[HWYSTR455]

Couple things on the old cars and times posted in trade mags from back in the day. Most of the time, they were not properly tuned, and/or were still pre-production, not all the bugs worked out. Just like fit & finish, tune suffered off the assembly line. Not to mention tires.

If you add up the advantages new or newer cars have, and change that stuff on the old cars, they're right there from a performance stand point, or very close.

When you talk about top end, of course, back in the day there were no OD transmissions. There again, in an attempt to make a well rounded car, you couldn't particularly put 410s in everything. If you look at the Hellcat Charger for example, the rear ratio is equivalent to a 4.88, with a double overdrive.

Brakes. And clutches for that matter. Friction material is waaay better these days.

What rear tire does a Hellcat have on it? Or the Z06? Yeah. Same thing. Add that to an older car, and the gap starts closing even more.

Handling. Honestly, I would have thought we would be further along than we are, but it is better. If you look at some of the prepared cars from back in the day, you will see skid pad number are still fairly close. Look at the Herb Adams prepared 2nd gens, those things still hold their' own today, against most cars. Yes, the cream of the crop is better, but there's such a wide cost margin it can suck the fun out of it for most.

I think we should see more tech on street cars from Formula 1 cars. It takes too long for that tech to be incorporated into street cars, maybe if that (the process) was sped up it would help.

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