i dont mean to piss in anyones wheaties but, everyone in here that takes full advantage of the current import movement should thank god for the gas shortages of the early 70's ,the increaseing emission standards and last but not least insurance companys. all of the this happened at the same time (early 70's). in the early 70's all the domestic car companys had very large cars with very large engines and those cars werent very popular with gas shortages, so in comes toyota,honda,nissan and vw with there small cars and 20mpg. thrrough the 70's the domestic companys were trying to come up with small cars (pinto,vega,monza,mustang 2, dart,duster) as quickly as possible. of course none of these cars were any good but they filled a hole and took some sales from the imports.
we all know that cars received cat convertors in 1975, well are heros in detroit had these large engines choked down with emission carbs and miles of vacuum lines and these rotten egg smelling cat convertors.
insurance companys..... if you guys do any reading at all about cars..... the insurace companys gouged new muscle car owners to the point no one could afford a new "muscle car".
dont take my word on this.....look it up.
400HP930..... when you say it took ford 30yrs to equal the 60's....your right sort of. but please remember the car makers change the way they rate hp....from GROSS to NET.