10 Fastest Classic GM Muscle Cars
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
- When you think about muscle cars from the classic era, Dodge, Plymouth, and Ford immediately pop into your mind, but definitely not General Motors. That's because GM is a huge blanket corporation with several makes under its name. You know, Chevrolet and Pontiac muscle cars, plus probably Buick and Oldsmobile as well. Mopar had a great line-up of American muscle, Ford Lincoln-Mercury had a huge stable of pony cars, AMC was a serious player, but GM could hang with them all.
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One of the biggest reasons why GM brands don't have as much widespread recognition as classic muscle cars is because the corporation had a ridiculous and arbitrary rule that only full-size cars could have engines bigger than 400 cubic inches. This means that while Chargers, Barracudas, and Mach 1s were tearing up the tracks, Camaros and Chevelles were tragically underpowered.
Thankfully, GM finally ditched that stupid rule in 1970 and all of its brands took advantage by making some of the most insanely powerful rides ever. Yes, Chevy had the Corvette, which seemed exempt from the rule and was the ultimate speedster on the road, but that was a two-seat sports car, not a muscle car. As the company that began the craze with the 1964 Pontiac GTO, here are the fastest classic GM muscle cars ever made.
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00:00 intro
00:12 1969 Chevrolet Nova SS
01:11 1970 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ 455
02:05 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle 454 SS
03:06 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge Ram Air IV
04:14 1970 Oldsmobile 442 W30
05:17 1970 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
06:17 1970 Buick Gran Sport 455 Stage 1
07:14 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS 396
08:12 1973 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 455 Super Duty
09:23 1963 Pontiac Tempest Super Duty
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I love all old muscle cars, Ford, Chevy, Plymouth, Dodge, Pontiac and Olds...they have all made someone's favorite car.
The last car you called a tempest, was a Catalina, a full size pontiac.
Kinda hard to miss imo .
so nice the channel give ya credit for the catch........................NOT!
It's an Ai commentary voice ,this is what happens when you let computers talk about cars.
And a 1962, not '63.
@@rickmassey1272 That's a lazy "content creator" generating clicks by copy & pasting text from articles around the internet. The "SD-455 Trans Am" was a Brewster Green standard 455 TA with the '72 "honeycomb" style grille, but nobody caught that.
Just a side note, the Trans Am shown in this video is actually a 1972 which can be identified by the one year only honeycomb front grilles, plus the SD455 was available in 73 & 74 only as the car shown did not have SD on the shaker.
You're right. I had a 73 Formula 350, not real fast but nice little ride. My buddy was so jealous, he went in by Chicago and found a Pontiac Dealership with a special ordered 74 SD455 that some guy put down a few hundred and then couldn't get financed. My buddy just happened to be there at the right time and grabbed it up. Paid a pretty penny for it but he was proud as hell. We really didn't know till years later what a rare GEM it was. Unbelievably he traded it in on a new Cougar, when Cougar changed body styles. We took it to Roanoke Va. Thanksgiving of 75, it ran thru the Smokey Mts. like a dream. Fast as hell and handling was superb. We were just kids then 22 yrs old. If only we had known what we had our hands on, him or myself would still own it.
My buddy died 2 years ago.....
Great story...sorry for your loss, may he RIP. I'm 73 and so thankful to still have my best friends from back in the day!@@HomerSnodgrass
Good catch, I noticed that too. I have a one owner '73 red & black one with a 455/4 spd.
I had a 70 Grand Prix with the 455 SJ option, awesome car, but my top speed was in excess of 140, at least according to the speedometer, which I pegged.
Four hundred forty two... lol
It’s AI. That alone makes this suck
that 70 Camaro z28 is immaculate! inside and out.
i would be afraid to drive it…..
Dad had a 69 Chevy II Nova. It had everything the SS had - (this was the 350-4barrel version) console, buckets, rally wheels, but $90 a year LESS on insurance!!
($90 a year meant something back then)
nice video, i love watching classic muscle cars ❤❤
Even without the biggest engines, these were excellent, fun, inexpensive, GM offerings ! What has happened to the auto industry of today ?
Good video, but I’ll point out the Oldsmobile 442 was NOT a “four hundred and forty two”.
The number stood for “four barrel carburetor, four on the floor, dual exhaust.”
“Four, four, two.”
Who narrates this? A.I.?
I grew up through the 60's and 70's and saw all these cars--in driveways, parking lots, on the curb, etc. Wow
great video, all my favorites included. Thanks!
Awesome! Thank you! 👍❤️
Old school here,In 73.. You could order a stage two cam, And quite a few made it out with that cam,(455s.d.) They discontinued that cam grind because it idled so rough, Even though they did not change the part number, The motor was a beast, it idle so rough everybody in the car were like bobble heads, Add a stop light.
570 fpt... The automatic was faster than the stick, You just couldn't get it to bite even with 10 inch slicks, on a good day.
Low 10's, You would have to feather the throttlefor the first 100 ft. I heard stories of some pulling the wheels off the ground when they went into second, Is turbo 400 with a kit, That's a lot of iron to come off the ground, I could tell while riding in the car it was close.
freaking Fast, real detroit iron.
Fact.intake,carb,exh.man.(s)
Are you talking...B.,O., or P. ?
@@brucegillies1694 pontiac
Funny hearing AI read some of these car names. Oldsmobile four hundred and fourty two? LOL
Yeah
This AI speak is pretty bad
i always preferred the 396 chevelle over the 455.
Thank You for the information and beautiful pictures of these old mussel car. keep up the great work. 74 years old PMD lover
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Maple Motors footage on the 69 Nova. That's funny.
I almost, just on you, about the '63 421 sd, good thing I watched to the end
back in the sixties a friend of mine drove a 65 gto manual tri-power for many years and then switched to a 455 sj grand prix when he got older . he put a cam in that sj and it chopped like a 396/375.
The 1962 Catalina in the video wasn’t a Tempest.
Those later Nova's were uuuggglllyyyy
I like the one thousand nine hundred and seventy Camero
It was called a four-four-two.
i knew the 67 396 Camaro had to be in here somewhere. a girl was street racing one on my street and wrapped it around a tree in my front yard when I was a kid.
Did you ever ride in a 1966 nova with 327 ,350 hp
Why yes, I did. Remember well. Red , 5-spoke hubcaps my cousin purchased. Four of us in the car, I
I was youngest. 350 hp wound out an eastern Ohio road…. Haulin’ tail…..all of a sudden a tractor/trailer slowly me@ndering up the road . Drum brakes trying to slow us down, but youthful reflexes of my cousin, downshifting that 327 compression 350 hp saved us. Car was awesome. All of us still alive…into our 70’s and that shoebox ‘66 SS 350:hp SS lives on in my memory. Always lusted for one.
Yes I tried to buy it from a friend, but he wouldn't sell, a real clutch popping fun box
The best was the 62 409
After that they got heavy
Before 61 they were heavy
Going fast was easy, stopping back then was tricky.
Big , heavy cast iron really didn't make them muscle.
Made them noisy.
In 63 the 409 was still having a bad time with 413 tin can Plymouth
The big blocks just begun to roar till slapped down in 71.
Assemble line was one thing, "factory could mean anything from Jenkins, Sox, Thompson, on and on.
They even had some good dudes with wrenches in the North East and MidWest
The chevell was a coo ? Better let the government know 😂
This is ridiculous. My 71 Camaro with 2.73 gears would bury the 150 mph speedo. With a small block 400
Technically,if you had an 8.5:01 350 2/bbl with 2.10 gears you could reach 160mph. They seem to be going by the factory gear ratios offered in the package,even though you had the option of a few different ratios. Example: 1971 Camaro top performance option was the Lt1 350 with 330hp(9.0:01c.r.) when the 402or396 was available,rated just 300hp but with ALITTLE more torque. Nonetheless,standard gear option for Lt1: 3.73 and 402/396 was 3.42 but options went from 2.73 to 4.10. BUT in 70' there were 36 different ratios available (because of 12bolt axle) mostly but everything from 2.56 to 4.10 and 69'had even more! The weird thing is that I once saw a 74 Camaro type-Lt in (original) condition with an engine identification sticker that said 350-400 even though a 400 small block was never said to be offered in Camaros. If it were,I wonder how many people would've ordered one.(???) Big-cube torque is great on highways in 70-81' Camaro/Firebirds ,aint-it? There's a ligitimate reason for GM putting 150mph speedometers in Camaros and 160mph in Firebirds ,because they'll fkn do it! Notta prob!!😝👍
Lol...the 1970 Buick 455 Stage 1 used to gap and get small in the LS6 Chevelle's windshield ALL THE TIME.😂
Good god man, stop calling the Olds 442 the four hundred and forty two. It is called 4-4-2!
Funny, I've been working on General Motors muscle cars most all of my life and I'll be 60 this year and I still don't ever recall hearing about these "See Eye" engines.
C. I. is Cubic Inches...
The computer was doing its best.
Anybody know what car is the thumbnail?
Cheese Gr8rs vs small 63 lil chief that would!!! Win! Tempest SS*SD421!
In those days low quarter mile times was the goal. With taller gears these top end numbers would be much higher.
These top speeds are rear ratio controlled, and mean little. My 60 Olds 394 with A ratio of, I believe, ran 138 MPH on the ticket that put my brother in jail for a year running from the police. That's how I ended up with the car.
Anyone else get unreasonably angry at the “four hundred and forty-two?” lol
I HAD A NEW 67 CHAVILLE
Question, if none of the vehicles were allowed to be faster than the Corvette, why isn't the Corvette on this list?
@ 0:36 I'd bet that Nova runs hot as fck.
That's not a 63 tempest. That's a 1962 Catalina.
Thanks for saying it ,Man...I was sayin to myself ,You guys couldnt find ANY film or photo of some friggin Tempests??geeezz...
Not a Super Duty 455...just the 250 hp 455 in the T/A...the Super Duty had SD 455 on the shaker, not just 455.
HAY!..is for more horses. 72' and on h.p. figures were (net)but were actually more pulled from car manufacturers' butts. Best to trust most 71 figures,being that they were axactly the same engines BUTT not so much for the 71-2 h.o.455 and 73-4 s.d.455 Pontiacs. They're big difference is the "round-port" heads. A real factory original 73 s.d.455 bhp was about 350hp and 490lbtq. Alittle more for the 71-2 h.o.'s(because of the intake manifold). But 73-4' S.D.'s came with the most bulletproof hardware that Pontiac ever offered. Forged pistons,forged steel rods,forged steel crank,4-bolt main block even bigger galley bores and oddly enough,bigger distributor shaft bore(??)for what,I dont know.ALRIGHTthen..I'll shut up now.
Plus I forgot..heads- large screw-in studs,hardened seats,sodium filled valves.hhh.
@jaymakormik6779 The 71/72 HO intake did not flow as well as the 68-72 cast version or the SD version. It saved weight only.
@@user-gq4hz7rh6k Was'nt the 71-2 H.O. intake the same as the 69-70 R.A.-IV ? Accept for serial no.'s. Both alum with seperated heat-risers,same plenum depths,etc.? I can check..I have a 70' TA R.A.-IV and 71' Formula H.O.455,both original under the hoods. I do like the 68'-72' cast iron 4-bbl intakes though. I have a 73' Grand Am stock with a 400 2bbl ,but with the (big-valve,screw-in stud) 4Xheads and the car only had 50k on it so when I refurbished the engine and A/C equipt I used a 71' 455 cast iron intake and a Quadrajet from a 74' 455,both from scrapped Grandvilles. Man ,back when those things were rotting in driveways, people were giving them away. I never threw away any parts and for what people want for parts these days,they're nuts! Well,t.t.ya later..
@@user-gq4hz7rh6k The original 71 HO intake did flow well. When the exhaust cross over was changed for 72, the 72 HO intake got a thicker bottom, reducing its inside depth from the top. The 71 HO intake was the same as the Ram Air IV intake. By 1975 the 72 HO intake became the service replacement intake for the RA IV and the 71 HO intake. So if you ordered a new 71 HO intake after that, you got the 72 HO intake. The 71 and 72 455 heads had more iron inside the ports, to allow for the low compression chamber size. In 73 the heads were cast to fix the port problems, even with the 455 chambers. The 72 HO heads got smaller exhaust ports than the 71 HO heads. The best cast iron intake is the 1969 and it was also used on some late 68 engines, such as the RA II. An original 71 HO intake is exactly the same as the RA IV intake. It is the 72 HO intake and later aluminum replacements from Pontiac that are not as deep.
I had 3 Buick Wildcats. A 64,68,and a 70. I buried the speedometer on all of them. Only 130 MPH on a so called muscle car ain't SHIT!!!
There was no 396 in a '67 Corvette (re: comparing the '67 Camaro and '67 Corvette).
1:00 you said it's a 396 but clearly on the video it shows a 427.
This guy sounds like Larry Mullins from 10 10 wins
Some people just don't know how to tune an engine. My 1967, 396 could peg 160mph
Where is the 1987 Buick Grand National/GNX???🤔
Actually the GNX was modified by asc aclaren I worked there in the late 80's what an awesome job
I'll take the GSX. Y'all can fight over the rest of 'em.
Smart pick
My thought exactly...
Buick 1970 gs 455 stage 2 not very smooth idle but ran like when stepped on
they were turning into a candy ass configuration around that time already. what a shame.
GM owned Lotus, lotus made the lotus Omega/Carlton doing 283 Km/hr, translated to 175mph
Sweet Mary Joseph and Jesus...I need a cigarette after this video 😍😏
Nothing like running 163 mph on a set of bias ply polyglass tires to pucker up the old b hole.
That is not a 1963 Tempest!!! That looks more like a 1962 Catalina!!!
Explain: You describe your number one car as a Tempest, yet every single model/name badge on the car (and the body style) says Catalina??? look just behind the headlight at 9:42 and at 10:20. Explain: The Oldsmobile mentioned is called a 4-4-2 (Four-Four-Two) not a four hundred forty two. It stands for four-barrel carburetor, four-speed manual transmission, and dual racing exhausts. Do your research before making a fool of yourself with this post. 👎👎
He also says Cee Eye instead of Cubic Inch. This is probably an A.I. voice.
Is clearly an AI voice over doing the work so it doesn't interpret things like that sadly
@@lancemannion4113 All the more reason for the video to have been double-checked before it was posted, which obviously it wasn't.
@jetsgardner5490 yeah my reply was more in reference to the fact that it was voice over in the way it pronounced a lot of things was pretty demented . Sadly very often these little documentaries have a lot of errors as far as actual correct model
Can't stand this type of "mechanical" narration and lazy "facts" stated in an authoritative tone. Nice pictures though.😎
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Excuse me but I don’t think that is a GM on the front page.
That is not a Tempest shown in the video. It's a Catalina.
I don't know what it is, but squarish-looking classic vehicles have a certain appeal to me.
Trying to figure what’s worse… the HUGE mistakes made all throughout, or having a computer talk for you and make it even more cringeworthy.
Drop the robot voice. It sucks
Yup!
Dang bogus thumbnail!
Co.o me gustan esas ramflitas
not shure about the 1973 one,,,emission control started 1971 0r 2,so less power!??
Four hundred and fifty five...lol...who says this like this ...its four fifty-five that's how humans say it.
69 Copo Camaro ?
Where is the L88 Corvette
What a bad video....the 64 GTO is actually a 63 Catalina...sheesh. Computerized narrating sucks.
Just another note...the chevelle in this vidieo is a 1970...not 1969, if your gonna do vidieo;s get it right.
Wrong 67 Corvette L88 king of the kingdom
When the robot voice says Oldsmobile four hundred and forty two instead of 442, I lost interest in this video.
Just a few things for reference. The WAS NO Gran Sport in 1970 despite what you see in many videos. Somewhere somebody thought it would sound fancy to say "Gran Sport 455" but that car never existed. Buick had dropped the Gran Sport name before then. Nor will you decode any VIN for a 1968 or 1969 Gran Sport. That model did not exist, the name was "GS 350" or "GS 400". The 1970 VIN will show GS or GS455 for these cars. The highest performance Buick of 1970 (that you could just buy at the showroom, let's skip over the Stage 2 option that was installed after sale) was a GS455 Stage 1. That is to say, a 1970 GS455 with the Stage 1 package. GS455 was the model. The VIN in a 1970 GS455 will also not decode to show Stage 1. The 1970 VIN will also not decode to show GSX, as GSX was another option package, for appearance. Not performance. GSX was also half-year model and will not even show up in some Buick shop manuals for 1970.
Corvette not gm?
Don't trust these "Mike Wallace" sounding videos.
no zl-1 wish them bots get there facts rite
The AI voice ruins the video.
This narrator doesn't know anything about the muscle cars of the 60's and 70's.
This has to be an AI video…the wording is so off…
I hate this bot " four hundred and forty-two" Just say 442!!!
A lot of your info is not correct ! Don't make a fool of yourself , do your research .
Can we please stop with all the computer narrated videos? Listening to these things with not even correct pronunciations of regular words that have been a part of the English language for centuries like "aforementioned", plus things like the "four hundred fifty four see eye", "One Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy and a Half" and "Oldsmobile Four Hundred Forty Two" really grate on the ears
This is largely bs. For example, no 455 T/A was ever road tested at, or even had a factory est top speed of even 140 mph, let alone 155. Nice try fan boy. He's really convoluted on the tempest, sounds like he's referring to a factory race car, nothing for the street. Just garbage. No Corvettes listed tells you the entire thing is bs. Here endeth the lesson.
This is laughable.
These cars are awful with very few redeeming qualities. Terrible quality, horrific gas mileage, poor technology, awful handling (unless you're going in a straight line). Just my humble opinion.
Firebird, Camaro and Grand Prix are not muscle cars 😢
I love all old muscle cars, Ford, Chevy, Plymouth, Dodge, Pontiac and Olds...they have all made someone's favorite car.