High 9's on the 1/4

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Maybe with a 5 sec draging it

 

It's here in Indiana....I might have to go and take a look!!

 

thats listed under mustangs?

 

must be a sleeper. wonder what happened to the other 1/4 of the cam. i don't think so........

 

Ya, it might be a 9sec 1/8 car (high 9s) but even that is doubtful. I never understood 3/4 cam, I know it is old school, maybe some one could explain it, closest guess by me would mean 3/4 cam equals 270 degree duration.

 

Yeah, I had wondered about the 3/4 race cam for years. To the best of my knowledge the 3/4 cam was a GM advertising term from older car mag (late 60'S, early 70's) ads. The ads indicated their motors had a "3/4 race" cam as opposed to a "full race" cam or stock cam. Kind of silly, but typical GM.

 

doesnt look like a 9 sec car...but I saw a guy at Test & tune a month or so ago that had a normal stock-looking '88 Mustang LX that turned a 4.80 in the 1/8 on drag radials. He was tuning the wastegate to be able to get as much power down as he could. Everyone said that the motor dyno'd at over 1900 HP. Car looked basically stock, even idled fairly smooth. Sleeper for sure.

 

Here is what i was told long time ago and it sounds good anyways
3\4 cam is almost to much for the street to run vacuum brakes and stock converter auto trans full race cam is not able to run vacuum brakes and have to run stall converter for auto trans


Brown Interior looks green to me

 

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That car looks like it would fall apart if if even hit 100 MPH.
I'd bet everything in my wallet that it wouldn't break 12's.

Old Guy, isn't 9 something in the quarter around 130-135 MPH? My neighbor runs a '68 Cobra Jet Mustang in 1/4 and 1/8 competition and his times are 10.25ish at 122 mph. And that
is a big block and a helluva lot more tire than what is under that
tired looking POS.
He MIGHT make 9's in the 1/8 but that even seems like a bit of a stretch the way it looks. I bet he has those shackles in the back to go with those highjacker shocks!!!

(I'm too critical, I know!)


Seth

 

maybe he was just a fool when he bought it...
i mean he said that when he bought the car the guy told him it ran high 9s last fall.
maybe he was taken like an idiot??? we dont know all we know is that is NOT a 9s car

 

Mav in the 9's

I can't say that it could not be true, but it is very unlikely unless there was a bottle and some other equipt. on it before he got it. To run a high 9( will use 9.80 for example) the car would have to run a 6.18 in 1/8th. A 9.80 in the 1/8th figures out to 15.50 1/4 mile et which sounds more like it for that car. MPH is hard to calculate because of different gear ratio and tire size plus wind and air density etc. Most dragsters at our track run 5.20's and that would be 8.23 in 1/4. Mavman's 393 windsor ran a best of 6.60 in the 1/8th and thats about a 10.40 in the 1/4.. It is a drag only car with powerglide and all the toys, on 10.5 slicks at 2600lbs. The only way I could see this car running 9's is if he sprayed it heavy at 1/8th mile and then it would be questionable to say the least. I see no reserve on the auction so 800.00 would not be that bad if it were to go for that. Just a thought, most tracks would not allow a 9 second car to run without a roll cage and such, which I did not see in this racer. I think the high 9 1/8th is what is correct . But I have been wrong before

 

vin F3K91F1372281F the 3 makes it a 73 right not a 72 that and the filler pan thats on it

 

its one of the rare Gt shelby Mavericks

 

You need a big-block to run quarter mile times like that. I used to work with a guy who had a '68 Camaro that ran high 9s. It had a tricked-out 454 (bored & stroked to 505 or someting like that) that he had $30,000 in the engine alone. It had a full roll cage, tubs, & all kinds of other reinforcments. Some people are so full of $hit with the claims they make.

For a Maverick to run high 9s in the quarter with a smallblock, it would have to be completely gutted (racing seat, no interior), Lexan windows, FULL cage, ladder bar suspension, an EXTREMELY tricked-out engine, NOT street legal. The car would have to weigh next to nothing.

I wouldn't buy a car without a Title either...

 

You dont have to have a big block...just a REALLY serious smallblock, or a serious lack of weight (1500-2200 lbs). Look at the Pro 5.0 cars, they're running in the 7's at over 200 mph on mostly sub-400 inch engines. It is possible, but either way you look at it, it'd be expensive for sure!