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Originally Posted by fastball
The big cars were fine for their smoothness since you're not going to put them on a track or in a slalom. It was the muscle cars that had lots of power but no handling at the time. No one is going to try to put a Chrysler Imperial or Cadillac Fleetwood on a track. But even the best heavy duty suspension Camaros and Corvettes of the time would fall way behind compared to the modern day Hellcat on a track.
Even with front disc/rear drum or the large, heavy duty all wheel drum brakes would end up mush after about 5 minutes on the track compared to the 4 wheel Brembos on the Hellcat which start working BETTER the hotter they get.
I think the guy I was replying to was insinuating the Hellcat was more power than it's chassis could bear. I merely pointed out that old muscle cars had power but the technology for braking and handling hadn't been developed, at least on a production car scale, for a long time and wouldn't be available in mass produced cars for another 30 years.
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Of course so much of it comes down to computers and electronics now not avail. 50 years ago.