MusclecarClub.com's List of The 50 Fastest Muscle Cars

“Best Ever” lists are usually 100-percent subjective 100-percent of the time. So when we stumbled across muscle car registry site Musclecar Club‘s massive list of the “50 Fastest Musclecars” we had to take it with a grain of salt. There are a lot of these kinds of lists, usually penned by wholly biased persons who would like nothing better than to see their favorite brand come out on top.

This time around, the MusclecarClub has backed up their “definitive list” with some references, and some pretty irrefutable ones to boot. Citing the testing numbers from nearly a dozen car enthusiast publications who conducted plenty of testing during the 1960’s when these machines were new as well as some contemporary ones who’ve done their own testing with “100-percent restored” examples, the list includes titles like Car Craft, Car and Driver, Car Life, Hi Performance Cars, Hot Rod, Muscle Car Review, Mopar Muscle, Motor Trend and Super Stock magazines.

All the entries include the model year, a standing quarter-mile E.T. and mile per hour, what engine the example was tested with, it’s advertised horsepower, transmission, rear gear and the source material.

While we think of some prime examples that are notably absent from this list (including the ’70 GSX Buick and the ’69 H/O 455 Oldsmobile), do think this is pretty thorough and doesn’t show any glaring errors. Is this list perfect? Not at all. Please don’t think that we think that.

#	YEAR/MODEL	ET/MPH	ENGINE	HP	TRANS	GEAR	SOURCE
1	1966 427 Cobra	12.20@118	427 8V	425	4-Speed	3.54	CC 11/65
2	1966 Corvette 427	12.8@112	L72 427	425	4-Speed	3.36	CD 11/65
3	1969 Road Runner	[email protected]	440 Six BBL	390	4-Speed	4.10	SS 6/69
4	1970 Hemi Cuda	[email protected]	426 Hemi	425	4-Speed	3.54	CC 11/69
5	1970 Chevelle SS454	[email protected]	454 LS6	450	4-Speed	3.55	CC 11/69
6	1969 Camaro	[email protected]	427 ZL1	430	4-Speed	4.10	HC 6/69
7	1968 Corvette	13.30@108	427 6V	435	4-Speed	3.70	HC 5/68
8	1970 Road Runner	[email protected]	426 Hemi	425	automatic	4.10	SS 12/69
9	1970 Buick GS Stage I	[email protected]	455 Stage I	360	automatic	3.64	MT 1/70
10	1968 Corvette 427	[email protected]	L72 427	425	4-Speed	3.55	CD 6/68
11	1969 Charger 500	13.48@109	426 Hemi	425	4-Speed	4.10	HR 2/69
12	1968 Charger	13.50@105	426 Hemi	425	automatic	3.23	CD 11/67
12	1970 Plymouth Superbird	13.50@105	426 Hemi	425	?	?	?
14	1968 Road Runner	[email protected]	426 Hemi	425	automatic	3.55	CD 1/69
15	1973 Trans Am	[email protected]	455 SD	310	automatic	3.42	HR 6/73
16	1969 Corvette	[email protected]	427 L88	430	automatic	3.36	HR 4/69
17	1969 Super Bee	[email protected]	440 Six Pack	390	automatic	4.10	HR 8/69
18	1969 Boss 429 Mustang	13.60@106	Boss 429	375	4-Speed	3.91	HC 9/69
19	1970 Challenger R/T	[email protected]	440 Six Pack	390	automatic	3.23	CC 11/69
20	1970 Torino Cobra	[email protected]	429 SCJ	370	automatic	3.91	SS 3/70
21	1968 Biscayne	13.65@105	427 L72	425	4-Speed	4.56	SS 4/68
22	1964 Polara 500	[email protected]	426 4V	365	4-Speed	3.23	HC 2/64
23	1969 GTX	[email protected]	440 4V	375	automatic	4.10	MT 1/69
24	1969 Dart 440	13.71@105	440 4V	375	automatic	3.55	CC 5/69
25	1971 Road Runner	[email protected]	440 Six BBL	390	automatic	4.10	CC 1/71
26	1971 Cuda	13.72@106	440 Six BBL	390	automatic	4.10	SS 4/71
27	1971 Corvette	[email protected]	454 LS6	450	4-Speed	3.36	CL 8/71
28	1971 Super Bee	13.73@104	426 Hemi	425	automatic	4.10	MT 12/70
29	1968 Hurst/Olds	[email protected]	455 W-30	390	automatic	3.91	SS 8/68
30	1970 Hemi ‘Cuda	[email protected]	426 Hemi	425	automatic	4.10	MT 9/69
31	1968 Firebird	13.79@106	400 HO	335	4-Speed	N/A	HR 3/68
32	1967 Corvette	13.80@108	427 6V	435	4-Speed	3.55	HR 5/67
33	1965 Catalina	13.80@106	421 6V	?	4-Speed	3.42	CD 3/65
34	1969 Super Bee Six Pack	[email protected]	440 Six BBL	390	automatic	4.10	CD 7/69
35	1971 Boss 351 Mustang	13.80@104	Boss 351	330	4-Speed	3.91	MT 1/71
36	1966 Satellite	13.81@104	426 Hemi	425	4-Speed	3.54	CD 4/66
37	1969 Coronet R/T	[email protected]	440 4V	375	4-Speed	4.10	SS 4/69
38	1968 Cyclone GT	[email protected]	428 CJ	335	automatic	4.11	MT 8/68
39	1969 Nova SS 396	[email protected]	396 4V	375	automatic	3.55	HR 7/69
40	1969 Shelby GT-500	[email protected]	428 CJ	335	4-Speed	3.91	SS 9/69
41	1969 Cyclone Cobra Jet	[email protected]	428 CJ	335	automatic	4.11	MT 1/69
42	1970 Olds 4-4-2 W-30	[email protected]	455 W-30	370	automatic	3.42	CC 11/69
43	1962 Corvette	[email protected]	327 FI	360	4-Speed	4.10	HR 1/62
44	1969 Barracuda	[email protected]	440 4V	375	automatic	4.10	SS 8/69
45	1962 Catalina	13.90@107	421 4V	?	4-Speed	4.30	MT 5/62
46	1969 Mustang Mach I	[email protected]	428 CJ	335	automatic	3.50	CL 3/69
47	1967 GTO	[email protected]	400 RA	360	automatic	4.33	CL 10/67
48	1970 Trans Am	13.90@102	400 RA	345	4-Speed	3.91	HR 2/70
49	1970 Torino Cobra	13.99@101	429 4V	?	4-Speed	3.91	MT 2/70
Legend: CC=Car Craft, CD=Car and Driver, CL=Car Life, HC=Hi Performance Cars, HR=Hot Rod, MCR=Muscle Car Review, MM=Mopar Muscle, MT=Motor Trend, SS=Super Stock