Shows you how impressive the Crossfire SRT6 really is. When it comes to 1/4 mile numbers, which of one these muscle cars closest matches your SRT6??

50 FASTEST MUSCLECARS

# YEAR/MODEL ET/MPH ENGINE HP TRANS GEAR SOURCE
1 1966 427 Cobra 12.20@118 427 8V 425 4-Speed 3.54 CC 11/65
2 1966 Corvette 427 12.8@112 L72 427 425 4-Speed 3.36 CD 11/65
3 1969 Road Runner 12.91@111.8 440 Six BBL 390 4-Speed 4.10 SS 6/69
4 1970 Hemi Cuda 13.10@107.12 426 Hemi 425 4-Speed 3.54 CC 11/69
5 1970 Chevelle SS454 13.12@107.01 454 LS6 450 4-Speed 3.55 CC 11/69
6 1969 Camaro 13.16@110.21 427 ZL1 430 4-Speed 4.10 HC 6/69
7 1968 Corvette 13.30@108 427 6V 435 4-Speed 3.70 HC 5/68
8 1970 Road Runner 13.34@107.5 426 Hemi 425 automatic 4.10 SS 12/69
9 1970 Buick GS Stage I 13.38@105.5 455 Stage I 360 automatic 3.64 MT 1/70
10 1968 Corvette 427 13.41@109.5 L72 427 425 4-Speed 3.55 CD 6/68
11 1969 Charger 500 13.48@109 426 Hemi 425 4-Speed 4.10 HR 2/69
12 1968 Charger 13.50@105 426 Hemi 425 automatic 3.23 CD 11/67
12 1970 Plymouth Superbird 13.50@105 426 Hemi 425 ? ? ?
14 1968 Road Runner 13.54@105.1 426 Hemi 425 automatic 3.55 CD 1/69
15 1973 Trans Am 13.54@104.29 455 SD 310 automatic 3.42 HR 6/73
16 1969 Corvette 13.56@111.1 427 L88 430 automatic 3.36 HR 4/69
17 1969 Super Bee 13.56@105.6 440 Six Pack 390 automatic 4.10 HR 8/69
18 1969 Boss 429 Mustang 13.60@106 Boss 429 375 4-Speed 3.91 HC 9/69
19 1970 Challenger R/T 13.62@104.3 440 Six Pack 390 automatic 3.23 CC 11/69
20 1970 Torino Cobra 13.63@105.9 429 SCJ 370 automatic 3.91 SS 3/70
21 1968 Biscayne 13.65@105 427 L72 425 4-Speed 4.56 SS 4/68
22 1964 Polara 500 13.70@107.37 426 4V 365 4-Speed 3.23 HC 2/64
23 1969 GTX 13.70@102.8 440 4V 375 automatic 4.10 MT 1/69
24 1969 Dart 440 13.71@105 440 4V 375 automatic 3.55 CC 5/69
25 1971 Road Runner 13.71@101.2 440 Six BBL 390 automatic 4.10 CC 1/71
26 1971 Cuda 13.72@106 440 Six BBL 390 automatic 4.10 SS 4/71
27 1971 Corvette 13.72@102.04 454 LS6 450 4-Speed 3.36 CL 8/71
28 1971 Super Bee 13.73@104 426 Hemi 425 automatic 4.10 MT 12/70
29 1968 Hurst/Olds 13.77@103.91 455 W-30 390 automatic 3.91 SS 8/68
30 1970 Hemi 'Cuda 13.78@101.2 426 Hemi 425 automatic 4.10 MT 9/69
31 1968 Firebird 13.79@106 400 HO 335 4-Speed N/A HR 3/68
32 1967 Corvette 13.80@108 427 6V 435 4-Speed 3.55 HR 5/67
33 1965 Catalina 13.80@106 421 6V ? 4-Speed 3.42 CD 3/65
34 1969 Super Bee Six Pack 13.80@104.2 440 Six BBL 390 automatic 4.10 CD 7/69
35 1971 Boss 351 Mustang 13.80@104 Boss 351 330 4-Speed 3.91 MT 1/71
36 1966 Satellite 13.81@104 426 Hemi 425 4-Speed 3.54 CD 4/66
37 1969 Coronet R/T 13.83@102.27 440 4V 375 4-Speed 4.10 SS 4/69
38 1968 Cyclone GT 13.86@101.69 428 CJ 335 automatic 4.11 MT 8/68
39 1969 Nova SS 396 13.87@105.1 396 4V 375 automatic 3.55 HR 7/69
40 1969 Shelby GT-500 13.87@104.52 428 CJ 335 4-Speed 3.91 SS 9/69
41 1969 Cyclone Cobra Jet 13.88@101.7 428 CJ 335 automatic 4.11 MT 1/69
42 1970 Olds 4-4-2 W-30 13.88@95.84 455 W-30 370 automatic 3.42 CC 11/69
43 1962 Corvette 13.89@105.14 327 FI 360 4-Speed 4.10 HR 1/62
44 1969 Barracuda 13.89@103.21 440 4V 375 automatic 4.10 SS 8/69
45 1962 Catalina 13.90@107 421 4V ? 4-Speed 4.30 MT 5/62
46 1969 Mustang Mach I 13.90@103.32 428 CJ 335 automatic 3.50 CL 3/69
47 1967 GTO 13.90@102.8 400 RA 360 automatic 4.33 CL 10/67
48 1970 Trans Am 13.90@102 400 RA 345 4-Speed 3.91 HR 2/70
49 1970 Torino Cobra 13.99@101 429 4V ? 4-Speed 3.91 MT 2/70
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Had a 66 Satellite 426. Did not race it either.used my Norton Atlas to play. But only on the street. New owner rolled the car in 1968. Gary

 

I didn't see a '69 Z-28..., Dad had a '65 Chevelle, 327...and a '69 El Camino SS 350...what an era for cars....miss those days...

 

I didn't see a Yenko Camaro .... #6 is a '69 Camaro with a 427 but it doesn't specify Yenko. I believe in 1969 the stock motor for a Camaro was a 396 & you had to upgrade to the Corvette motor for it to be a 427. Don Yenko was the one doing that with the Camaro SS in 1969. Plus, the motor in the 1969 was a L78 396 not the ZL1 427 that the list says. The Yenko motor was the L72 427. The ZL1 was an aluminum motor based off the L72 427 and turned 500bhp (only rated to 430bhp but test higher). They only put 69 of these motor in the Camaro & 2 in the Corvette so they could qualify it for racing. The Corvette with the same motor didn't make the list & should have been way faster than any Camaro with the same motor because of the weight difference.

That's the problem with the lists ... they are so subjective. The motor they were using to qualify the 1969 Camaro for the list wasn't ever mass produced. It was a specialty motor designed for racing & put in a few production cars so they could qualify it, not a production car. Compare that to the 1966 Corvette 427 with the L72 motor - they made over 5,200 of those cars & it is #2 on the list. What qualifies for a list like this & what is too specialized? How many had to be made to qualify?

And now you all know that I am a monster car geek.....

 

Dang, I need to get back to the track and knock .02 off my time so I can say that I am faster than all of the top 50 muscle cars of the 60s and 70s. I owned a few of those, and they sure seemed fast at the time I owned them. The Crossfire has deceptive speed, and does not have the same body twisting torque and visceral feeling of the V-8 growl.

 

Wow, Kim. I think you just got a LOT of guys' attention.

 

I agree Bob. I owned a few on the list as well and rode or had a chance to drive most of them. My first fast car was a 65 GTO 389 tri power. I think I still remember the sound and fury of lauching that car. Just glad we lived through that era, many did not.

Kim, I tip my hat to your knowledge of that era. Who knew!

 

i'll just add my $.02 in giving a shout out to the dana camaro. a cal legend. check it out!

www.thechevroletcamaro.com