Back in the late 60's my friend Ron Kukuruda had a 64 belevedere with a 318. We bought a bone stock max wedge engine that was in a mopar crate from a speed shop in columbus ohio. This was an all steel car, with a mostly stock push button 727 and a 3000 converter. I think the car had 9" M & H cheater slicks on it also. I was with Ron on many of nights on the street & this car never even came close to losing to any big block chevy. When we finally got the car to the strip & took the covers off the cast iron headers the thing went mid 11s. Most of the people who ran at keystone & Pittsburgh (PID) know of this car which was bone stock down to the factory head gaskets.