saw that, and also noticed the Hemi had a special cam in it.

[@andrewp1998]

@@Bob-Maplethorpe the 68 hemi dart with the cross ram 426 pulls close to 600hp and with its lightweight would crush any of these cars, 68 Cuda with the hemi as well

[@Bob-Maplethorpe]

@@andrewp1998 the Darts are pure porn. I knew a guy who had one. He said he had a problem breaking the back window.

[@moparnutjim]

Add 300 lbs to the 'Vette and see who wins. PureStockDrags is one of the few channels I subscribe to. Very interesting matchups.

[@pwr27986]

Add a custom ground camshaft and an extra carb to the Vette and see who wins. Still the Vette!

[@roberthaibi2304]

corvette dragged him

[@highwaystar1009]

C3 + E-body. Can it get any better?

[@frankjohnson6342]

Pure stock wink, wink. No these are some of the F.A.S.T. cars. Which stands for “Factory Appearing Stock Tires”. The vett would get blown away if he got matched against one of the” 68-69 Hemi roadrunners, super bee’s 🐝 or the 429SCJ Mustangs, 400 Firebird, 455 GTO “340 Duster, Dart or Demon, “350” Camaro that somehow run high 9.7 to 10.7’s with those skinny stock tires. They something to behold as they look like you went back in time to the muscle car era as all the cars look like they just came off the dealership lots and some can run quicker than Super/Gas 9.9 times and look stock with complete interiors, stock size tires for that year and the stock looking exhaust system for that year. They all have,for the block and head combination, mountain motors that idle like the stock engine and NO NITROUS! If they catch you with it you’re banned for life. They really should incorporate them into the U.S. Nationals and run them on Friday or Saturday as a lot of people are unaware of these cars.

[@Hot80s]

mr. 6 pack in a hemi got a beat down by a girl!

[@alzaidi7739]

She was disqualified for not trailering a back seat and luggage compartment.

[@kalebbrown93]

That corvette has the hardest time hooking up.

[@nickdulak1837]

The only thing that can beat an l-88 Vette is a valve spring keeper. When it loses one of those, you had better know a good welder!

[@andrewp1998]

a 68 dart or barracuda with the hemi would crush a vette in the qrt

[@SealofPerfection]

@@andrewp1998 They were race cars, not street legal, not built by Chrysler. Anyone can build a race car. These here are actual street cars.

[@andrewp1998]

@@SealofPerfection yes, the motors were built by chrysler and hurst.

[@andrewp1998]

yes legal...sorry@@SealofPerfection

[@SealofPerfection]

​@@andrewp1998 Dart never came with the hemi. As I said, anyone can build a race car. Just like no Ford ever came with the SOHC motor, either.

[@camirocz]

Never will these cars run 11s all stock.Never!

[@mothertree]

it might..i got to drive a 67 chevelle with a 427 and it is without a doubt the most powerful stock vehicle I ever handled...stock...lol what an engine...it may be the best ever...I think...and I love my 340`s but hey...

[@Dogboy1960]

camirocz....You're DEAD WRONG. These cars do make the numbers. ALL STOCK. That's the whole point of this "Stack class" racing. What these guys are running for cars in this video are far from typical back in the day. The cars are the very fastest of their day and the rules do allow for gears that were stock and available yet almost nobody ordered them for their own street car because they would be just about worthless and miserable on the street.

[@Dogboy1960]

Yup......I"m less than familiar with Chrysler products .....but Chevy's BEST 427 ever easily made these numbers if a driver/owner knew what he was doing. There are actual written and photographed stories of Vince Piggins himself attending testing in 1969 of a 2 speed power-glide ZL1 Camaro running mid-11s with horrible traction issues. The writer of the story speaks getting a chance to pilot a ZL1 powered Corvette down the 1/4 mile the next day at a press event done by Chevrolet to introduce Chevy performance for 1969.....with a 3 speed automatic running only slicks for traction and it made it into the 10s. He claimed the car was repeatedly making the numbers "with idiots at the wheel". The L88 is identical to the ZL1....itis the same engine with an iron block. So what you see in the video is not at all surprising......or at least it shouldn't be.

[@mothertree]

I once wrote about a 10.60 vette from a hot rod article and got so many jeers I deleted my comment LOL... all I wanted to do was relay information that was put in a hot rod magazine.... and of course was met with such sarcasm...if you have not drove a 427 car you just don`t know !

[@andrewp1998]

agreed, high 12s and 13s. i found several results all over the web.

[@smilsmff]

huge weight difference, Chevy advantage, was Aluminum heads And Intake manifold, besides the fiberglass body, go pound for pound and equal car and see the results

[@artbrookey3341]

Pure stock drags...right. 11 second 1/4 mile, pure stock...right

[@andrewp1998]

yah its bs, times are to quick

[@SchoolforHackers]

Pure stock drags is the name of the channel. The class here is FAST, factory appearance stock tires. So maybe a little off topic, but I like the vids.

[@deorojeu]

Vette runs 11:20s Cuda runs 11:50s so 300 pounds would only make it even at best. Since Vettes hook better it will still win if Cuda loses 300 pounds.

[@mothertree]

if you've ever been in a 70 cuda you would know how great they come out of the hole...I mean great...but hey ...on any day ya know...both awesome cars

[@scottwheaton9689]

If you look close as the Vette launches to a bit out of the hole it gets a bit loose going just a tad sideways & cuda starts to pull ahead till the Vette regains traction & starts pulling ahead. So vettes don’t always hook better like was said here esp with the pwr & trq of an L88 under the hood.

[@boostjunkie2320]

Never seen Hemi fanboys so silent before...........

[@boostjunkie2320]

I have been trying to tell yall Hemi fans about 427 L88.....Every bit as bad as that 426 Hemi

[@TrigonsTrailers]

What should we be saying? The 427 L88 is to be respected. There's a faster Hemi out there than this specific Corvette, but it wasn't the one in this video.

[@boostjunkie2320]

@@aldo6192 A Hemi dart is not even a street legal car.......Nice try though

[@boostjunkie2320]

@@TrigonsTrailers True but stock vs stock the L88 has the edge in raw power. I'm aware of the Hemi Dart but it's not even a road legal car

[@boostjunkie2320]

@richardkistner6208 Drag slicks are not street legal and Hurst. Not Dodge built them......

[@russelljdj]

Corvette, Legend, and always America's Only True Sports car. Everything else, Wanna Be's

[@andrewp1998]

viper and ac cobra???

[@strattuner]

both of these monsters were street prowlers and seen many of them taking money from dumb guys who thought they were fast,with slicks and headers,they roll

[@michaelmowrey9932]

Dude doesn't know how to drive🤨

[@eddiebarnett2217]

Where is all you hemi guys that commented on that other vid where a 689 hp hemi beats a 71 smoged out vette? See now? This is what happens to hemi's when they face a 70 model or below.. corvette fishtales all over the place and still womps the wimpy mopar!

[@howabouthetruth2157]

@@majestical5331 Gee, that's awful damned funny, because there are MANY Mopar guys whining & making excuses for why the Hemi lost right here in these comments. And you're just as bad. When are all of you brand loyal SNOBS going to grow up. All of the best engine builders scoff at jack asses like you people.

[@thomaszambelli]

sorry but the guy driving the cuda cant drive...

[@kozlovracing2772]

Lol always a mopar fan boy crying like a little a bitch when they lose. Its da dwivers fwault boo hoo! I guarantee your whiny ass could not drive any better lol.

[@Hot80s]

your a moron thats bob karakashian "mr. six pack" in that hemi. he got beat by a girl in a chevy.

[@Hot80s]

​@@kozlovracing2772 i've owned 440+6s and LS6s so i agree. I'm glad i'm not a "mopar or no car KKK member"

[@bigfootoneshot]

Why would GM make a Fibreglass car if it was gonna be heavier not lighter than the Mopars????

[@ztwntyn8]

I can't help liking to see a good running hemi beat. I do have to say however, I think it hung tough when you read the specs.

[@Chace1126]

4.56 gears with F70 tires? What the hell was the owner thinking? And a 2.5" exhaust? And a tiny air cleaner? This is set up so damn wrong.

[@acemaster1001]

what would you have done different??? This is a purestock class. We arent allowed to exceed 2.5 inmch exhaust. Those are the correct tires.

[@calebkey2050]

The answer is in the converter, it’s WAAAY low for an L-88, which allowed for those f70’s to hook up on launch

[@acemaster1001]

i race this class. I assure you, your incorrect.

[@acemaster1001]

LOL thats what i thought. you got nothing.

[@5BobbyDavis]

Allways an excuse,one way or the other.

[@drmrdude1965]

Cuda, fish....get it get it!!!!!!!???????

[@rodneynantz3514]

2/3 l88 wins against a hemi that makes perfect sense

[@bradhardy2629]

The vet red lit loses . Twice

[@dodge440bigblock]

someone knows the cfm of those hemi carter carbs?

[@markcollins1255]

chevy all the way

[@artbrookey3468]

Another joke of a "pure stock" drags

[@Riverdeepnwide]

Unlike Art Brookey, these two cars are in better shape today than they were fifty one years ago.

[@artbrookey3468]

@@Riverdeepnwide I can't argue with that at all. You win that one..

[@Riverdeepnwide]

@@artbrookey3468 I’m right there with ya 👍🏻

[@PureStockDrags]

Thanks !

[@drmrdude1965]

Corvette 3260 Cuda 3395 Curb weight.

[@SealofPerfection]

So basically identical.

[@bradleysmith3121]

k w that E body weighed 3750. That is an iron head and block Hemi with a cast iron intake. He can up the compression 1.5 points to 11.75 total, and Bob has his own special cam specs, otherwise, just a careful assembly and attention to detail. The only Cudas under 3500 lbs have small blocks in them.

[@ScottHillsmusclecargarage]

I really love the original cars. I also have mad respect for you guys racing those cars. Personally, I wouldn't race my 1970 Hemi Challenger. But to each their own.

[@boostjunkie2320]

Sir, go race that Hemi!! That's what it's made for!

[@Loth440]

Put a 4.10 gear in the L88, then let's see?

[@firebirdjone]

You're allowed any gear you wish per rules. So naturally you run what fits the combo best. Of course you experiment as well. Most of these owners know what works for their car, and Bob has been running his mopars since the 80's that I can remember. I'm sure he picked the 4.10's for that particular car because that is what works best for him. There are some other hemi's in the class that run more gear in the 4.30-4.56 range.

[@acemaster1001]

the 1970 cuda runs a 4.33 gear now. the hydrallic cam hemi wont have the rpm ability as a solid lifter L88. The hemi is all done around 6500. A L88 will enjoy 7000-7200

[@firebirdjone]

I'm not so sure the vette is lighter just because it has fiberglass panels. They have one hell of a frame under them. I've had 3 of these things with big blocks, and the last one I had tipped the scales at 3700 lbs. without me in it. Not exactly light weight. I'm willing to bet the cuda isn't heavier, and most likely that E-body is a tad lighter.

[@acemaster1001]

vettes weigh in at 3400. The cuda is 38-3900

[@firebirdjone]

Not what I meant. When I say fiberglass panels, that is in fact referring to the body, which are panels glued together (if you've ever blown one of these apart) The vette in question is not an all alloy 427. It's an L88 that has an iron block with aluminum heads. My comment still stands. All 3 of the BBC C3 corvettes I had scaled well over 3600 lbs., with one that was a shade over 3700. If the L88 here in question does in fact weight only 3400, then it needs to be looked at closer because the only weight reduction legal in PS is removing sound deadener. I've also never seen an E-body cuda scale 3800+. Maybe close when loaded with options, which this one is not.

[@drmrdude1965]

And the Cuda is way heavier.

[@andrewp1998]

try a factory 68 hemi dart, cuda and see what happens??

[@SealofPerfection]

Yeah, except it's not. Unless you call around 100lbs "way" heavier.

[@SealofPerfection]

@@andrewp1998 You mean "try a race car, not built by the factory but by Hurst, that isn't street legal vs an actual street car"?

[@andrewp1998]

@@SealofPerfection the motors were built by Chrysler!!

[@asfshrimp]

THE MOPAR HAS UNITIZED CONSTRUCTION THE VETTE IS FULL FRAME I WOULD SAY FHE VETTE IS HEAVIER

[@sharonw2475]

Ha, ha, ha! Big bad Hemi with over 500 hp got shown who's the boss!!!! Com'n all you hemi lovers, now let's read all of your lame excuses of why the hemi got whooped, also got some more bad news for you hemi lovers, a Ford Cobra would eat up that Corvette and blow the hemi off the track.

[@lyleclark9190]

@@aldo6192 Hilarious! The Ford 428 and also the SOHC never competed in Nascar. Ford 429 'Shotgun' was a different story. Dominated Stock car racing until the Chrysler winged cars came along. Anyway, the original poster of this comment was talking about an AC Cobra roadster.

[@drmrdude1965]

Hemi killed it. Go home girly

[@SealofPerfection]

It did? I seem to recall the Vette being significantly faster each time.

[@howabouthetruth2157]

What a moron. The Vette driven by "girly" won BOTH of the first 2 races, and jumped the light on the third race, where she let off the gas because she knew right away she jumped the light. She also posted the quickest E.T. You need to lay off smokin' the birdseed boy.

[@rogerlairamore3209]

The Cuda was close to Chevys best vette even though the Cuda Weighs 500 pounds more and had a higher geared rear end it would have been interesting if the Cuda had 456 rear gears like the vette had.

[@mikem7368]

Don't forget the 'Cuda has twice the amount of carburator.

[@SealofPerfection]

They are very close in weight. There is basically no difference in 4.10 to 4.56. Put 4.10's in the Vette and it probably slows down between .05 and .1. That's still gapping the Cuda.

[@howabouthetruth2157]

The weight difference between these 2 particular cars was just over 300 lbs, you lying moron. "500 lbs".......that's a quarter of a ton, you jack ass.

[@miltonlinn5514]

@@mikem7368 But it had wider rear tires.

[@camclarke2663]

go home slopar

[@tripjet999]

GM = General Mess.

[@musclebone7875]

tripjet999 GM=good metal MOPAR=more old paint and rust

[@suzzy6969]

GM gay man

[@musclebone7875]

+albert lynn GM=great machine that beats mopars

[@suzzy6969]

GM garbage machine, that been loosing to mopars,,, lol

[@musclebone7875]

albert lynn we just witnessed GM beating a mopar in this video 😅😅😅😅😅