1970 Plymouth Sport Fury GT V Code 440-6 Barn Find

[Coelacanth]

Clearly you're only looking at published specs and perhaps never raced a GN. Good luck with that.

 

[chargervert]

The ones beating Hellcats aren't streetable,they are full blown drag cars. You can drive a hellcat across the country with the AC on and run 10s with drag tire on them. They have a 203 MPH top speed too. That is where the modern muscle cars have it all over the old school stuff. They pass emissions too.

 

[Coelacanth]

The ones beating Hellcats aren't streetable,they are full blown drag cars. You can drive a hellcat across the country with the AC on and run 10s with drag tire on them. That is where the modern muscle cars have it all over the old school stuff. They pass emissions too.

And how many totally bone-stock GN's--or the uber-rare GNX's for that matter--might you encounter on the streets nowadays? Almost none, I'd presume. You'll never know how nasty a GN might be. But to each their own, I'd never trade my GN in for a Hellcat.

 

[chargervert]

With only some simple mods, GN's easily got into the 12's, and the 10's weren't that hard to accomplish, either. Manual boost controller to get past the stock boost levels was a biggie, better intakes, bigger downpipes and less restrictive plenums, 60# injectors or bigger, bigger turbos, alky injection, programmed chips for certain octane fuel, the list goes on. I don't need to debate this, if you encounter a GN nowadays, chances are it's not stock. There are vids of GN's beating Hellcats.

GN's weren't legendary because of their stock performance in the late 80's, they became legendary because of the crazy performance you got with relatively inexpensive mods, at least compared to many other cars.

The GNs were probably the car that laid the groundwork for the modern muscle cars we have today. The ability to adapt well to mods is what makes the current muscle cars so fast.

 

[chargervert]

And how many totally bone-stock GN's--or the uber-rare GNX's for that matter--might you encounter on the streets nowadays? Almost none, I'd presume. You'll never know how nasty a GN might be. But to each their own, I'd never trade my GN in for a Hellcat.

A guy died in a GN right up the street from my house about a year and a half ago. His passenger was badly burned. The car was a full blown drag car that had no business thrashing around on the street. It got away from him and now he's dead.

 

[440 PHIXX]

Buick guys are funny. The GS Stage 1 is a Hemi killer… all going back to a mid 80’s magazine article. Richard Lasseter, the president of the Buick GS club races his “blueprinted” “stock” Stage 1 against Roy Badie in a Hemi GTX he just purchased with a 4 speed he never raced. Lasseter raced his Buick for years and was a hot shoe. The engine displaced close to 500ci according to other Buick guys. Badie didn’t do to bad for a novice. But to this day Buick fans live the folklore.

 

[Coelacanth]

Not sure I see your point. How many people have died in Hellcats, I wonder? Not to mention all the stolen ones...

 

[RemCharger]

Lol the point was about 6 pack sport furys ... I think.

 

[Coelacanth]

Buick guys are funny. The GS Stage 1 is a Hemi killer… all going back to a mid 80’s magazine article. Richard Lasseter, the president of the Buick GS club races his “blueprinted” “stock” Stage 1 against Roy Badie in a Hemi GTX he just purchased with a 4 speed he never raced. Lasseter raced his Buick for years and was a hot shoe. The engine displaced close to 500ci according to other Buick guys. Badie didn’t do to bad for a novice. But to this day Buick fans live the folklore.

The GSX was indeed a legendary, under-appreciated muscle car.

 

[440 PHIXX]

The GSX was indeed a legendary, under-appreciated muscle car.

Lasseter’s car was a GS Stage 1.

 

[XS22J8R]

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[440 PHIXX]

Lol the point was about 6 pack sport furys ... I think.

It turned into a bench racing session. 8^}

About cars that were actually fast.

 

[Dave6T4]

I was at the same event and watched Dave race. I registered the Charger in the same class, but after a couple of unsuccessful time trials, I decided not to race.

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That's Dave, right behind you.

 

[1968rt]

Met a NY State Trooper years ago that drove a V code . Small gears and fantastic top end. He said the only problem was that the tires where not up to the task. He said many high speed blow outs.

 

[qkcuda]

That's Dave, right behind you.

That's funny, I never noticed that before.

 

[440 4 speed]

Just for reference, here is a magazine article testing a new V code Fury GT. I wonder what color it was, I assume yellow? And where this car ended up.
Vintage Road Test: 1970 Plymouth Sport Fury GT 440 Six Pack - A Rare Road Test For A Rare Car - Curbside Classic
They're claiming a 16 second 1/4 at 92.5 mph. Definitely not a car that was going to rule the local street racing scene.

That is very interesting. The bone stock 68 300 we had was fairly quick. TNT, auto, 3:23 SG, a/c 15 inch rubber. 14.8 in the quarter. Would have to look for the time slips for speed. Might have been around 90mph.
Remcharger might remember.
At street legal’s beating a Corvette and a few 5.0 was so entertaining.Especially when someone made a comment (why would that old guy run against a 5 litre).

 

[chargervert]

Lasseter’s car was a GS Stage 1.

The Buick was a ringer,it was essentially the father of the FAST racing series. It was stock appearing, that's all.

 

[RemCharger]

That is very interesting. The bone stock 68 300 we had was fairly quick. TNT, auto, 3:23 SG, a/c 15 inch rubber. 14.8 in the quarter. Would have to look for the time slips for speed. Might have been around 90mph.
Remcharger might remember.
At street legal’s beating a Corvette and a few 5.0 was so entertaining.Especially when someone made a comment (why would that old guy run against a 5 litre).

Yes, 100% bone stock about 50,000 mi I think. Points, original exhaust etc, about 4200 lb without driver . The mph was right around 94. Hard to believe the 6 pk SF wouldn't beat it. Unless wheelspin was an issue.

 

[Photon440]

The Buick was a ringer,it was essentially the father of the FAST racing series. It was stock appearing, that's all.

A back-in-the-day road test (1970) on the GSX. 14 seconds flat.
1970 Buick GSX Stage 1 Road Test - Hi Performance Cars Magazine

 

[BLK 68 R/T]

A back-in-the-day road test (1970) on the GSX. 14 seconds flat.
1970 Buick GSX Stage 1 Road Test - Hi Performance Cars Magazine

I’ll take one please for the as tested price.