Lets see your Low Budget ..... Bracket / Drag Cars...
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02/07/14 03:50 PM
02/07/14 03:50 PM
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Posts: 336 Creston, Iowa
340man4ever
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Interested in seeing pics.....buildups.....specs....performance of the low budget bracket / and or drag cars on Moparts! Thanks in advance! Lets see em
Last edited by 340man4ever; 02/07/14 03:57 PM.
Curator at Adams County Speed Shop
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Re: Lets see your Low Budget ..... Bracket / Drag Cars...
[Re: 340man4ever]
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02/07/14 05:57 PM
02/07/14 05:57 PM
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Posts: 1,301 Tucson AZ,
MadMopars
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FWIW, here's the combo in my GTX.
1973 "440" Standard Bore/Standard Stroke 9:1 Compression 906 Heads (Template Porting) 296/557 MP Purple Cam M1 intake W/750 Silver Claw 3500 Stall JW Converter Manual Valve Body 8 3/4 rear with 4.56 Gears 3750 Pounds Race weight
12.32 @ 108.5 in Tucson (So Far...)
Nothing fancy...
Last edited by MadMopars; 02/07/14 06:06 PM.
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Re: Lets see your Low Budget ..... Bracket / Drag Cars...
[Re: sixpackgut]
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02/07/14 06:19 PM
02/07/14 06:19 PM
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Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md
Mr.Yuck
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define low budget? Only expensive thing was the 6-pack.
ya, I could pick up 70 Chargers all day long for $500
Well true that part wasn't as cheap as some, but those 67-69 barracudas aren't $500 anymore either.
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Re: Lets see your Low Budget ..... Bracket / Drag Cars...
[Re: 340man4ever]
#1575495
02/07/14 06:55 PM
02/07/14 06:55 PM
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Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 883 Affton MO
qwkmopardan
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Affton MO
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About 6K in the engine, 418 c.i., 360 block, 4.100 crank, 4.03 bore, production heads-nicely ported, STX-22 Racer Brown flat tappet cam, victor 340 intake. $900 C&S carb, $1700 in 727 trans w/ tranz-act brake and dynamic converter. In 1990 I paid $3500 for running high 11sec. matching #340 Demon, which I raced for a couple years until a piston and rod exited the block at the finish line. I did spend about 2K switching from leaf springs to ladder bars and Koni coil over shocks, $4500 for an alterKtion front suspension and another $500 updating the roll bar to a full cage. Car has had several motors over the years from a $700 318 that ran 11.70s, a couple .04 over stock crank 360s, that one went 10.35, and the other 10.25. Every motor that has been in the car has won way more $$$ than I had in it and I sold the 318 for almost triple what I had in it, and the other 2 360s I still own, One needs a sleeve as it cracked a cyl just under the deck and the other one broke a crank, has been repaired with a new stock stroke 4340 scat crank, which will be in the car for the start of the 2014 season. Best ET has been 9.68 at 136mph. with the engine in the car now, [418 c.i.], has over 1800 passes, and has won as much as 10K in one day and probably close to 100K total including two wheelie contests. A low budget car that has given me a very good return on investment, not to mention the fun it has been along the way.
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Re: Lets see your Low Budget ..... Bracket / Drag Cars...
[Re: 340man4ever]
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02/07/14 07:01 PM
02/07/14 07:01 PM
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Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
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I built the whole thing myself so for what it is it was pretty budget... full moly chassis, small block N/A that runs 8.90s in the 1/4... so for that I'd say its a real budget build for what I have into it... cant say that if you add in my time... but this is the stuff I enjoy doing
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Re: Lets see your Low Budget ..... Bracket / Drag Cars...
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#1575497
02/07/14 07:15 PM
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340man4ever
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Great examples guys! Keep em coming
Curator at Adams County Speed Shop
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Re: Lets see your Low Budget ..... Bracket / Drag Cars...
[Re: 340man4ever]
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02/07/14 07:19 PM
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Posts: 4,632 Motor City
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All garage built. So far way less into it than it looks although now I am on to the expensive part.... The drivetrain is next.
1963 Belvedere 440 Max Wedge Tribute 1970 Charger R/T S.E. 440 Six Pack 1970 Challenger R/T, 528 Hemi 1970 Charger 500 S.E. 440 4 BBL 1970 Plymouth Road Runner 383 1974 Chrysler New Yorker 440 1996 2500 RAM 488 V-10 4X4 2004 3500 Dually Cummins 4x4 2012 Challenger R/T Classic.
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Re: Lets see your Low Budget ..... Bracket / Drag Cars...
[Re: dvw]
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02/07/14 08:09 PM
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Posts: 3,638 Oakland, MI
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With a lot of help and used parts this one came in less than 15K. Doug
If I wasn't there watching the build all along, I would call you a liar... but it's unbelievably true.
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Re: Lets see your Low Budget ..... Bracket / Drag Cars...
[Re: dizuster]
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02/07/14 08:16 PM
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Posts: 3,638 Oakland, MI
dizuster
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Mine is getting more and more out of control (expensive) as I keep leaning on it.
But I traded my labor on 3 transmission rebuilds for the whole car. Core motor was free out of a county truck. Traded an old 300,000 mile beater truck I had for the machine work and port job.
$1000 into the trans converter (built myself) Traded a trans rebuild to Mr. P and some cash for the roll bar/turbo fab work. $1000 in parts on the motor $3000 in turbo parts. The rest is just junk I stole out of DVW's attic (including the used 3.23 gear, and borrowed posi).
I re did the seats, put carpet in it, new wheels/tires, fuel system etc... I probably could have done it even cheaper if I had left it a little more ratty, but that wasn't what I wanted.
I had ~$8k in it when it ran at the track on the first day. Went 10.99. Later went all the way to 10.08 with more boost, but hurt some parts along the way, so you have to count them in the expense. Probably would go mid/high 10's all day without breaking parts as first built though.
Not $5k, but in the 10's for $8k isn't bad. It would be in the 9's if it were a lighter A-body for the same cost.
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