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With its 426 cubic inch beast of a Hemi engine and aggressive styling, the 1970 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda is an American Icon like Rock ‘N Roll and Basketball. Its 428 produced enough power to shake the earth. Though only built for one year the Mercury Cyclone 428CJ left its mark on the American musclecar world. It’s unmatched performance and timeless looks have made the Judge a legend.ġ969 Mercury Cyclone 428CJ vs 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda Ram Air Engine, Rally II wheels and all American styling, the 1969 GTO Judge is the quintessential musclecar. Only 80 Hemi Darts were ever built making them legendary collectors item. The Dart may be small but it’s 426 Hemi makes this car a mean fire-breathing muscle machine. Its 425 horsepower 427 made this car a deadly sleeper.ġ968 Dodge Hemi Dart vs 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge

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Despite being a full size the Biscayne, was light for it’s day. This full size land yacht was popular among drag racers in the 1960’s. Long, sleek and fast as the words that best describe the 1966 427 Chevy Biscayne. This micro machine’s 360 Cubic inch engine moved the light car with easy and it was one of the best handling machines in its day. Small, compact and quick are the three words that best describe the 1971 AMC Hornet SC360. Equipped with a Paxton SN60 huffed 289 Jet Thrust V8, this box was capable of putting down zero to sixty times as quick as 6.3 seconds.ġ971 AMC Hornet SC360 vs 1966 427 Chevy Biscayne The 1963 Studebaker Lark R2 isn’t the prettiest Studebaker all of time, but it was one of the fastest. Ford heard about this and was inspired to build the 428 Cobra Jet. Rhode Islander car dealer Bob Tasca felt the Mustangs 390 wasn’t powerful enough for drag racing so he swapped it for a 428 Police Interceptor which he built himself with his own parts. The 1967 KR8 Tasca Mustang is the stallion that led to the creation of the 428 Cobra Jet motor. Bangshift Bracketġ967 KR8 Tasca Mustang vs 1963 Studebaker Lark R2 It’s 455 engine produced an aggressive 420 horsepower making it the fast factory GM of the era. With disc brakes, a 4-speed and a 302 motor build for Trans-Am Racing the 69 Z/28 was one the fastest pony cars of it’s day.Ī highly underrated gem, the 1970 Buick GSX was one of the fastest and sexiest cars to ever roll off the assembly line. The 1969 Chevy Camaro Z/28 was the car that started a Legacy. The 1965 Pontiac GTO was upgraded with revised Cylinder Heads and a high raise manifold that bumped the 389 engine up to 360 Horsepower.

The with 500 horses, superb handling and only 859 ever made the Boss 429 is a highly sought after prize. The 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 was built to go wheel to wheel against Mopar’s Hemi in NASCAR.

All you have to do is look at each of the match ups and leave a comment below of which car you want to win.ġ969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 vs 1965 Pontiac GTO How will the winners of each round be determined? You – the hot rodders – will vote on each winner. It will start out will the Sweet 16 with 4 musclecars in each group, the winners will move on to the Elite 8, Final Four and the final round. The tournament will work much like the NCAA tournament. The cars for each bracket were chosen by the writers at Power Automedia, Bangshift, On All Cylinders and the fans of Summit Racing. Summit Racing’s On All Cylinders car blog has taken 16 of the world’s meanest muscle machines and is having them face off in a Sweet 16 style bracket. In the musclecar realm the madness is upon us as well, March Musclecar Madness that is. The madness is here, and across the nation people are betting on their Brackets as to who will take it all in the NCAA tournament.