Well I didn't bring this thread back up to create a pissing match or to complain. Just to let people know what the current wait time is. For me it's no big deal. I moved last year and knew I'd be down for two years because of it so I started ordering parts so I was ready to go when the time came. I've been a Mopar guy forever and I've never built a hemi so my reward to myself for all the work involved in moving my family to a better place was a Hemi waiting for me at the end.
Mopars are interesting right now. On one hand it's a heck of a lot easier and cheaper to make power right now than it was 20 years ago. I'm talking about 9-10 second cars. I put a set of performers on a worn out 440 short block with a mechanical cam and went 10's first time out. No more screwing with crack prone 906's. On the other hand to go really fast Mopar has been left behind.
For me it's harder to keep racing all mopar because the bodies have gotten so expensive. Everyone want a small fortune for a pile of rust Dart or Coronet. It's forced me to use a Buick body with a Mopar engine because I can buy a 68-72 Skylark/GS for 1/4 of the cost of a Mopar body and all the suspension parts are day away at Summit since it's the same chassis as a Chevelle.
Shouldn't be a pissing match. But FACTS are FACTS. And your FACTS are you are running a Chrysler in a Buick? Dayum dude, the Buick purist will burn you at the stake for that. But your body problem isn't much different from the block/hard parts issue. Except they will never fully reproduce complete cars like I like again.
FWIW I did a 383 (chevy) for a guy with a Dart. I begged him not to put 383 ANYWHERE on the car. I also told him it was probably not the best idea to go to a MoPar only drag race. He thought I was nuts. After a couple of nights at the track, he took the "383" off the side and scoop of the car. He nearly had fist fights with the Vhrysler guys becuase they wanted to see a 383 Chrysler in there.
I don't think he ever went to a MoPar drags with it. The infantile MoPar fanboys pretty much broke him of that.
It's sad really.
Just because you think it won't make it true. Horsepower is KING. To dispute this is stupid. C. Alston
