71 Hemi Cuda Coupe-Ebay

[njsteve]

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I see where the name recognition comes into play, but the ZL-1 would smoke a Hemi Cuda stock for stock. My dad bought a 69.5 Roadrunner M-code new(wishes he still had it), and he always said that a stock 440-6 would blister a stock Hemi, but he said with a compression and cam change really would wake a hemi up! I don't think any other manufacturer put a all out race engine in a street car like GM did with the ZL-1, or with the L-88 for that matter. I think GM should have built an L-88 Camaro, has the power of the ZL-1, more durability, just not the lightweight!

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Dont need compression or cam change: just toss the original cast iron manifolds and put a real exhaust system on the car. My 70 Hemi Charger has had headers on it since the day it was delivered: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat...0&fpart=all

A couple years ago we chassis dynoed the car with the headers and stock 2-1/4" exhaust: 354 hp at the rear wheels. It ran 12.77 @ 111 mph. We then installed a set of 3" pipes from the collectors back and it pumped out 395 at the rear wheels (only 3 hp less than with the open headers!) It even ran better with the stock original cam than with the higher lift and duration Mopar Performance one! Haven't run the 1/4 with it since but I'd imagine it's a bit quicker now, with the extra 41 hp. Nothing sounds like a hemi at full throttle...well, actually the only thing that sounds close is the old monster named "Spot" that lived under Herman Munster's stairs.