Here's a few tests of the 375hp 327 and other high power Vette's from back in the day.Remember the cars the magazines got for testing purposes were one off cars,basically blueprinted toys,that were usually quiet a bit faster,then what the average consumer could buy out of the dealers showroom.You might say they were over rated,as a stock 5.7 regular cab shortbox truck will run faster numbers while weighing close to 1800 to 2,000 lbs more.If you open up the limiter on a late model truck,it's also just about as fast wide open as the vaunted L-88 Vette was with it's 151 mph top speed. My little shortbox has gone 153 mph,before i chickened out , the road started to get really narrow at that speed,lol
1/4 Mile ETs for 1960s Vettes
Here are some ETs that car magazines reported from their road tests:
1. Motor Trend tested a 1964 model 327 / 375 hp fuel injected with 4.11 gears and turned a 14.2 @100
2. Road & Track, 1964 model 327 / 300 hp automatic did a 15.2 e.t.
3. Car and Driver, 1965 model 327 / 350 hp and 3.36 gears got 14.9
4. Road & Track tested a 1965 model 396 / 425 hp with 3.70 gears and complained about wheel spin and turned a 14.1
5. Motor Trend, 1967 model 427 / 435 hp with 3.55 gears did 13.8 @ 104 mph.
6. Car and Driver 1967 model 427 / 435 hp got 13.6 @ 105.
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7. C&D, R&T and MT did 4 tests on 1966 and 1967 427 / 425 hp and the average of those were 13.53 @ 107.6 mph.
8. Car and Driver 1968 model 427 / 400 hp did 14.1 @ 102
9. Car and Driver 1971 model (GM mandated lowered compression beginning with this year) 350 LT1 making 330 hp with a 4 speed and 3.70 gears hustled down the strip at a 14.57 @ 100.55
10. Car and Driver 1971 model LS6 solid lifter 454 / 425 hp with double-disc clutch & 4-speed turned a 13.8 at 104.65 with 3.36 gears.
EDIT: #11. See post later in this thread re the L88.
11. Car Life, model 1969 L88 427 / 430 hp, 3.36 gears, automatic, 14.101 @ 106.89 and top speed of 151 mph.