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Buy a cheap used pair of slicks for it, but to get the most from them he's gonna have to dump it pretty high, and your axles will be on borrowed time then.

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This little car would blow away 383 and 340 cars. It would take a good running 440 to beat it.
I'm getting drag radials. It will run well into the 13's with drag radials. Then I'm going to turn up the boost and shoot for the 12's. That is as far as I will take it with the stock motor.
I ran a new Camaro ZL 1 yesterday. He didn't beat me by much. A little traction and I most likely would have beat him. He was running drag radials and the tires were more than double the width of the tires on the GLHS.

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Traction is part of the package. Sorry, but especially on the street, a rear-drive car is gonna have an advantage over a FWD almost every time due to the traction issue. To say it would smoke 383 & 340 cars??? Well, you just dont have the facts to back that up. When my Satellite had the orig. 150k mile 2-bbl 383 with the basic stuff (mild hyd. cam; intake; carb; headers), it ran 13.80's. 383 Road Runners & 340 Darts are pretty much shoe-in's for a 13 second time slip. No offense, but your sons car is a full half second off that pace. The clocks don't lie, and right now its a mid 14 second car. Lack of traction isn't something specific to your car, and it isn't because you're making so much HP it cant hook up. It's the nature of FWD cars. I don't mean to flame, but I just really don't like the "It would beat this car IF" stuff.... The guy in the other lane probably has an IF too.

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This little car would blow away 383 and 340 cars. It would take a good running 440 to beat it.
I'm getting drag radials. It will run well into the 13's with drag radials. Then I'm going to turn up the boost and shoot for the 12's. That is as far as I will take it with the stock motor.
I ran a new Camaro ZL 1 yesterday. He didn't beat me by much. A little traction and I most likely would have beat him. He was running drag radials and the tires were more than double the width of the tires on the GLHS.

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Traction is part of the package. Sorry, but especially on the street, a rear-drive car is gonna have an advantage over a FWD almost every time due to the traction issue. To say it would smoke 383 & 340 cars??? Well, you just dont have the facts to back that up. When my Satellite had the orig. 150k mile 2-bbl 383 with the basic stuff (mild hyd. cam; intake; carb; headers), it ran 13.80's. 383 Road Runners & 340 Darts are pretty much shoe-in's for a 13 second time slip. No offense, but your sons car is a full half second off that pace. The clocks don't lie, and right now its a mid 14 second car. Lack of traction isn't something specific to your car, and it isn't because you're making so much HP it cant hook up. It's the nature of FWD cars. I don't mean to flame, but I just really don't like the "It would beat this car IF" stuff.... The guy in the other lane probably has an IF too.

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This little car would blow away 383 and 340 cars. It would take a good running 440 to beat it.
I'm getting drag radials. It will run well into the 13's with drag radials. Then I'm going to turn up the boost and shoot for the 12's. That is as far as I will take it with the stock motor.
I ran a new Camaro ZL 1 yesterday. He didn't beat me by much. A little traction and I most likely would have beat him. He was running drag radials and the tires were more than double the width of the tires on the GLHS.

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Traction is part of the package. Sorry, but especially on the street, a rear-drive car is gonna have an advantage over a FWD almost every time due to the traction issue. To say it would smoke 383 & 340 cars??? Well, you just dont have the facts to back that up. When my Satellite had the orig. 150k mile 2-bbl 383 with the basic stuff (mild hyd. cam; intake; carb; headers), it ran 13.80's. 383 Road Runners & 340 Darts are pretty much shoe-in's for a 13 second time slip. No offense, but your sons car is a full half second off that pace. The clocks don't lie, and right now its a mid 14 second car. Lack of traction isn't something specific to your car, and it isn't because you're making so much HP it cant hook up. It's the nature of FWD cars. I don't mean to flame, but I just really don't like the "It would beat this car IF" stuff.... The guy in the other lane probably has an IF too.

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Buy a cheap used pair of slicks for it, but to get the most from them he's gonna have to dump it pretty high, and your axles will be on borrowed time then.

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Does it still have the 525 trans in it? Does it have the girdle and other parts? I'd be more worried about it than the axles.

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What those sticky tires are going to do is put that car on a trailer for the ride home. That trans is the weakest link but not the only one. Good luck in your quest but be prepared.

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What those sticky tires are going to do is put that car on a trailer for the ride home. That trans is the weakest link but not the only one. Good luck in your quest but be prepared.

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The facts are that very few 383's and 340 cars were capable of running in the 13's from the factory. I know the 340 Duster with a 4 spd and 3.91 rear was suppose to just touch the 13's because it was advertised as part of the RTS. But in reality most 340 Dusters would not run sub 14's from the factory.
Here are some times I found on a website from magazine tests.


1968 Plymouth Barracuda 340-S (CL)

340ci/275hp, 3spd auto, 3.23, 0-60 - 7.0, 1/4 mile - 14.97 @ 95.4mph

1968 Plymouth Barracuda 340-S (MT)

340ci/275hp, 4spd, 3.23, 0-60 - 8.1, 1/4 mile - 15.2 @ 92mph

1968 Plymouth Road Runner (MT)

383ci/335hp, 4spd, 3.23, 0-60 - 6.8, 1/4 mile - 15.0 @ 93mph

1968 Plymouth Road Runner (HR)

383ci/335hp, 4spd, 3.55, 0-60 - 6.2, 1/4 mile - 14.74 @ 98mph

1968 Plymouht Road Runner (CD)

426ci/425hp, 3spd auto, 3.55, 0-60 - n/a, 1/4 mile - 13.54 @ 105.10mph

It looks like my statement was correct. The little turbo car would eat most stock 383 and 340 cars.
The 383 was the most disappointing motor in Chryslers high performance line up. I have driven some healthy 340's over the years but the 383 required some work to become a respectable performer. I think the cam was what held it back.
Contrary to many statements from Chrysler guys I know. There is a night and day difference between the 383 and 440 in stock form.
I've seen impressive running 383's but they were not stock.
My Cuda 440 with a mild hyd cam intake carb and headers ran low 12's

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Love the GLHS, but if you start making the some minor mods to the cars on the list above the are running right with the miror modded GLHS. I do agree 101 mph is impressive from a small turbo banger.

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"It looks like my statement was correct. The little turbo car would eat most stock 383 and 340 cars."

You might want to Re-Read your own statement, which was:
"This little car would blow away 383 and 340 cars. It would take a good running 440 to beat it."

You never said anything about bone stock.... Listen, we're all rooting for you to go as fast as that little mopar can, but when you start calling out 383 & 440 cars from behind the wheel of a mid 14 second 4-cyl, expect some takers....

I meant stock. I wasn't calling anyone out. I was just making a statement. Are you coming to the Mega Mopar Show? Maybe we can line up a grudge race.

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"It looks like my statement was correct. The little turbo car would eat most stock 383 and 340 cars."

You might want to Re-Read your own statement, which was:
"This little car would blow away 383 and 340 cars. It would take a good running 440 to beat it."

You never said anything about bone stock.... Listen, we're all rooting for you to go as fast as that little mopar can, but when you start calling out 383 & 440 cars from behind the wheel of a mid 14 second 4-cyl, expect some takers....

I meant stock. I wasn't calling anyone out. I was just making a statement. Are you coming to the Mega Mopar Show? Maybe we can line up a grudge race.

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Most guys that I know that ran a 340 changed the valve
springs as soon as they got the car.. that was the
weak point on them... with just springs you werent
touching a 340... most 440s couldnt either

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Back in the day it was pretty well known that the magazine test cars were wringers. Warmed over.
I seen a many of 383 car back in the day that couldn't break into the 14's. That is just the way things were.
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I meant stock. I wasn't calling anyone out. I was just making a statement. Are you coming to the Mega Mopar Show? Maybe we can line up a grudge race.

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I think this conversation has just about run its course. But I'll say again, that I think your sons turbo-4 obviously runs real well, and I root for you to hit your goal of getting it into the 13's. However, I also think you're underestimating what a good running 383 could do. Any half-way competent owner could have a 383 'Runner knocking on the 13 second door with a couple of small tricks. I also think that 340 A-body's were every big block guys worst nightmare and have run across PLENTY that were faster than mid-14's in stock or nearly stock trim. I'm not trying to demean your sons car, I'm merely standing up for the 60's cars.

Thanks for the invite to Mega Mopar, though. I genuinely wish I could be there, but I live in the NW and don't get to see any of these great events. Tell you what; I'll offer you a little incentive to get your goal accomplished. I'll encourage you the entire summer to do whatever you can to that stout little 4-banger. Post up your best Time-Slip with video of the car running that time to back it up, and I'll reply with a similar post up of one of my timeslips. We could call it a cross-country grudge match (??).


PS: The Satellite now runs a fairly stout 451; so you may need to wield your biggest hammer in getting the turbo car ready.