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Originally Posted by edpontiac91
What I was trying to say that bone stock these cars were hard pressed to run mid 16's in the 1/4. Even the limited production 6.6 Pontiac engine was only 180 h.p. The compression ratio on the 6.6 Olds motor was about 8.5 to 1 and was rated at 160 h.p. It's biggest problem was the cat converter which was the pancake design and really choked the exhaust. It wouldn't rev over 4,200 rpm but after it was removed it would pull to 4,800. Getting those T/A to run in the low 15's was a BIG DEAL in 1980 because the 4.9 turbo that replaced it was even more of a pig.
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Yeah, that's kind of what I was getting at. The engines were way underbuilt and the primitive emissions stuff (pellet-style cats) choked them really bad. A 1978 Z28 had 185 hp with a .390/.410 camshaft and 8.2:1 compression. Ouch.
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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon
there hasnt been a true muscle car since like '72
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'74. The Super Duty Trans Am. Pontiac opened the muscle car door and also closed it 10 years later.