"Class Acts" of the internet.....At least their entertaining.....

There must be an etiquette guideline for posting on the Internet somewhere.  It must read like this:  If something early in a post rubs you the wrong way, stop reading and vent your anger immediately. Use profanity so the writer knows you mean business. If the writer responds with irrefutable proof that you are wrong-i.e.-by citing a sentence or paragraph you failed to read, or other sources-Factory Literature, magazine road tests, etc-you are under no obligation to apologize. Simply slink away until the next thing offends you and you can spew your noxious venom on someone else. Apparently some people were mortally offended by a couple sentences in my last post. Specifically saying that the '73 Hurst / Olds was faster than a '72 SS454 Chevelle and that a '72 455 Gran Prix was faster than '72 440 Road Runner. I found two road tests for a '72 SS454 Chevelle. Both were 4-speeds with 3.31:1 gears. One ran a 15.1 in the 1/4, the other a 14.7.  I couldn't find any road tests of a '73 Hurst / Olds . I did find two road tests of a '73 Cutlass 442 with the 455 / TH400 powertrain, and 3.23:1 gears.  One ran a 14.90; the other a 14.65.  Those times are very close, and in a real-world drag race it might be too close to call or the winner could be who took off with less wheelspin. However the fact remains-that my statement was accurate-the Olds was quicker in the 1/4, if only by a tenth or two. Ditto for the Pontiac vs Mopar race. I found two Mopar road tests from '72 one for a 440 Charger, the other for a 440 Road Runner. The Road Runner ran a 15.35. The Charger ran a 15.12. The '72 GP SJ with a 455 ran a 15.0. Again, that's slight, but accurate. I love these guys with their insane "Brand Loyalty" like "Calvin" ( of the comic strip "Calvin&Hobbes" ) pissing on a Chevy Bow-Tie or Ford Blue Oval. Grow up guys and learn to do math. A couple of my personal favorites were the guy who said I was lying when I said my Ram Air III, 4-speed, 4.33:1 geared '69 Judge had beaten my buddies Torqueflite equipped, 3.23:1 geared 440 / Six-Pack Super Bee in a drag race.  Any experienced drag racer knows that the 4.33;1 gears alone would give me the win since the cars weighed about the same-3,700 lbs and had similar power out put-366 hp vs 390. However I also freely admitted that my GTO was not stock-it had Hooker Headers, a hot Crane Cam, and an Offenhauser dual-quad intake with two AFBs.  So yeah, there's no way a 400, 4-speed GTO with those mods and and 4.33:1 gears could beat a bone-stock Six-Pack Super Bee with an automatic and 3.23:1 gears!!  Cause Mopars rule and Pontiacs suck right?  Ditto for the guy who scoffed when I said my dad's Tri-Power 421 '65 2+2 had beaten a buddy's '67 427 Impala SS in a drag race. Ok. The Impala had the Q-jet equipped 390 hp 427, a TH400 and 3.31:1 gears. The 2+2 had the 376 hp Tri-Power 421, a TH400, and 3.90:1 gears.  Again-in addition to the gearing advantage-I freely admitted that the 421 had '67 GTO #670 heads ( whose closed chamber 2.11 / 1.77 valved big port heads flowed way better than the 1.96 / 1.66 "bathtub" '59-66 heads ) a 301 / 313 duration RAIII cam with 1.65:1 rockers, the tri-power intake port-matched to the gasket, the carbs custom jetted, and the 421 "HO" exhaust manifolds ported and extrude-honed and a TransGo shift kit in the trans. So ok, yep there's no way a 421 Catalina with all those trick parts and 3.90:1 gears could outrun a bone-stock 427 Impala with 3.31:1s!!  Because there's no way a 421 Pontiac can outrun a Big-block Chevy right?  The all-time best was the guy who said I was living on "Fantasy Island" when I said my friend's '83 Z/28 was a great sleeper and had shown it's taillights to many "5.0" Mustangs as well as many L98 Corvettes and and a couple of Grand Nationals. The Camaro was a 305 / 5-speed model with 3.73:1 gears. We installed Hedman Headers with O2 hookup and real dual exhausts-( no catalytic converter , illegal, but we did it ). We also added an Edelbrock Performer Intake and matching Performer cam and lifters. Since a stock '83 Z/28 ran low 15s in the 1/4-it would be easy to see how ours with all those mods could easily run low-14s-easily quick enough to beat a "5.0" Mustang or L98 'Vette and enough to give any stock GN a run for the money they'd never forget.  The cam ( that was designed for a 350, not a 305 ) took away a little bottom-end torque but that helped us launch and the massive improvement in the mid-range and top-end was well worth the trade. He could pop the clutch at 4,500 rpm and rocket off the line with just enough wheelspin to get the engine up on it's torque curve. Powershifting at 5,600 rpm, we'd beat most challengers off the line so bad ( 5.0 Mustang owners were notorious for frying their tires ) and hold onto it till well over 100 mph. If GN drivers didn't fry the tires, that could be anybody's run. L98 'Vettes? Either stick or auto our "Holeshot" would usually carry us to victory by at least two car lengths, maybe three. It was just the right combination. I love the doubters-I didn't say the car ran 12s-I said it ran low 14s-which is eminently reasonable considering the combination of parts we had. Anyhow before you start berating someone and calling them names-actually read what they wrote and understand it.  Or not-just get another "Calvin" pissing on a Chevy or Ford emblem bumper sticker......Mastermind