Post #162294 by hewey on Mon, May 30, 2005 2:43 AM

Tikimaster, here's the lowdown on the Aussie Valiant Charger:

The 1972 E49 Charger was a significant move forward, and not just because it was the first to get a four-speed manual gearbox (from Borg-Warner). The E49 pushed the 265 engine to a full 302 hp, and had the quickest acceleration of any Australian production car - 14.4 seconds, respectable even when compared to American big-blocks.

Got that from:

http://www.valiant.org/charger.html

The E49 was the race model, because here they had to satisfy homoglation rules. The race models were sold off the showroom floor to the public as well as racers. Thats factory horses there baby :) Also the manufacturers at the time posted performance figures that were shy of the real performance due to possible negative publicity.

And good ones sound shit hot!

Everyone laughs at me because I am different. I laugh at everyone else because they are all the same.

[ Edited by: hewey on 2005-05-30 03:05 ]