[ds968]

I was surprised ( to say the least ) to see this in a recent car trivia article :



the fastest stock 0-60 american car EVER produced in the U.S. ( and that includes all the 427 Cobras, the new Vipers, Vette ZR1s, etc..) is a 1962 Chevrolet Impala with a 3.9 sec. time. ( the 409-cubic-inch (6.7 L) V8, 425 horsepower option model )



Whaaaat ?! THIS old rust-bucket ??



   





Does anyone know is this is valid data ?

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[banditsc]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fas...celeration



For the car you mentioned it's actually 7 seconds. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1961-1964-...sport1.htm

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[94SilverCab]

Looks like the SRT Viper would have that distinction based on the wili article...3.4.



Jay

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[Chris Vais]

Having owned a 409 Bel-Aire, the 0-60 time was in the mid-6 second range as I recall. The problem was that the narrow bias ply tires of the day did not have the grip necessary to take full advantage of the 409's torque. Now, if you had slicks on the back it was a different matter altogether. In fact, if you were inclined to drag race one of these things, you would use sheet metal screws to screw the tire bead to the wheel rim because the car was capable of turning the tires off the rims.



Mine was a sleeper. Actually all 409 Bel-aires were sleepers because the didn't have all the flash of the Impala SS. It was painted all over with that ubiquitous metallic blue that Chevy had, painted steel wheels, and dog dish hub caps. I ran wider than stock wheels in order to get as wide a tire patch as possible. The car defined the meaning of understeer. It did, however, keep me well supplied with beer at the unofficial Friday night beer drags when I was in collage.



My cousin owns a 1964 289 FIA Cobra, not as fast as the 427 Cobra, but quicker than a 409 because it was considerably lighter and made about the same horsepower. And it handles, not one of the 409's virtues.

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[ds968]

I thought that did not pass the smell test <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/glare.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> , I had a 70 'cuda ( the 440 one ) and I know it was not nearly a 4 sec 0-60, not to mention and there is no way, no how, a stock 62 impala would have beaten it to the next stop light ... but this " little known facts about cars" article ( I'll see if I can find it again, I deleted the email with the link to it ) listed the 409 62 impala to have that impressive distinction

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[tamathumper]

Big discrepancies between some of the times on the main WikiPedia page and the WikiPedia pages dedicated to each model of car. The very first car, the Atom, shows 2.3, but the actual page for it shows 2.8, and then later something like 2.5.

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[ds968]

I know, some published stats discrepancies are staggering , depending on the source that pubishes them; our own 968s ( coupe, manual ) range from 5.6 to 6.4 on 0-60 .

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