Question: 1. Has the performance deteriorated from 4-5 years ago, or does it > seem sluggish compared to more modern vehicles? The 350 could be > hopped-up quite nicely, but “out-of-the-box”, didn’t always live up to > it’s “Rocket” name (W-31s excepted). Your average, modern 4 cyl. > Accord/Camry/Altima will hand a stock 350 Cutlass its head in a > stoplight war.

Answer: That depends a LOT on the year of said Cutlass. A ‘77 Cutlass is one thing, strangled as it is by primitive first-generation emission controls, but no Alticcordry 4-flusher could touch a healthy ‘71 Cutlass unless it was a race to the bottom of a cliff. And then the best it could do would be a tie :-)
Otherwise, I agree with your advice. Not to be difficult, but I base this statement on a Motor Trend Road test from November of 1971 –
1972 Cutlass Supreme 2Dr 350 4BBL (180 HP)
0-60 —> 11.3 Seconds
1/4 —> 18.4 Seconds @ 77.8 MPH
The vast majority of modern family cars – Japanese, American – whatever – can best this
Jim
P.S. The 1972 Charger with a 400 2BBL ran a 17.6/76 1/4 and 11.5 0-60

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