70's Battle

[ALTVR]

Which car is really the best of the 70's, Out of these 6?

1) 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 Magnum

2) 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T Hemi

3) 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T Hemi

4) 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302

5) 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429

6) 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1

[curtis73]

What??? No 1970 LS6 Chevelle? Beats the snot out of those cars

Seriously, anything with a Hemi usually provides slight performance benefits, but HUGE financial differences.

The 'stang 429 and the Boss were both great cars as well.

[rwood13]

who cares, give me a Charger every time

[tigermiata]

Of those, #4

1970 'Stangs had just about the best-looking taillights ever, IMHO.

Sadly, some of the best 1970's cars with rompin' stompin' V8's weren't sold in the US, like Monteverdi and Bristol.

[MagicRat]

There is not much range you have there.
They are all realistically products of the 60's, not the 70's, regardless of the model year.
I would suggest a '73 Trans Am 455 SD, for real 70's muscle.

BTW thats a really tasteful sig you have there ALTVR.

[ALTVR]

i know there were better cars throughout the 70's, but im just saying out of those 6 .

[RandomTask]

Out of that list, the 1970 Hemi Challenger. I don't think the '71's can compete due to the fact of environmental regulations coming in. Mustangs are cool, but you see them almost all the time. A hemi challenger is truely a rare find =)

[RandomTask]

P.S. Did they make a 1971 Challenger Hemi? I'll have the production numbers on that at home, but I don't think they offered one that year... but I'll check!

[Ghost74se]

Originally Posted by RandomTask

P.S. Did they make a 1971 Challenger Hemi? I'll have the production numbers on that at home, but I don't think they offered one that year... but I'll check!

Yes, they did. 71 was the last year for the HEMI, and it was still pushing out the same hp as before. IMO, the 71 HEMI Challenger is the best out of that list. The 71 grill is the best one, and, of course, the HEMI kicks ass.

IMO, the BEST cars to come from the 70s were: 1971 Plymouth GTX, 440-6, 4spd, and, 1971 Dodge Charger Superbee, 426 HEMI, 4 spd. Very rare cars, though.

[RandomTask]

I had to check my book on this. They did make a '71 Challenger with the hemi. The production numbers are as follows (not including the 383's):

1970 Challenger: (First number being hardtop, second being convertible)

440 4bbl Automatic (1,886; 129)
440 4bbl four speed (916; 34)
440 6bbl Automatic (793; 38)
440 6bbl four speed (847; 61)
426 Hemi Automatic (150; 4)
426 Hemi four speed (137; 5)

1970 Challenger RT/SE
440 4bbl Automatic (733)
440 4bbl four speed (142)
440 6bbl Automatic (161)
440 6bbl four speed (135)
426 Hemi Automatic (37)
426 Hemi four speed (22)

1971 Challenger R/T (only produced coupes)
440 6bbl Automatic (121)
440 6bbl four speed (129)
426 Hemi Automatic (12)
426 Hemi four speed (59)

In '71 you couldn't get the challenger with the R/T package in convertible and you had to have that package to get the 426 or 440. If you wanted a convertible you were stuck with the 383. You could however get a convertible cuda (IMO with the best grill they made for it) with a 426 or 440 (they made just 2 'Cuda 426 four speed convertibles in '71)

In 1971 they upped the compression on the 440 from 9.7:1 to 10.3:1 so I would imagine the '71 440 to have a bit more power.
The 1970's power numbers: 426 was 'factory' rated at 425hp@5000 and 490ft/lbs@4000. The 440's were rated (4bbl and 6bbl) at 375hp@4600 & 390hp@4700 and 480ft/lbs@3200 & 490ft/lbs@3200. This is just nuts, almost 500ft/lbs at a little over 3k rpm? wow...

IMO I have to stick with the '70 challengers grill. I think it just to be cleaner then the two piece '71. Just useless info for everyone