Inspired (in a way) by the ricer post... which car that YOU OWN is faster, your daily driver or your firebird?

I'll start it off:
Daily Driver: Subaru WRX Wagon, tuned 285hp.
Bird: '68 350/4, 2sp.

Winner: WRX.
Honorable mention for more thumbs up and tire smoking fun: Firebird!

my daily driver as my firebird is stripped to the shell for a frame off resto.

Ill throw in my 1½ cents...

Driver - 90 Ford Ranger, V6, probably 150 hp, top speed guesstimate 105

Firebird - 68 model, presently on roll-around stands which slow it down, but back when it was on a rotisserie it was capable of spinning at about 6 or 8 RPMs (depending on how hard I spun it), eventually will have a V8 with probably 350-375 hp, and will definitely have a top speed of more than 105

2000 Jeep grand cherokee 4.7, Darn thing is fast, Little faster than 400 bird I'd say. Bird hands down sounds better,looks better and ultimatly better babe magnet. (Name withheld due to wife)

My wife's 3 liter, 24 valve DOHC Escape is pretty quick. I think it weighs less than my vert. I need to race her some time

My daily driver is faster.

The 2.56 differential has always kept the Bird from being a world beater off the line despite the 400HO.

Our daily driver is an '07 Grand Prix GXP with 303 HP. That LS4 V8 powers it to an estimated 5.7 second 0-60 and low 14's quarter.

Dailey Driver = 2001 Pontiac Montana or 1987 F250

My 350 HO is faster than both (at least on paper).

Not sure yet. My daily is a 2006 Jetta GLI. Very fast. Can't even tell when you're cruising at 120 with a lot more to go. Cops can though. I'm hoping to get about 400 HP from my bird when it's done. Maybe it will be faster, but probably not even close to the ride and handling of the VW.

"faster" as in off the line or top speed?..
not sure in either case..havent had either over 120....so to answer the question , so far they are even

The old driver (94 Eldorado ), I had at 130 last year, the new driver , (2000 Volvo C70, low press turbo), not over 120 yet, the bird , been at 120 a few times...

Kind of a trick question for me. Right NOW, my Mazda 3, 2.6 daily driver is quicker. Once the bird is flying again, no question it will be MUCH faster.

Here's a good one; My Birds are faster than my daily driver but my plow truck is faster than all of them! Sounds like it's one of those 'you are a redneck if' jokes.

1/4 mile or top speed?
My old 68FB went 130-140 mph a couple times, but only mid 12's in the 1/4.
68 i have now probly wont go that high(never tried, and wont), but ran 11.79 @ 113 mph 2yrs ago.
Hope'n for alittle better this year.

Growing up in the Chicago burbs, off the line/stoplight is my definition. Those nights in the late 60s, stoplight to stoplight was what it was all about.

No doubt about it, the 'Bird wins hands down. Quicker, faster and more nimble.

Daily driver is a ’03 GP with the base 6cyl, but it runs so it’s faster then my F/B.

(However, if it counts, my GTO is faster then the GP)

The bird feels better. It's louder. But due to that darn 2.78:1 pegleg, I really don't know.


Both of the newer cars have 240 hp (net) and have lower gearing. All three weigh just about 3600 lbs.

'99 Towncar: never had above 110 mph
'68 firebird 'vert: 130 this Saturday,then I chickened out. There was still plenty left. YOWWY!!!( Glad I got that out of my system)

Well My daily driver at home is a '05 VW Toureg V8 which moves. Ive taken it to about a buck 25 (125 MPH). I wish i could say my firebird is quicker but ive only driven her with a broken windsheild and litterally no Floor. I was able to flinstone my way if i broke down.
I hope one day the bird will overtake the daily driver. I can only hope after the money im poorin into her.

Sad to say, but right now my daily driver is faster.
It's a 99 Explorer 4L with from what I've been told 210hp. My 67 ohc bird just hasn't got any get up and go yet.

Al, if she is pretty then you don't need to worry about the get-up-and-go factor. Just drive that pretty bird around and enjoy all the looks and gazes you will most certainly get.

If you go too fast you won't notice all those envious people lusting for your car.

My bird is my daily driver.
I'm working on making her as peppy as she ought to be. OHC

the bird is up on stands but I was gonna put the wheels back on it to push it out of the driveway for some pictures; I bet I could push it about 5 mph. Hmmmmm, Civic still wins...

My semi daily driver is my OHC 'bird. Its meaner brother is quicker and faster. But my BWM R1100RSl and KLR 650 has’em beat.

Dailey driver faster then your FB...shame on you guys...the shame...oh the shame...

Isn’t it fun even with a base 'bird, to know you have almost double the HP as those stock ricers.

Our daily driver is our Firebird and the Bird is definitely faster than our other cars. Our other cars are a 1990 Honda Civic with a 1.5 engine and a 1986 K-10 4 wheel drive with a 4.3 V6. They are absolutely no competition unless you want to go hill climbing with the truck or compare gas mileage with the Honda. That they win hands down.