Hardest accelerating car you've drove/rode in?

my old '92 GT 5.0, ran a cog belt T-trim Vortec making around 22lbs of boost with a 5speed behind it it was a hard pullin old girl kina miss her somtimes :rolleyes: :(
 
My dad's 6.4 powerstroke. Mega sleeper, but it's pushing ~700 hp. Or my cousin's old LS camaro with some goodies; it was too fun.
 
i had a 69 chevelle that went through several built big blocks, had a 396 that put 540hp to the wheels with out nitrous.that was in the late 70's and nothing in hickory,granite or lenior ever beat it. (that includes a run in with kingtang and robin townsend's 69 camaro for anybody from the granite falls area)
 
Gmachine said:
Your friend didn't work at Sears in Gastonia selling tools did he? That LS1 camaro sounds a lot like one my friend worked on. I know it was fast for 150shot on it. A 150 wet shot on a LS1 was fun. The car I remember also suffered an intake backfire. It wasn't pretty on a stock plastic runners.
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Yes it was. We both worked there, selling tools and sporting goods.
 
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'99 dodge ram 24v that a buddy did quite a bit of work to. Including a hopped up turbo that I watched peg the boost gauge out at 45lbs, nitrous and propane. Seems it pushed over 1000 ftlbs and horses as I recall.

Or an Audi S5. That one I got to drive and it was insane fast.

Our '09 Accord with the v6 is no slouch, but doesn't compare to those two.
 
A friend had a 82? Toyota longbed V-8 dragster all tubbed out w a crazy narrow rearend and wheelybars, It was seriously dangerous to drive w the long narrow wheelbase. I rode in it once on the street and that was enough for me!!:eek: Most fun rides were a Cobrajet Mustang and a 69 Camaro SS w a built 302 , both 4 speeds.
 
my good friend had owned both, 27 t bucket built 350 on nitrous m/t street, and he traded that for a 65 cobra kit car, supercharged 302, that one he wrapped around a pole :shaking:
 
Ford GT 40! 6speed manual, rear engine! 110 MPH in second gear, acceleration was unbelievable!
I had a 57 chevy that would carry the front tires halfway through second with a 4speed.
77 TransAm with a 455 cubic inch was strong when it hooked to the pavement.
Wife had a Buick Grand National (Corvette killer) that was very fast on takeoff through 120mph, had a upgraded Chip,upgraded Turbo with seven(one in the plenum) fuel injectors kit with a shift kit and posi.
One of the craziest was a 1964 chevy van straight front axle with a overbuilt 350ci with a full race cam, headers,11 to 1compression, 800Holley and a turbo 350 trans, 4.11posi. This thing was a handfull to nail the throttle in! The engine was behind your right butt cheek and was a daily driver!
Had a 72 Grand Prix 455 that really pulled hard after 90mph.
 
Don't know all the specs on the car but hands down for me my dad's 67 Olds 442. Him & my uncle built the 400 engine then it had a 4speed & a 4:11 posi rear.
 
I had a 74 AMX with a built 401 and a 4-spd. The thing would haul ass, if you could get traction it would leave hard as hell, but that was a very rare occurrence.

Next would be a built C5 Z06 that a friend owned, ran low 11s, thing was awesome.

My TA will probably top these once I get it road worthy. :)
 
Fastest I have ever driven was my 57 oval window drag bug. It had a pauter machine 3 litre with a garrett t4. Best ever pass was a 9.97 1/4 mile run. Fun car but way too much up keep.

Fastest car I have ever been in is my friends honda civic. 167 mph according to the highway patrols plane. Fun car but usless under 80 mph.

Most powerfull and hardest pulling thing I've been in was a friends 65 elcamino. Had a 588 big block chevy pushing 846 rwhp.
 
jeepinmatt said:
Yes it was. We both worked there, selling tools and sporting goods.
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I remember him running the car @ Mooresville a few times. It was a nice car. He went thru the spray too!

boatedwagon said:
my good friend had owned both, 27 t bucket built 350 on nitrous m/t street, and he traded that for a 65 cobra kit car, supercharged 302, that one he wrapped around a pole :shaking:
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I bet he was so afraid of the T bucket & the cobra gave him too much confidence. Most of the 30's & 40's cars I'd only cruise in. Given the amount of wood in some of them, I don't think I could take them to any limit.
 
my 92 mustang turbo car. 363ci sbf yates heads, stand alone efi , air to water intercooled, 88mm turbo, powerglide trans , 9" rear. 1140 rear wheel hp

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09 Audi S8 v10, chipped something in the neighborhood of 600 AWD HP, nothing beats the sound from that engine when on the gas.
 
upgraded a 2003 porsche twin when i worked at the dealer. finally got a 3.4 second 0-60(saw 195 on the speedo on 485!). this was a fun car!!
 
I built a front engine Pontiac Fiero year's ago... It was a SBC & power glide. It ran 5.90's 1/8 mile & 9.50 1/4 mile. Fastest car ever drove was a friend's Dragster @ 4.94 1/8 mile. I'll see if I can find a pic of the Fiero
 
I've driven some fast street cars but there ain't nothin' like coming off the two step on the drag strip with a high hp car. Of corse the bigger the drag car the better but my experience was in a friends ProStreet Nova II with a sbc, powerglide and I think 10" slics. Ive gotten tunnel vision before driving down the freeway at about a buck-sixty, but in that nova it was instant.
 
friends 03 cobra every bolt on possible, cam, ported blower... close to 600hp ive never heard a mustang that sounded like this beast

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tknopp said:
1965 ac cobra with a 427 side oiler engine.
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Was about to post the same. A good friend built a kit cobra, and put an original 427 in it...slightly extra built.
Ive driven cars with more hp, and Ive rode bike's that weighed less, but sub 2200 and 500bhp was a crazy deadly combo...and it nearly killed Claude.
 
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