RE: Ridiculous 0-60 time
I wanted a GTO for my first car, but my father made me buy a 225 slant six Plymouth. He was afraid of me being an inexperienced driver and getting into trouble.
He was right. A few years later, I was street racing my brother's 383 Charger with my 340 'Cuda on a hot July afternoon. I had a 1/2 car length lead on him when he narrowly avoided a head-on with an oncoming car. By a stroke of luck, my engine vapor-locked and he was able to pass me and pull in front.
I learned a valuable lesson from this and only drag-raced at the track after that.