Fastest Classic Musclecars


These are the fastest muscle cars from the true muscle car era, as ranked by Muscle Car Review Magazine, the source on muscle cars. This ranking was developed by comparing muscle cars as measured by different, respected sources, which were then ranked by their respective quarter mile elapsed times. The list does not include newer models, or foreign cars - just pure American muscle from the 1960's and 1970's.

50 FASTEST MUSCLECARS

# - YEAR/MODEL - ET/ MPH - ENGINE HP - TRANS GEAR - (SOURCE)
1 - 66 427 Cobra 12.20@118 427 8V 425 4-Speed 3.54 (CC 11/65)
2 - 66 Corvette 427 12.8@112 L72 427 425 4-Speed 3.36 (CD 11/65)
3 - 69 Road Runner 12.91@111.8 440 Six BBL 390 4-Speed 4.1 (SS 6/69)
4 - 70 Hemi Cuda 13.10@107.12 426 Hemi 425 4-Speed 3.54 (CC 11/69)
5 - 70 Chevelle SS454 13.12@107.01 454 LS6 450 4-Speed 3.55 (CC 11/69)
6 - 69 Camaro 13.16@110.21 427 ZL1 430 4-Speed 4.1 (HC 6/69)
7 - 68 Corvette 13.30@108 427 6V 435 4-Speed 3.7 (HC 5/68)
8 - 70 Road Runner 13.34@107.5 426 Hemi 425 auto 4.1 (SS 12/69)
9 - 70 Buick GS Stage I 13.38@105.5 455 Stage I 360 auto 3.64 (MT 1/70)
10 - 68 Corvette 427 13.41@109.5 L72 427 425 4-Speed 3.55 (CD 6/68)
11 - 69 Charger 500 13.48@109 426 Hemi 425 4-Speed 4.1 (HR 2/69)
12 - 68 Charger 13.50@105 426 Hemi 425 auto 3.23 (CD 11/67)
13 - 70 Plym Superbird 13.50@105 426 Hemi 425 ? ? ?
14 - 68 Road Runner 13.54@105.1 426 Hemi 425 automatic 3.55 (CD 1/69)
15 - 73 Trans Am 13.54@104.29 455 SD 310 automatic 3.42 (HR 6/73)
16 - 69 Corvette 13.56@111.1 427 L88 430 automatic 3.36 (HR 4/69)
17 - 69 Super Bee 13.56@105.6 440 Six Pack 390 automatic 4.1 (HR 8/69)
18 - 69 Boss 429 Mustang 13.60@106 Boss 429 375 4-Speed 3.91 (HC 9/69)
19 - 70 Challenger R/T 13.62@104.3 440 Six Pack 390 auto 3.23 (CC 11/69)
20 - 70 Torino Cobra 13.63@105.9 429 SCJ 370 automatic 3.91 (SS 3/70)
21 - 68 Biscayne 13.65@105 427 L72 425 4-Speed 4.56 (SS 4/68)
22 - 64 Polara 500 13.70@107.37 426 4V 365 4-Speed 3.23 (HC 2/64)
23 - 69 GTX 13.70@102.8 440 4V 375 automatic 4.1 (MT 1/69)
24 - 69 Dart 440 13.71@105 440 4V 375 automatic 3.55 (CC 5/69)
25 - 71 Road Runner 13.71@101.2 440 Six BBL 390 auto 4.1 (CC 1/71)
26 - 71 Cuda 13.72@106 440 Six BBL 390 auto 4.1 (SS 4/71)
27 - 71 Corvette 13.72@102.04 454 LS6 450 4-Speed 3.36 (CL 8/71)
28 - 71 Super Bee 13.73@104 426 Hemi 425 auto 4.1 (MT 12/70)
29 - 68 Hurst/Olds 13.77@103.91 455 W-30 390 auto 3.91 (SS 8/68)
30 - 70 Hemi 'Cuda 13.78@101.2 426 Hemi 425 auto 4.1 (MT 9/69)
31 - 68 Firebird 13.79@106 400 HO 335 4-Speed N/A (HR 3/68)
32 - 67 Corvette 13.80@108 427 6V 435 4-Speed 3.55 (HR 5/67)
33 - 65 Catalina 13.80@106 421 6V ? 4-Speed 3.42 (CD 3/65)
34 - 69 Super Bee 6 Pack 13.80@104.2 440 Six BBL 390 auto 4.1 (CD 7/69)
35 - 71 Boss 351 Mustang 13.80@104 Boss 351 330 4-Speed 3.91 (MT 1/71)
36 - 66 Satellite 13.81@104 426 Hemi 425 4-Speed 3.54 (CD 4/66)
37 - 69 Coronet R/T 13.83@102.27 440 4V 375 4-Speed 4.1 (SS 4/69)
38 - 68 Cyclone GT 13.86@101.69 428 CJ 335 auto 4.11 (MT 8/68)
39 - 69 Nova SS 396 13.87@105.1 396 4V 375 auto 3.55 (HR 7/69)
40 - 69 Shelby GT-500 13.87@104.52 428 CJ 335 4-Speed 3.91 (SS 9/69)
41 - 69 Cyclone Cobra Jet 13.88@101.7 428 CJ 335 auto 4.11 (MT 1/69)
42 - 70 Olds 4-4-2 W-30 13.88@95.84 455 W-30 370 auto 3.42 (CC 11/69)
43 - 62 Corvette 13.89@105.14 327 FI 360 4-Speed 4.1 (HR 1/62)
44 - 69 Barracuda 13.89@103.21 440 4V 375 auto 4.1 (SS 8/69)
45 - 62 Catalina 13.90@107 421 4V ? 4-Speed 4.3 (MT 5/62)
46 - 69 Mustang Mach I 13.90@103.32 428 CJ 335 auto 3.5 (CL 3/69)
47 - 67 GTO 13.90@102.8 400 RA 360 auto 4.33 (CL 10/67 )
48 - 70 Trans Am 13.90@102 400 RA 345 4-Speed 3.91 (HR 2/70)
49 - 70 Torino Cobra 13.99@101 429 4V ? 4-Speed 3.91 (MT 2/70)


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