13.73 is not fast. it's not even quick. My Challenger has 3.55 gears, a 360. I'm appalled that it won't spin the tires. My Buick would spin the tires at a dead stop, and get a second gear chirp, I know that is gearing but that was with a 6 cyl, and turbo lag. It would hit second, and the back end would kick out about a foot or so, catch and take off like a rocket. Whisper quiet. it would plant you back in the seat. I expected much more out of the mighty HEMI. I've never driven a real HEMI, but have had a chevy guy tell me that there was one in a different town, when he was growing up and he admitted that nothing could beat it at all. So how does a goofy 72 Nova with a 350 beat everything that ever came to race (I don't ever remember him losing a race, and I rode shotgun to try and time them most of the time). All he did to it was put a set of Hooker Headers on it. I almost hate to say it, but a 2 BBL. We drove ALL over in that car. All over the state, many road trips, etc, he did nothing, yet he could not be beat. Good gas milage. It's not like I am spoiled on new stuff. My newest ride is an 88 suburban. lol. Almost 14 seconds seems awfully slow to me. No one had money or know how for tubbing back then, and I can't see doing all that now to a really nice car now. If the goal is to make it seem fast, just run open exhaust on any new car? lol. My memory must be fading. I thought that the muscle was faster. I thought that the HEMI was legendary, not just at top end. Not that it matters, no sense in losing one's drivers liscence just to prove it. But still, almost 14 seconds? REALLY? Is that the truth?
