Oh, how the times have changed....IROC, TransAm, Foxbody shootout circa 1985

[Jackspack]

Here she is.

 

[Boz1911]

one of the fleet, sounds fast 351C. Holley 750. Not as fast as my 2010 Challenger though

 

[Wallace's]

I still have my 86 IROC. It has 64,000 miles on it. Needs a paint job, but other than that she's cherry.

Would love to have one again. Did you buy that new?

 

[roundhouse]

Doesn't matter
A new
Camry or accord
Might be faster than a 78 bandit Trans am but it ain't in the same universe of coolness

And don't punching that 40 years from now people are going to be paying big money for a 2016 Camry like they do for a 72 or a 78 Trans am. ?

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[CBH13]

dammnn never knew the camry had gotten so fat lol and yah its crazy how little power we used to get out of a v8. those numbers are 4 banger territory now

 

[Jackspack]

Would love to have one again. Did you buy that new?

Yes. I did. It has been in mine or my dads possession for 30 years.

 

[Old_School]

Ok, I was fairly into cars back then. But as I am older my memory is not so great.

Best I can recall Ford dropped a marine cam in the Mustang 5.0 and it would better the Corvette in 0-60 in 1982. It got real after that.

Hell, the Ferrari 308 GTS that Magnum drove on TV was only good for a 7.8 second 0-60.

Man, I thought that was the coolest car in the world! Well, behind the Countach...

IIRC my buddy's '84 Corvette was good for 0-60 in 7.4 sec. my daughter's '06 V6 Mustang will do it in 7.3 sec...


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[Old_School]

one of the fleet, sounds fast 351C. Holley 750. Not as fast as my 2010 Challenger though

I had a '71 Cougar with the 351C and FMX auto. They were starting to load them up with emission controls and lower the compression even then, but after dropping an Offenhauser aluminum intake on it with a Holley 4-bbl, it was pretty respectable.


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[roundhouse]

I had a '71 Cougar with the 351C and FMX auto. They were starting to load them up with emission controls and lower the compression even then, but after dropping an Offenhauser aluminum intake on it with a Holley 4-bbl, it was pretty respectable.


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Most of the 70s cars with low HP numbers could be brought back to their former glory with a little work to undo the emission stuff

On some engines Ford just retarded the cam using a different timing gear on the cam so that was an easy swap

And a lot of cars had the ignition timing set way to low
Toss the cat , install A set of headers and an intake manifold and some carb tuning , and advance the timing got a lot of lost power back




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[GAgunLAWbooklet]

The last two "antique car shows" I went to both had some middle 1980s cars.
Trans Am's and Firebirds. 280Z's. Mustang GTs. The Buick Grand National.
Even regular sedans-- Pontiac K cars!

I feel old.
Since when is a 1985 car an "antique" ??
They were brand-spanking new around the time I got my driver's license!!