[VIDEO] 1970 Corvette 454 vs 1968 Buick GS 400 in Stock Muscle Car Drag Race

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That’s the takeaway from this entertaining sequence of inventory drag races involving a pair of vintage four-pace handbook transmission automobiles – a 1970 Chevrolet Corvette 454 and a 1968 Buick GS 400 at Mid Michigan Motorplex in Stanton, Michigan.&#13
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Cars and trucks and Zebras YouTube channel serve up the entertaining motion, complete with some humorous descriptions of all the motion. Be certain to choose a search as this is not your typical boring race video.&#13
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A very little history:&#13
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The Corvette 454 motor was a $290 possibility chosen by 4,473 shoppers – superior for 390 horsepower and 500 lb-ft of torque. Motor vehicle and Driver journal examined a equivalent car or truck but with an automatic transmission and was ready to include the quarter-mile in 15. seconds when racing to 60 in 7. seconds.&#13
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The Buick GS 400, in the meantime, had a 400 cubic inch motor that made 340 horsepower and 440 lb-ft of torque. Warm Rod managed a to 60 time of 7.5 seconds and a 14.78 2nd quarter-mile at 94 mph back again in the working day.&#13
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The two of these cars are rather major, with the Corvette weighing 3,778 lbs., and the Buick tipping the scales at 3,970 lbs., the two figures which include the driver.&#13
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So how did these two behemoths review in the races?&#13
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Nicely, the Corvette won the first spherical with a time of 13.86 seconds at 101.14 mph, as opposed to the 14.37 at 99.19 mph for the Buick (even though he may have skipped a equipment early on).&#13
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Immediately after switching lanes, the Buick emerged the winner this time with a time of 13.80 to the 13.79 for the Corvette. The host issued a reminder that the ET does not consist of response time so in a circumstance like this, the Buick can acquire residence the earn even nevertheless their ET was somewhat even worse and it is for the reason that the response time was so superior, they ended up equipped to cross the end line initially.&#13
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Switching lanes once again for the rubber race, the Buick took an uncomplicated gain, 13.75 at 100.21, to the 13.88 at 101.33 for the Corvette (who still left .02 seconds early, offering an computerized acquire to the Buick).&#13
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