Found these on youtube, pretty interesting.

classic ford vs chevy(was chevy actually advertising a 5.7 liter to come out for 83?? too bad that never happend):



83' porsche 928S vs '83 Z28(car came with the wrong fan belt?!?!):

 

Thats pretty cool to watch. This is why we were so blown away with the arrival of the 305 HO & 5.7 TPI engines back in the day. Car enthusiasts thought performance was gone forever, but it was very slowly creeping back up to & beyond the 60's to the 700hp monsters that are being produced today. 5 times the HP, but at 5 times the cost of 1982 however.

 

Until 5 minutes ago, I thought the 5.0 HO arrived in 1984. It was here in 1983? Or are these rare like the 1986 5.7 TPI's ?

 

Yup, the L69 came out in the later part of 83.

 

When that HO came out, it was a similar jump in power like going from the 1997 LT1 to the 1998 LS1. The HO, just breathed so much better after 4500rpms. than the years before it. A buddy of mine had an 1984 5 speed HO & that thing gave my 87 5.7 Iroc a run every time. If he would get the jump on me, I would struggle. Mine pulled a little harder, but he would jump a foot ahead on each shift to make up for it. I could catch him on a long road, but street corner to street corner it was a battle. Loved those races.

I still have my 87, his HO is loooong gone. It was sold in roughening condition back in 1992. I'm sure that car has been scrapped decades ago. Was a bad **** car in the day though!

 

Low production but not that rare, 3223 of them were made. I'm selling a nice one if you're interested.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/cama...69-5spd-z.html

 

This was awesome!