Top 10 Fastest Cars from 1980

[Workshop Help]

A point of clarification, please. I consider the deep wall block construction to be an asset. This places the crankshaft mounting up into the block for a stronger support and less flexing. The result being reduced vibration and prolonged life, which is of vast importance now some 40 years down the Road of Life.

If the Deity had applied a deep wall construction to we humans, our life expectancy would be doubled.

Mildred Hargis

[seven]

'50's '60's and '70's cars were quicker than '80's cars, well some anyway. My '68 Visa Cruiser was fitted with a Dodge Magnum 440 with twin 4 barrels on a high rise with tubed pipes and hooked up to a 2 stage Olds trans, fast it wasn't, quick it was, did 90mph on the speedo with one wheel spinning and the car not moving. It would do about 85mph flat out. All the '70's LTD's and Catalina's topped out at about 85-90mph. I could make a Triumph Herald do 90mph, with the help of a side draught and a free flow exhaust. Come to the '80's cars and like the MKIV Cortina, 82mph I got out of that 1600.
I have photographic prove that a MK1 Triumph 2000 can do 110mph!
The Triumph Acclaim is an exception to the rule for '80's, they can do over 105mph and the local constabulary can vouch for that......[:0]

Triumph TR7 DHC
Triumph 2.5 Estate
Triumph 2000 Saloon

Mercedes 320SLK
Jaguar X-Type Estate
Rover Vitesse SD1
Kawasaki GPZ

The car is unable to handle my driving capabilities

[FI Spyder]

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did 90mph on the speedo with one wheel spinning and the car not moving. It would do about 85mph flat out. All the '70's LTD's and Catalina's topped out at about 85-90mph.
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I did 84 mph with my '71 Volkswagon Beetle going to the Calgary International Airport but the only wheel spinning was done on black ice.[:I]



- - -TR7 Spider - - - 1978 Spitfire- - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - Yellow TCT

[tr8]

I had a 65 beetle that would do about 65 mph flat out with a mile run at it, maybe 85 if dropped from a plane...

[jeffremj]

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A UK specification engine with fast road high lift camshaft, BAL carb needles, extractor manifold (header) and through flow exhaust transforms the TR7.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">I did a similar thing to a Triumph Dolomite 1850HL. I rebuilt a TR7 engine with a fast road cam and created a Dolomite 2000HL. It went nearly as fast as my brother's Dolomite Sprint. There was another Sprint owner down our road [:D] . Those were the days - the 2000HL is in the middle with the lowered suspension and Sprint alloys:



On the same rolling road, the 2000HL got 90bhp at wheels and the white sprint with fast road cam got 105bhp.

[Hasbeen]

Those of you who have read my 60s motor racing blog will know that I got 107 MPH out of a stock standard Hillman Imp in 1964.

Those were the days, especially if you had a mate in a Triumph 2000 to give you a tow, down a fairly long straight hill.

My 62 Morgan did 124.6 MPH down there, when it could not get to 120 on the flat.

Hasbeen

[silverseven]

man you guys drove some doggy cars ...my Cutlass 350 rocket was a street/strip badass , and my Mustang 5.0hs were boss on Friday nights [}:)]

guess we all didn't grow up in the same part of the eighties lol!!

Ron.

[John Clancy]

The three Dollies together look lovely. What a great little saloon car that was. It's just a shame so few have survived to the present day. And styled by our own Dave Keepax with some help from Mr. Micholotti.

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