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Re: Street/Strip Car Street Usage
[Re: 67Satty]
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10/27/11 09:27 PM
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Obviously what everyone sees as a "real" or "true" street car can vary greatly and is a personal preference.
Pump gas
3.23 gear with Trutrac LS
1800 stall (stock converter)
Full interior
235/70/14, 255/60/15
No headers – full exhaust
3rd gear by 18 mph
Will drive very nicely at 1000 to 1100 rpm in third gear at 20 mph
No part throttle kick down
Fairly smooth shifting fully auto tranny
Manual steering
Drive to the track 65 miles one way without a tool, get directly in the staging lane without opening the hood or trunk, and run 11.70s at 118+ mph. Personally I prefer a better power to weight ratio (more mph) than a 60 ft. On the street, from anything other than a dead stop, the higher power to weight car is faster.
I think I drive it a lot (when it is running), but it actually comes out to about 2000 mile per year. It actually sits a lot in June, July and August between being too busy, or too hot.
I really would not change anything. The only thing that I’m wishing were different: the electric fuel pump (you can hear it at an idle) and the car drones a bit under load in the 1800 to 2100 rpm range.
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Re: Street/Strip Car Street Usage
[Re: 67Satty]
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10/27/11 10:03 PM
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Toronto
mshred
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I drove my car every single day if it was nice...Also got into it many times during pouring rain to drive it because it was my only method of transportation...drove it to the track the 2 hours there each way pegging 3k the whole way...made about 45 track passes, another 50 street passes, lots more burnouts, and just screwing around on the street all the time...temp never gets past 190 even in super nasty heat What's your combo in terms of motor, heads, cam, exhuast, stall speed, gears? Motor is a junkyard 91 360LA bottom end, IMM prepped RHS heads with IMM custom hydraulic roller cam, air gap intake, 750HP carb, 1-5/8 headers, 3" x pipe exhaust dumped with borla xr-1 race muffs...rear end is a 4.10 dana with 35 spline guts, narrowed, with a powerlock...caltracs with 6 cyl springs and ranchos, calvery 90/10's up front with RMS adjustable UCA's and /6 t bars I run 28x12.5 et streets (bias ply) everywhere, even in the rain...fronts are 15x4 centerlines on 165 radials...car sees tons of crappy roads here in Toronto and no issues, just gotta watch for the tar lines sometimes lol full interior, heating system, and wiper motor, manual steering, full sound system with subwoofer and speakers, all steel...car weighs about 3400lbs with me in it Only issue I have is that I spun a bearing, but thats just an excuse to build another motor and go faster....I couldnt have been happier with my combo...best times are in my sig, and it ran on 87 pump puke all summer long which really helped my wallet considering the ridiculous gas prices and how much i drive this thing   
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Re: Street/Strip Car Street Usage
[Re: mshred]
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10/27/11 10:27 PM
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A collage of whims
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Some nice cars in this thread! I like Ron's '63 a ton, and Codfish's Dart manages the stealth look really well, with a lot more menace just visible at a 2nd glance. That stock-looking Charger is a hoot as well.
For my '64 wagon, if I had the bucks I'd be thinking turbo'd Poly 318, but the heads just don't flow. The other wish-list motor was 500" of low-deck that would look for all the world like a '64 383. In the end I'm using the usual RB deal with Stealth heads, and keeping the gear & converter street-friendly. If it runs low-12s @ our usual 3800-ft DA, I'll be happy with it. When I want to work harder than that, the low-10s-nonstreetable-car is waiting in my shop. I haven't had a street/strip car in a long time (except the Hemi 4-speed RR which is a bit precious to pound on repeatedly), but I'm looking forward to it.
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Re: Street/Strip Car Street Usage
[Re: mshred]
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10/27/11 11:27 PM
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Balt. Md
383man
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That is one awesome pic of your fine car.  What a beauty !
Thank you for the kind words Topside. But everyone of these awesome Mopar street/strip machines are fine automoblies. Ron
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Re: Street/Strip Car Street Usage
[Re: 383man]
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10/27/11 11:40 PM
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Balt. Md
383man
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Codfish your Dart weighs 3800 lbs with you in it !!  Wow thats B-body weight. I know my sons 72 Dart goes about 3550 with his 180 in the car. I wonder why your Dart weighs so much as I figured an all stock Dart A-body with a bigblock would weigh around 3350 to 3450 with out any weight taken out and no driver but yours is even heavier.  It runs very good for 3800 lbs. Ron
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Re: Street/Strip Car Street Usage
[Re: 383man]
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10/27/11 11:59 PM
10/27/11 11:59 PM
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Newfoundland
codfish
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Ya Ron it's a pig lol. Like mentioned before nothing has been removed except the vinyl top. Things added are homemade subframe connectors, which are probably 30 lbs+/-, 1/4" thick driveshaft loop, the 3" exhaust, the steel wheels, Caltrac setup, and my 230 lb girly figure. And that weight was with a full tank of gas too.(the car, not me ). Dana adds a bit too I'm sure. codfish
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Re: Street/Strip Car Street Usage
[Re: 383man]
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10/28/11 12:27 AM
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Toronto
mshred
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That is one awesome pic of your fine car. What a beauty !
Thank you for the kind words Topside. But everyone of these awesome Mopar street/strip machines are fine automoblies. Ron
thanks Ron! Your 63 is one of my favorite B's on here! I was going to buy an early B before my a-body, always loved them! and I love the fact that you drive yours everywhere, including the track
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Re: Street/Strip Car Street Usage
[Re: codfish]
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10/28/11 12:28 AM
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Puyallup, WA
StealthWedge67
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Lotsa fast street cars on this board!
Mine's a full street car, with everything that came on it from the showroom in '67, it weighs about 3775 with me in it. Drive it all over, although not as much as I wish. Race it 4 or 5 times a year (again, not as much as I wish) This year it ran a best of 12.06 @ 113, then broke the 8-3/4"; Just recently got it back together. I'm dead positive the car has consistant 11's in it, I just have to get to a few TnT nights.
Combo:
1967 Plymouth Satellite.
452" B Wedge; factory forged RB crank, H-beam rods, Iconn forged pistons, 10.25:1, Studded mains & MP windage tray w/ deep pan & HV pump.
O.T.B. Stealth heads with Engle double springs & Comp locks & retainers
Engle solid Flat tappet cam: 252* @ .050 & .573 lift, square.
Eddy RPM manifold & 830 DP
Hooker 1-7/8" headers to 3" cutouts, then stepped to 2-1/2 out the back.
Digital 6+ ign. with a Mallory Mag distributor
10" 3500 converter & TransGo stage 2 VB. w/ 3.91's out back
Calvert split mono's & Cal-Trac bars, with 255-60 ET Street Radials (@ the track - It normally has Dunlop street radials on it - 215/65's up front & 245/60s out back on 15x7 steel rims).
It's had Steelies and doggie caps on it for a number of years now, But I'm getting a little restless and I think I'm gonna buy a set of wheels for myself for christmas this year. My favorite thing about this car is that it was a 100% stock 383 car when I bought it I, and I've done every single modification and rebuild to it in my garage by myself (except for the machine work on the motor).
Wish I had more pictures of it.
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LemonWedge - Street heavy / Strip ready - 11.07 @ 120
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Re: Street/Strip Car Street Usage
[Re: StealthWedge67]
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10/28/11 12:51 AM
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Puyallup, WA
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Here's a crappy picture from Bremerton a few months ago. I broke the rear end on the way home this day. Note to self...... Take more pictures of the car 
LemonWedge - Street heavy / Strip ready - 11.07 @ 120
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Re: Street/Strip Car Street Usage
[Re: Kam*Kuda]
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10/28/11 01:22 AM
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Alberta Canada
StrokerAspen
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Great combo. Nice Ride
Thanks! I am a pump gas guy too, unfortunelty, as it sits now, I had to put a combo together with the parts I had. Soon it will be back on pump gas and I will put more miles on it. 
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Re: Street/Strip Car Street Usage
[Re: 6bblFLASH]
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10/28/11 08:35 AM
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N.E. Ohio
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Heres my street ride so far. 68` Satelitte,68`440 stock, 8.69cr.home ported heads,488 hyd.cam 850Proform/Holley,1-7/8ths headers/2-1/2 exh. Stock 10.4-conv./3.55 rear.MT-radials 295/55`s. Oh yeah and a Dick Landy 174 Supercharger.  Only made a couple runs and ran a 12.22@111mph at the Mopar Nationals shifting at 5,000. Drives and idles like a stock vehicle. I want 11`s tho so I need to keep tuning.
70` Cuda`,440 6BBL Jerico,Dana 4.56 Still on 93 Pump Gas
9.87 @ 136/1.31-60ft.`09 Mopar Nationals PASSON PERFORMANCE "Stick-Shift" Champ!
2013 StickShift Challenge Winner@ Mopar Nationals!
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Re: Street/Strip Car Street Usage
[Re: 67Satty]
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10/28/11 09:49 AM
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Indiana
W5Duster436
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I haven't had a chance to get mine to the track yet but have logged about 700 street miles this year. It should run high 9's
ShadyDell 436ci W5 - 700hp and 4spd
Original full interior plus cage
Billet Specialty Streetlites 15x10's rear w/MT 275/60/15's and front runners on 3.5 rims
8 3/4 w/4.30's
'70 Duster - SDSS 436 W5 4spd (Gone)
'71 Dodge D100
'70 Dodge W100
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Re: Street/Strip Car Street Usage
[Re: W5Duster436]
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10/28/11 09:59 AM
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Brookeville, Md
Mr.Yuck
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I haven't had a chance to get mine to the track yet but have logged about 700 street miles this year. It should run high 9's
ShadyDell 436ci W5 - 700hp and 4spd
Original full interior plus cage
Billet Specialty Streetlites 15x10's rear w/MT 275/60/15's and front runners on 3.5 rims
8 3/4 w/4.30's
very cool car, love the color. Glad you didn't change it. What suspension? It will be hard to run 9's on 275's, leaf springs and cal-trac's.
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Re: Street/Strip Car Street Usage
[Re: 6bblFLASH]
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10/28/11 10:39 AM
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S.E. Michigan
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That is freaking AWSOME!!!! 
How the H--L did you get such outstanding power at such a low RPM??? 
Please share 
Oh hell yeah 
It's 500ci with E heads according to the signature, but more info on the combo would sure be appreciated
I'd like something like that in a C body 
I don't have a trailer yet (someday) so my GTX gets driven wherever it goes. Have not driven it much at all this year, too busy finishing the shop (almost done now).
I've owned the car for alot of years, and I even drove it every day (including winter) in the late '80s when it was my only transportation. My first pass at the track with it was 13 flat at like 106. It saw 12.90s that same season, and basically I picked up about a tenth and a half per year until I got to 12.53 @ 106 or so. That was all with a stock piston, reringed 440 with a 484 purple shaft and milled stock heads for a whopping 8.8:1 compression...4500 stall, 3.91 gear, 29" Hoosier qtp.
I put tons of miles on it in that configuration.
Got the urge to go quicker and felt the 440 was getting tired, built a 451 low deck with 10.75:1, e heads, solid roller from Porter Racing heads, and so on. Have tried a couple different intakes, carbs and headers on it. Upgraded to a 4.10 Dana also. First pass with the new motor was like 11.60s or something like that but wasn't a full pass (had some issues), next season after the issues were fixed it was 11.24 @ 119.3. Now it's 11.02 @ 123. Should be in the 10.80s or 90s when I get a few more things sorted out, but my ego doesn't require I get there immediately and I got too many irons in the fire anyway.
For years I tried not to comprimise street handling, so the car has always had big .920 torsion bars, the sway bar in place, 70 series radials in the front and stock replacement shocks up until lately.
I put front runners, .840 bars and adjustable shocks on and I don't think I am going to like driving it 'normally' that way....however, I feel I've reached the point where the traction issues are ridiculous and needed to be fixed.
So we'll see what that does, and if I can't live with it in normal driving I'll just change it back or find a happy medium if possible. All that stuff is easy to change.
I usually use drag radials/70 series radials on the street, for longer drives. I don't drive the wrinkelwall tires on the street any more than I can help it.
The main issue I have with driving it really often, nowadays? I hate sitting there idling for long periods of time, and I hate the price of gas. Other than that, no problem, cooling is fine and all...I just feel like it's a waste of time, the motor, money, and fuel.....but sometimes, I just have to do it anyway.
Rich H.
Esse Quam Videri
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