1970 Riviera GS - performance figures?

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by alistair, Dec 10, 2003.

  1. alistair

    alistair Well-Known Member

    Anyone know

    standing quarter
    0-60
    max speed

    of a stock 1970 Riviera GS

    cheers!
     
    alistair, Dec 10, 2003
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  2. Captain Mark

    Captain Mark Well-Known Member

    I don't know it, but I would suspect Yardley does. He should be chiming in on this soon.
     
    Captain Mark, Dec 10, 2003
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  3. Yardley

    Yardley Club Jackass

    chime chime

    I'll have to look in my book and see what a road test did, but for now I'll say:

    15.50

    7.5 seconds

    125MPH
     
    Yardley, Dec 10, 2003
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  4. Dale

    Dale Sweepspear

    Same as what was in my head Yardley. :Smarty:
     
    Dale, Dec 10, 2003
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  5. BQUICK

    BQUICK Gold Level Contributor

    I had a bone stock 70 Riv (not a GS) that ran 15.30 with radial (singular) spinning. (3.07 gear) put some 26 in MT slicks on and went 14.80.
    Surprised alot of people. A GS with 3.23 would be a couple tenths quicker I'd say.

    Bruce
     
    BQUICK, Dec 10, 2003
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  6. alistair

    alistair Well-Known Member

    Cheers guys, I did sniff about on the net and find suggestions of 7.9 for 0-60 and 17 for the 1/4 which sounded too slow. A car doing 0-60 in 7.9 should be clocking the quarter up in about 16 at a guess.

    I also guess these times are from a '70 road test when it was on '70 tires not nice modern rubber.

    Why is it the source books never quote performance data?

    In the UK manufacturers publich an official 0-60, top speed, MPG figures, etc. and these appear in the source books. Never can get the data for American cars though.
     
    alistair, Dec 10, 2003
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