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[Chupacabra]

Originally Posted by Bob_VT

Yes it was my first car. I could not afford the insurance on a 58 vette so I got a 66 chevelle ss396 (two door). It went through 6 big blocks and 3 transmissions..... when it was all said and done I was bracket 1 racing it at National Speedway with a 327 coupled to a Muncie T10. Good old purple zoom clutch ..... it became a dedicated 1/4 mile car. As far as SHO parts there used to be a website called SHOtimes.

One of my favorite muscle cars....loved the 66 SS. My old man bought a 63 vette roadster...spent every dime he had to buy it and got a great deal. He couldn't afford insurance when he first started college so the car sat until one day he risked it and brought it to school while his impala was in the shop. Welp...just so happens that the roadster was gone when he came out to go home for the day - stolen, never to be found.

[09TRD]

Originally Posted by Chupacabra

One of my favorite muscle cars....loved the 66 SS.

The '66 SS 396 wasn't as fast a new, bone stock, V6 Camry, though.

It FELT faster because the old cars had lousy suspension and were noisy. The '66 SS 396 was 350 or pounds heavier than a new Camry V6 and it made less power...

Look, here's a vintage engine dyno test of a "350 HP" 396. (This one was a 1970 example, which was actually a 402 CID engine because it was factory over-bored by .030" that year.) It could only manage 288 peak HP in it's "as delivered" state and that's WITHOUT the factory exhaust system in place. (Figure 260 HP with the full exhaust system in place.) MOST SS 396s were the "325 HP" versions and made even less power!