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A rolled-up newspaper drops as the starting signal, and a 1993 Mustang coupe lines up against a 1968 Nova SS — two completely different eras of Detroit performance settling things the old-fashioned way in a parking lot. The CLUNKER channel’s comment section has been arguing about the result for years since it first posted. Watch to see which one actually gets the better launch.
Dressed in conservative, formal styling with no hints of performance, the 1965 Dodge Coronet 500 hid a genuine 330-horsepower 383 V8 under its hood — a true sleeper riding on the same B-body platform that would soon become the fastback Charger. Overshadowed for decades by Chrysler’s Hemi and 440 Six Pack cars, it remains one of the most overlooked ways into real period Mopar performance. Read on to find out what made it tick.
A 1972 Plymouth Roadrunner packing a 440-cubic-inch big block (rated 280 horsepower under 1972’s stricter net rating system) lines up against a 2002 Corvette Z06 and its 405-horsepower LS6 V8 at Estonia’s 2015 ABCS drag event in Haapsalu. On paper it looks lopsided, but big-block torque and modern chassis engineering rarely settle their arguments on paper. The pass pits fifty years of engine philosophy against each other in one quarter-mile. Watch to see which era of Detroit muscle actually wins the light.
A ’69 Camaro running a 540 cubic inch big block met a ’66 Chevelle running a 427 of its own on a straight back road, and the resulting footage from the 540merlin channel pulled in 1.5 million views. Neither car is factory stock, and neither driver needed commentary to explain what was happening. Read on to find out why GM’s own displacement cap kept the 427 out of the Chevelle when it was new — and why both bodies still hold up decades later.