1967 Firebird Handling Upgrades

Our test driver was John himself. After a couple of roundtrip passes to get familiar with the car's performance, he was ready to put our Bird to the test. Would she soar through the cones? Could we go away confident that our newly suspended '67 Firebird could carve a corner, straightening out the curves of our favorite highways?


Well, after making numerous passes and scrubbing off countless miles of rubber from our new tires, John pulled up with a broad grin. He was obviously pleased. The car ran a very respectable 58 mph through the slalom. John was confident that with a quick ratio steering box and our new engine upgrade, he could put the car through at better than 60 mph. "Running a musclecar through at 60 mph is cool," he said.


Now, the next time someone tells us that our journey is much shorter "as a crow flies," we'll happily make the run in our '67 Firebird straightening out every curve along the way.


Editors Note: The fully prepared Subaru WRX ran the same course at 64 mph and the Dodge RAM SRT-10 on 22-inch tires ran at 59 mph.