Glad to see Ted is still alive and well. My uncle was a friend of Ted's. He took me over to Ted's house once in the '80s. Ted's red Studebaker flatbed truck in the background carried my uncle to his final resting place. R.I.P. Uncle Luke
The Supercharged Larks were definely no joke! One of the quickest cars of the musclecar era. Chevelle got the massive holeshot with all that torque, but the Stude reeled him in..great race!
That old guy can drive. He didn’t even need to cut a good light. Had he gotten a better reaction time he would have put bus lengths on ole “Thunder Thighs”.
"That old guy" is not the shoe in the Stude'. The driver is a much younger fellow wearing a blue tee shirt that can be seen in Stude' introduction starting a generator. Look at the size of the left arm driving on strip. That is not Ted's arm. But he is not holding back rowing and stomping on that Stude'.
Amazing times from that old Studebaker and 80+ driver!! He makes me feel like a kid at 69!😂 I guess I'll have to get back to the track and relive my youth!
Heavy Chevy better than I expected - and rips off the line, but holy cow that Lark was booking on the top end. Looks like a bracket racing finish with the Stude blowing by.
The gear he is running utilizes the great low end torque that the Chevy LS3 402 bb puts out.With a 3:37 gear a tiny bit slower in the 1/4 but the Chevelle will leave the Studebaker behind.Even though it was a little detuned that big block was underrated.Hp was rated at lower rpm's.
I worked at an AMC dealer that used to be a Studebaker dealer and people that had bought their Studebakers there years earlier, kept bringing them to that same dealer for work. The owner was the same, the dealership just changed from Studebaker to AMC.
Two great cars turning in some darn good times. That Chevelle driver cuts a mean hole shot! And that Stude, sir, a tip of my hat to your car and driving skills! Thank you for these, as always. 🌮 🌮
Watching all this and grinning ear to ear. Studebaker, if only they had a little more time and a few dollars more, if only. David taking on Goliath, what only could have been with better thinking, we'll never know.
Ted has found the fountain of youth! Bottle it up! But, that is not Ted rowing and stomping on the Stude' here. Observe the size of the arm while blasting down the strip and look back at introduction. A bigger, younger fella in a blue tee is blasting the quarter mile today... But still a hot shoe!
Great drags, great cars! Lark was used by police forces in Melbourne Australia. As a car detailer got to drive one. Plenty of power! What a Lark! Cheers 😃
I remember my dad talking about a Lark that used to race at US30 dragstrip in 64 and early 65. When that guy bolted on a set of slicks, no one would race him, so he would just practice clicking off low 12s when he launched right. Mean lil cars!
I’m sure thankful I never came across one of those Study’s back in the day! I had a really sharp looking 1970 Mach 1 and I would have been devastated to lose to one of these fugly things. And I definitely would have lost. That thing hails ass.
I used to laugh at my Dad talking about the Studes. My Gym teacher had a Studebaker Lark, IDK what was in it but he said it was as fast AF. Anyway. There it is.
When I was about 12 years old in 1965 there was a guy that had a white and red Super Stu and me and my cousin got to have a ride in it. It scared the shit out of both of us but man I couldn't belive what the car did when he shifted into 4th gear. It's almost like igniting a rocket booster. He went from 60 mph to way over 120 in just seconds and planted us into the seats. I sure am glad to see that old boy still enjoying his car, that was awesome seeing what the old Studi did to come back from behind to beat that de-tuned 396 big block.
I remember seeing the Studebaker drivers Chicken Hawk race car at Muncie Dragway years ago. That car made this studebaker look slow. If I remember correctly, he rolled the car due to a mechanical failure.
@@turdferguson4124, MPH through the traps is still a good indicator of potential ET... if traction weren't limited. You can see from the launch, the car isn't sluggish, whatsoever. In a different class and with slicks, that car would definitely dip into the 11s.
@@turdferguson4124 Not Ted Harbit level Studes, but I have had a lot of Studes, and for their displacement, they have killer torque. A helluva lot better torque than a 289 Ford or 283 Chivvie, in my experience. My '57 Golden Hawk (factory supercharged like the later R2s) had the ancient Flashomatic and 3.31 gears, but you could make driving in 1st gear a smoke show any time you wanted. VERY puny ports and valves. Great for torque down low, but with a blower they will really run harder than they have a right to. In 1962-63, a production R3 Avanti ran just over 170MPH at Bonneville, as Studebaker, under Andy Granatelli's supervision, set something like 338 production speed records there, and more in '64. Ted had worse than his normal R/T, and the Tomato was spinning off the line like crazy.
Another cool video... The Studebaker was making some crazy top end power! Chevelle was pretty quick, but It seemed to fall on it's face last half - maybe a fuel supply issue? And as usual, really glad your commentary is back...
I am so looking forward to running my 64 Daytona, it jas a 400hp sbc, 700 trans and 373 geats for now, think im going to put 456 in it , ots just a fun cruiser
The Studebaker Lark's South African history was chequered to the n'th degree. They were assembled in the Eastern Cape and served admirably as awesome South African Police 'chase cars' that could simply not be beaten. They were replaced by Australian built Chevrolets at the end of their extremely distinguished careers, which were extremely well built, dependable, with a myriad of great features, but lacked the 'brute' acceleration and power of the Studebaker. The only vehicles that can lay claim to the title of 'chase car' today are the top of the range BMW's and Golf's in present service. But that's exactly 60 years of motor engineering later!. To all intents and purposes the LEGEND lives on.
It’s possible that even by F.A.ST. rules tires used by the Lark would have to be a 75 aspect ratio as “wide oval” was years away. I’m sure both took advantage of whatever upgrades are permitted but theLark might not be able to handle more compression -- unless higher octane is allowed. Period-correct pump gas ⛽️ in ‘63 was higher than ‘72.
What people don't seem to realize is this. The Chev with it's huge cubes makes gobs of torque. That grants a given off the line advantage. But wait there's more.... By 2/3 the travel down the strip the Chev is all pooped out. No longer accelerating - doing steady state movement. The R2 without that initial bang boom torque is accelerating all the way. Stude produced the true early version of a " Grand National" coming 25 years later in vogue as small block forced induction. Stude the leader anywhere from (1953-1957) forward and ahead of the big 3 by 30 plus years. And the 53-4 coupes decades ahead in styling, and the Avanti also decades ahead of the big 3. Studebaker literally DRAGGED the big three into the modern era of performance, styling , braking and much more. Studebaker by itself ended the era of the big 3 barges bathtubs and refridges.
I wish I knew what these guys did to these "stock" engines to get them to run than fast. I put a 360 in a duster with 3.55 gears,cam,hedders etc and the best it ran was 14.77.
402 is an SS motor and drive package for a heavy chevy,but heavy chevy was the next up scale model going towards SS!! It could drive as good as an SS it's just a different model!!...In my eyes that Chevelle's always the car for me if it's a 72!!
Next model up was the Malibu 400.My father ordered his in October 1971.Big block LS3 402.He had ordered it with some special goodies from the dealer.Different heads which upted the compression a bit and a slight bigger cam.....Also had bucket seats horseshoe shifter with console and sweep dash....turbo 400 trans with torque converter.....12 bolt posi/w 3:33 gear.Flat good and stock hubcaps ...The ultimate sleeper!.I learned how to drive (and race...lol) in that car......beat everything anybody had on my high school.....miss that car!
You can see that the smog crap has been removed.That helps a bit.Also re curving the timing and proper tuning of the big quadrajet carb can make a difference.
SEEMS LIKE THE STUDEBAKER WAS REALLY SLOW GETTING STARTED OR REACTION TIME IS SLOW BUT THAT UGLY THING WILL REALLY FLY ..... CHEVELLE WITH CAST CRANK AND CRAP GUTS RUNNING FASTER THAN SOME L78 CHEVELLES WE'VE SEEN ON THE ZEBRA .... WTF !!!
I hear the nodular iron 3.76" crank are good to 600 horses, much better than the plain iron crank. Early oval port heads (I think they are open chamber in 1972) work much better than large rectangular port heads in these RPM ranges which explains the quicker times than the L-78 engines which are closed chamber, btw. That is the reason I don't put my 074 Winters heads onto my 396/402. It's all about the combination of parts.
@@PatrickjazzguitarBro COME TO THINK OF IT ... YOUR RIGHT.... THE L78 WASN'T AN OPEN CHAMBER HEAD ... AND YES OVAL PORT HEADS FLOW BETTER THAN RECTANGULAR HEADS ... I ALSO THINK THE OVAL HEADS PRODUCED MORE TORQUE ... YES IT DOES ALL BOIL DOWN TO THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF PARTS ....
Any R2/R3 Studebaker...don't mess with them. A 12 second 1/4 mile in the early 60s..from some way overpriced and ugly car. Perfection. There is no better sleeper. If you put drag tires on it..they do wheelies and hit high 11 seconds. 335 hp my ass
Andy Granatelli built the r3 engines, and said he wouldn't let them out of the shop if they didn't make 400 hp on the Dyno. George Krem has Brown Paper Wrapper, which is an r3 Challenger. I believe it made about 460 hp on the Dyno. As I understand it, Ted runs Stude Tomato in a Class that strictly limits how much modification can be done to the car. I believe everything they use had to be available when the car was built. But you better believe that Ted has that r2 engine tuned to perfection.
In 1964 I just bought a 1959 Impala that had the 348 with factory 335 horse and factory 4 speed. Won a lot of street races with that 348 engine. Never seen a real Avanti before and raced one only once. 1st gear shifts at 6,000, I don't see the Avanti, second gear shift and the dam Stude is right next to me. Nothing but respect as I swallowed my pride, still loved that 348 though.
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Leave your guesses on who you think will win this one! VERY interesting match-up!
Assuming a 402 in the Heavy Chevy, and a supercharged 289 in the Studebaker, this could be tight. Just for fun, I’ll pick the Stude.
You already know......STUDE TOMATO IS GO!
Them old Studebakers are an awesome sleeper so I'm gonna go with the Stude.
Glad to see Ted is still alive and well. My uncle was a friend of Ted's.
He took me over to Ted's house once in the '80s. Ted's red Studebaker flatbed truck in the background carried my uncle to his final resting place. R.I.P. Uncle Luke
Those Stude 289’s were never much for hole shots but they had a long stroke which allowed their top end to be vicious! Loved my 57 hawk.
The Supercharged Larks were definely no joke! One of the quickest cars of the musclecar era. Chevelle got the massive holeshot with all that torque, but the Stude reeled him in..great race!
That Chevy LS3 402 bb has a lot of top end left.
That old guy can drive. He didn’t even need to cut a good light. Had he gotten a better reaction time he would have put bus lengths on ole “Thunder Thighs”.
He’s put down some crazy ETs over the years. And he never seems to lose unless he breaks out.
@@CarsAndZebras Do you happen to know what his best E.T. Is? I’m wondering if he’s ever gotten into the 11’s?
@@lilredexptsc 12.64 is the quickest it has ever gone, and 116.01 is the best mph it's gone. All at that race.
"That old guy" is not the shoe in the Stude'. The driver is a much younger fellow wearing a blue tee shirt that can be seen in Stude' introduction starting a generator. Look at the size of the left arm driving on strip. That is not Ted's arm. But he is not holding back rowing and stomping on that Stude'.
Great to see this 80+ year old man still racing and kicking ass in this 4 speed Stud
Ted is a superman, he totalled his legendary chickenhawk car and kept racing.
still going 😎
Amazing times from that old Studebaker and 80+ driver!! He makes me feel like a kid at 69!😂 I guess I'll have to get back to the track and relive my youth!
The stude tomato 🍅 is no joke!!!!!
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It's really amazing to me how Studebaker went under. I have met people that live and die by the S. They only want Studebakers.
Heavy Chevy better than I expected - and rips off the line, but holy cow that Lark was booking on the top end. Looks like a bracket racing finish with the Stude blowing by.
The gear he is running utilizes the great low end torque that the Chevy LS3 402 bb puts out.With a 3:37 gear a tiny bit slower in the 1/4 but the Chevelle will leave the Studebaker behind.Even though it was a little detuned that big block was underrated.Hp was rated at lower rpm's.
.....meant top end not close that gear.
Yeah that Studebaker is making some awesome power!
I worked at an AMC dealer that used to be a Studebaker dealer and people that had bought their Studebakers there years earlier, kept bringing them to that same dealer for work. The owner was the same, the dealership just changed from Studebaker to AMC.
Two great cars turning in some darn good times. That Chevelle driver cuts a mean hole shot! And that Stude, sir, a tip of my hat to your car and driving skills! Thank you for these, as always. 🌮 🌮
Big block LS3 402 is a torque beast!
Oh the humanity! 4 lengths back? and still got him!
Watching all this and grinning ear to ear. Studebaker, if only they had a little more time and a few dollars more, if only. David taking on Goliath, what only could have been with better thinking, we'll never know.
Ted has found the fountain of youth! Bottle it up!
But, that is not Ted rowing and stomping on the Stude' here. Observe the size of the arm while blasting down the strip and look back at introduction. A bigger, younger fella in a blue tee is blasting the quarter mile today...
But still a hot shoe!
Great drags, great cars! Lark was used by police forces in Melbourne Australia. As a car detailer got to drive one. Plenty of power! What a Lark! Cheers 😃
Keep kicking butt Ted. 👍🏽
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I remember my dad talking about a Lark that used to race at US30 dragstrip in 64 and early 65. When that guy bolted on a set of slicks, no one would race him, so he would just practice clicking off low 12s when he launched right. Mean lil cars!
I’m sure thankful I never came across one of those Study’s back in the day! I had a really sharp looking 1970 Mach 1 and I would have been devastated to lose to one of these fugly things. And I definitely would have lost. That thing hails ass.
YES DAN ..... THAT THING IS FUGLY AS HELL AND WOULD HAVE BEEN TOTALLY EMBARRASSED TO GET BEATEN BY ONE OF THOSE FUGLY ROCKET SLEDS
If the Studies were not overpriced , they would still be in business . Sharp looking machine .... I like the higher interior on that Lark !
Your videos are the best! Thanks for making me laugh out loud in the shitter at work!
that’s exactly the situation we aim for
In the early 60"s my granddad had a 63 Lark convertible my mom would take us to school in. Again, another great video.
thanks for watching 👍
I used to laugh at my Dad talking about the Studes. My Gym teacher had a Studebaker Lark, IDK what was in it but he said it was as fast AF. Anyway. There it is.
I wasn’t expecting 12s out of the studdie 👍 13s for the heavy Chevy is pretty impressive too
omg,that lark is fantastic,and driver,man,age is just a number,i wish i got same drive at his age,ty for this video:)
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Studebaker......scotty I need warp drive !......Now! Aye aye Capt. Here she comes !..............CHEVY LOOKIN VERY HEAVY.....lol
When I was about 12 years old in 1965 there was a guy that had a white and red Super Stu and me and my cousin got to have a ride in it. It scared the shit out of both of us but man I couldn't belive what the car did when he shifted into 4th gear. It's almost like igniting a rocket booster. He went from 60 mph to way over 120 in just seconds and planted us into the seats. I sure am glad to see that old boy still enjoying his car, that was awesome seeing what the old Studi did to come back from behind to beat that de-tuned 396 big block.
Ok my dad bought a 64. Lark. I was only eight…good thing I was unaware of this option ..
WELL THAT'S WHAT A PAXTON SUPER CHARGER WILL DO FOR YOU . MAKE A MIGHTY MOUSE OUT OF JUST ABOUT ANYTHING . KICK XSS AS ALWAYS . 👍👍👍👍👍
It’s a very interesting engine! They were built to hand a compression ratio of up to 15:1!
Good race that stude is impressive .
Buddy is driving the shit out of that damn Chevelle. But that Studebaker is one running SOB
Man o man can that Stude reel em in, like a large mouth bass gobbling down a fisherman’s….fly…..
He’s had plenty of practice!
@@CarsAndZebras He chased that guy down like he was some punk kid on his lawn.
I remember seeing the Studebaker drivers Chicken Hawk race car at Muncie Dragway years ago. That car made this studebaker look slow. If I remember correctly, he rolled the car due to a mechanical failure.
The launches of that Chevy were impressive but that little lark just starts flying about mid track.
That might be allowable tires. 75 aspect-ratio in ‘63 but by ‘72 the 60s were common.
With that MPH, that Lark should be in the 11.70's.
Tough with those tires!
Stude doesn’t have much low end torque. They usually fall behind at the start, catch up on the top end.
@@CarsAndZebras, I've personally seen that car run at Martin. Ted Harbit is a legend! Definitely traction limited.
@@turdferguson4124, MPH through the traps is still a good indicator of potential ET... if traction weren't limited. You can see from the launch, the car isn't sluggish, whatsoever. In a different class and with slicks, that car would definitely dip into the 11s.
@@turdferguson4124 Not Ted Harbit level Studes, but I have had a lot of Studes, and for their displacement, they have killer torque. A helluva lot better torque than a 289 Ford or 283 Chivvie, in my experience.
My '57 Golden Hawk (factory supercharged like the later R2s) had the ancient Flashomatic and 3.31 gears, but you could make driving in 1st gear a smoke show any time you wanted. VERY puny ports and valves. Great for torque down low, but with a blower they will really run harder than they have a right to. In 1962-63, a production R3 Avanti ran just over 170MPH at Bonneville, as Studebaker, under Andy Granatelli's supervision, set something like 338 production speed records there, and more in '64.
Ted had worse than his normal R/T, and the Tomato was spinning off the line like crazy.
I like the handicap plates on the Studebaker.
My mom had a 1972 307ci Malibu--same color, too. Great car. Now, if it had been the size of a 60's Mustang or Camaro...
Clearly there's a winner here.
Maybe…
Great editing and voice-over!
Old guy that fixed golf carts when I worked at Milicron: "Stoodiebekker"
Go Ted! Live long and happy man 👍🏻
You do an excellent job with this Cars and Zebras
Bomb diggity Boss! 7 of 11! Damn
Very talented drag racer!
Nice! At the end, you want the Stude win!
Another top notch video Z.
thanks Bill!
The "Original" and "First" Ponycar and the quickest for years.
Let's Studebaker is very impressive I sure would love to own that car
LOVE THE STUDEBAKER I BET THE GAS MILEAGE IS GOOD TO
Another cool video... The Studebaker was making some crazy top end power! Chevelle was pretty quick, but It seemed to fall on it's face last half - maybe a fuel supply issue? And as usual, really glad your commentary is back...
It's that crazy gear he's running.Also a high volume electric fuel pump is the way to go.
Way too low gears 4.56. Motor is all done at 5000 rpm.
.....a set of 3:37 or 3:39's is how I would run it .
Hi CARS AND ZEBRAS you probably wont see this but great videos and keep up the good work!:)
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Don't know if this was already mentioned, but Studebaker was the sponsor of the early '60s television show "Mister Ed."
I am so looking forward to running my 64 Daytona, it jas a 400hp sbc, 700 trans and 373 geats for now, think im going to put 456 in it , ots just a fun cruiser
I’m in lov wit u cars and zebras
Underneath the Chevelle @ 1:05??
What fell out of the bottom of the Chevelle in the last race?
The Studebaker Lark's South African history was chequered to the n'th degree. They were assembled in the Eastern Cape and served admirably as awesome South African Police 'chase cars' that could simply not be beaten. They were replaced by Australian built Chevrolets at the end of their extremely distinguished careers, which were extremely well built, dependable, with a myriad of great features, but lacked the 'brute' acceleration and power of the Studebaker. The only vehicles that can lay claim to the title of 'chase car' today are the top of the range BMW's and Golf's in present service. But that's exactly 60 years of motor engineering later!. To all intents and purposes the LEGEND lives on.
The sack of groceries was over the top...womp womp womp...
Seriously though, made me lol
It’s possible that even by F.A.ST. rules tires used by the Lark would have to be a 75 aspect ratio as “wide oval” was years away.
I’m sure both took advantage of whatever upgrades are permitted but theLark might not be able to handle more compression -- unless higher octane is allowed. Period-correct pump gas ⛽️ in ‘63 was higher than ‘72.
What people don't seem to realize is this. The Chev with it's huge cubes makes gobs of torque. That grants a given off the line advantage. But wait there's more.... By 2/3 the travel down the strip the Chev is all pooped out. No longer accelerating - doing steady state movement.
The R2 without that initial bang boom torque is accelerating all the way. Stude produced the true early version of a
" Grand National" coming
25 years later in vogue as small block forced induction. Stude the leader anywhere from (1953-1957) forward and ahead of the big 3 by 30 plus years. And the 53-4 coupes decades ahead in styling, and the Avanti also decades ahead of the big 3. Studebaker literally DRAGGED the big three into the modern era of performance, styling , braking and much more. Studebaker by itself ended the era of the big 3 barges bathtubs and refridges.
Heavy Chevy!
Pretty cool car 👍
I have a 1971 Pontiac GT-37 pretty much the samething as a Chevy!
Studebaker
You’ll have to watch and find out!
Please tell me there will be commentary.
Watch and find out!
Oh yeah baby! Good thing I’m on the toilet as I’m watching. I’d have soiled myself.
You mean the juvenile clown act 🤡
Cool amazing car
I wish I knew what these guys did to these "stock" engines to get them to run than fast. I put a 360 in a duster with 3.55 gears,cam,hedders etc and the best it ran was 14.77.
Racing with these guys heads up race after race you learn to get quicker or get left for dead.
Ya shoulda put a 340 in it!(& some 4.10 gears).....not a damn 360!(& 3.55's)🙄
the Chevelle (actually idk i just like the chevelle)
The Chevelle is pretty cool 😎
I think the Chevelle would be better if he would dump the 4.56 gears and go with 3.73's. You could hear he was topping out way before the finish.
It did have 3.73 in it previously. It was much slower with that set.
Well I guess the Studebaker didn't stood there and baked lol my Grandma had a Studebaker and all it did was overheat
The 1972 LS3 402 NEVER HAD A AIR CLEANER STICKER!
Looked as though something red blew out from under the chevelle just before mid track...(?) In the third race.
Something sure did...
402 is an SS motor and drive package for a heavy chevy,but heavy chevy was the next up scale model going towards SS!! It could drive as good as an SS it's just a different model!!...In my eyes that Chevelle's always the car for me if it's a 72!!
Next model up was the Malibu 400.My father ordered his in October 1971.Big block LS3 402.He had ordered it with some special goodies from the dealer.Different heads which upted the compression a bit and a slight bigger cam.....Also had bucket seats horseshoe shifter with console and sweep dash....turbo 400 trans with torque converter.....12 bolt posi/w 3:33 gear.Flat good and stock hubcaps
...The ultimate sleeper!.I learned how to drive (and race...lol) in that car......beat everything anybody had on my high school.....miss that car!
Hey, aren’t you a RUclips influencer?? Gobble gobble!
I can swallow a hot dog better than the rest
Bet that in 63 the ol guy would run 106 airplane fuel with Nathalene moth balls and that Lark was running 11 on the 1/4 .. he had better reflexes 2
That's what I tell everyone what my 87 Monte SS is.... A Studebaker 😉. They're like....😐.....
Awesome
No way in hell that Chevelle was stock. That's 454 times, not a 396 smog motor.
Right that is LS6 times not 300hp .
A 4:56 rear gear in a 72 Chevelle of any kind wasn't a stock rear gear either!! 4:10 i think was the best a 72 could offer stock!!
You can see that the smog crap has been removed.That helps a bit.Also re curving the timing and proper tuning of the big quadrajet carb can make a difference.
SEEMS LIKE THE STUDEBAKER WAS REALLY SLOW GETTING STARTED OR REACTION TIME IS SLOW BUT THAT UGLY THING WILL REALLY FLY ..... CHEVELLE WITH CAST CRANK AND CRAP GUTS RUNNING FASTER THAN SOME L78 CHEVELLES WE'VE SEEN ON THE ZEBRA .... WTF !!!
I hear the nodular iron 3.76" crank are good to 600 horses, much better than the plain iron crank. Early oval port heads (I think they are open chamber in 1972) work much better than large rectangular port heads in these RPM ranges which explains the quicker times than the L-78 engines which are closed chamber, btw. That is the reason I don't put my 074 Winters heads onto my 396/402. It's all about the combination of parts.
@@PatrickjazzguitarBro COME TO THINK OF IT ...
YOUR RIGHT.... THE L78
WASN'T AN OPEN CHAMBER HEAD ... AND
YES OVAL PORT HEADS FLOW BETTER THAN RECTANGULAR HEADS ...
I ALSO THINK THE OVAL HEADS PRODUCED MORE TORQUE ... YES IT DOES ALL BOIL DOWN TO THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF PARTS ....
That Stude was very impressive. But the driver with his skills and vintage...mic drop
Never heard of a 455 gear..ive seemn 456 gears.
Any R2/R3 Studebaker...don't mess with them. A 12 second 1/4 mile in the early 60s..from some way overpriced and ugly car. Perfection. There is no better sleeper. If you put drag tires on it..they do wheelies and hit high 11 seconds. 335 hp my ass
Andy Granatelli built the r3 engines, and said he wouldn't let them out of the shop if they didn't make 400 hp on the Dyno. George Krem has Brown Paper Wrapper, which is an r3 Challenger. I believe it made about 460 hp on the Dyno. As I understand it, Ted runs Stude Tomato in a Class that strictly limits how much modification can be done to the car. I believe everything they use had to be available when the car was built. But you better believe that Ted has that r2 engine tuned to perfection.
And I'll guarentee that chevelle aint stock.
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Chevys are highly overrated.
1970-1972 big block Chevelle is the quintessential muscle car!(ever driven/raced one?)
In 1964 I just bought a 1959 Impala that had the 348 with factory 335 horse and factory 4 speed. Won a lot of street races with that 348 engine. Never seen a real Avanti before and raced one only once. 1st gear shifts at 6,000, I don't see the Avanti, second gear shift and the dam Stude is right next to me. Nothing but respect as I swallowed my pride, still loved that 348 though.