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Unit 5302 · 09-22-2001, 02:09 AM

I personally love how everybody thinks their old Musclecar is/was so heavy. Your Torino convertable weighs 3632lbs according to this website
http://www.torinocobra.com/specs.htm

A couple sites that I visited seemed to think your Torino could run in the 13's with 280hp at that weight, including this one. I didn't feel like searching again for the site that listed the 429 at 10.5:1 compression. The fact you state it's 11:1 makes it all the more unimpressive to me. It's iffy to even get away with pump gas with compression that high on iron heads. As far as the 105 trap the analyzer on this page puts you at 340hp. The analyzer also puts my car at 280hp. A figure I know is optimistic. Another analyzer was more conservative putting you at 300hp to make that trap with your weight.

How about a tidbit of Mustang info. Most of the late 60s Mustangs were lighter than the Fox body's. Just because it has a frame and some iron doesn't mean it's heavy. All the bells and whistles on the new cars add up in the weight fast.

[This message has been edited by Unit 5302 (edited 09-22-2001).]

09-22-2001, 02:09 AM	#11
Unit 5302 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 5,246	I personally love how everybody thinks their old Musclecar is/was so heavy. Your Torino convertable weighs 3632lbs according to this website http://www.torinocobra.com/specs.htm A couple sites that I visited seemed to think your Torino could run in the 13's with 280hp at that weight, including this one. I didn't feel like searching again for the site that listed the 429 at 10.5:1 compression. The fact you state it's 11:1 makes it all the more unimpressive to me. It's iffy to even get away with pump gas with compression that high on iron heads. As far as the 105 trap the analyzer on this page puts you at 340hp. The analyzer also puts my car at 280hp. A figure I know is optimistic. Another analyzer was more conservative putting you at 300hp to make that trap with your weight. How about a tidbit of Mustang info. Most of the late 60s Mustangs were lighter than the Fox body's. Just because it has a frame and some iron doesn't mean it's heavy. All the bells and whistles on the new cars add up in the weight fast. [This message has been edited by Unit 5302 (edited 09-22-2001).]