Funny thing… that same magazine “Muscle Car Review” wouldn’t include the ‘69 road runner M code 6BBL that Ronnie Sox ran 12.9’s on street tires and full exhaust in their quickest quarter mile muscle car tests from new. Their reason? Ronnie was a pro with the 4 speed and the car they said had a blueprinted engine.
Ronnie Sox was determined to get the car to run sub thirteen seconds and he did at 12.99.
They had no problem including the GS stage one car,that was clearly a ringer,against the detuned Hemi. Most Hemi cars in that era were pieced together with broken race parts, and decompressed to run on crappy pump gas. There were no new Hemi parts when this took place. I was surprised the GTX ran as well as it did. Most Hemi cars were decompression 16 second show poodles.
I think it was more that they tuned it up a bit. Timing curve, carbs etc
Tell ‘em to go there to see if its real and get the vin, we all gots to know!!
He also ran a 12.91!
Now that's a story thanks!! Have you seen the 1966 muscle car shootout, where Ronnie runs a 13.20 in a new Hemi satellite?
The timer doesn’t start til you break the beam. So yeah, could be traction. But that’s a lot of metal to move down the track. 1970 Cadillacs had similar HP but the torque was lower in the RPM range. They ran around 17.
They don't weigh the weight of a Cadillac. A Road Runner weighs 3550,a Charger R/T is 3800. According to Google the 70 Plymouth Sport Fury GT with a 440 engine weighs 4200 pounds. Only 400 pounds more than a Charger R/T. It's like racing your Charger with a fat chick in it! Lol
So probably about the same as those mid 90’s SS Impalas with the LT1 350. No so impressive.
