Entry/Update Date: Jan 15, 2012
Model: Satellite
Year: 1972
Weight: Wet w/driver and fuel 3500#
Application: Race
Engine Package briefly: 400
Estimate HP: maybe 300
Trans: 727 auto
Speed: dunno
Gears: RE Ratio: 3:55
RE Type: Sure Grip
Front Tire Size Brand Model: 28x8, recap race tires
Front Rim width: 15x8 wagon wheels
Rear tire Size Brand Model: 28x8, recap race tires
Rear Rim Width : 15x8 wagon wheels
Aftermarket Front End brand: nope, it was stock
Coil Rate: 1" torsion bars, 175#
Front Shocks: Monroe gas
Front Sway bar Dia: 1"
Rear Leaf Suspension Model Rate: OEM 120#
Shocks: Monroe gas
Rear Sway bar Dia: na
Front Brakes: disc
Rotor Dia Width: 11.75
Caliper-Pistons: OEM
Cooling Ducts: yes
Rear Brakes : OEM
Drum Size Dia Width: 11x3
Rotor Dia: Rotor width : Caliper- Pistons : Parking Brake: Dual Circuit Dia MC: stock
Chassis: OEM
Subframe Connectors: Yes, 3x3 custom
Torque Boxes: no
Roll bar, Roll Cage: bolt in four post cage
Aftermarket stiffeners: Comments: Discovered tall sprindles were faster.
1. Best above improvement: gas shocks. Monroe just released these and compared to the old oil shocks, they were great!
2. Least effective above improvement Needed more roll resistance.
3. Next improvement Didn't get to tinker much after this year because of changes in my personal life. Parted the car out at season's end
4. Above car handles IMO on a 1-10 ( 10 best Z06, 1 yugo): I'd go 7 on this one.
This is a different car than the previous one. Built a year later, I started to get into the meat of the subject and started experimenting with different parts. Ran much faster, handled much better, and actually began to win races. However, after the local track closed, I sold off the good parts, scraped the rest, and quit racing for a few years. When I returned to an oval in the early 90s, I defected to GM and Ford products because mopar prices were stupid high for a car that was going to get shredded on a regular basis. However, that gave me some insight to pro/cons of the moapr set up vs the popular GM and Ford set ups seen around today.
Picture taken in front of the local dragstrip tower which adjoined the oval track.