Posts Tagged: Pure Stock
A featherweight 1970 Plymouth Duster 340 and a rare, dealer-installed 1967 Chevelle SS396 L78 lined up on a Pure Stock Muscle Car Drag Race strip, where every part has to match factory specs. The $2,547 economy car many owners still call a ‘Big Block Killer’ had to prove it against one of only 612 genuine L78 Chevelles built that year.
A 1969 Corvette L88 — one of only 116 built, and one of the most underrated engines Chevrolet ever sold — rolls to the line with its door still open and runs an 11.5-second quarter mile on the car’s original poly-glass tires. Against a 1970 Chevelle SS 396 that runs a respectable 13.66, the gap says everything about why L88 Corvettes now sell for well over a million dollars at auction. Zora Arkus-Duntov built this engine for endurance racing, not showroom bragging rights. Watch to see just how much faster “Zora’s monster” really is.