Great news Bob. Now ya have a nice "baseline" to work off.The car looks and sounds sweet. I'm sure the brand "x" guys were envious..How is that track? Would you be going faster/quicker on a diferent track in comparison??

good to see you got the car out after all the issues youve had bob.

What is the combination you have in the car now? BTW, the car looked and sounded fine to me on all of the runs Do you know how much RPM drop you have on each gear change and what the converter flashes to? Ain't racing sweet

Glad to hear you got it out there and had a good time. That is what it is all about after all, having fun.

Looks good. I've always had a soft spot for Darts. Had a couple of 69's in the past( a GT and 340 swinger). Thanks for the videos.

What're ya doin on the 12th?? Hopin' to be at Thompson with the Dak again..

Looks like the 500" monster is working well, no need for those 318 decals after all.

Congrats on getting the car out.Real sharp Dart.What rear suspension do you have and 9 runs is great. Cool track.

Bob, I dynoed my 512 motor before putting it in the car, it made peak power at 5600 RPMs and peak torque at 4500 RPMs. I had Contintental Converters make me a street/strip(10 inch) that flashes 4200 RPM, foot stalls less than 2300 rpm before it pushes the little front tires thru the beams My messgae is that I tried shifting it at or close to 5600 rpm (4;10 gears, 315x60x15 MT ET Street Radials) and it spent a lot of time in high gear. Looking at the playback tach after several runs I realiized that the motor was not slowing down at or before the shift RPMs. I moved the shifts points up tp 6000 RPM and then 6500 RPM and finally 7300 RPM, each time I raised the shift RPM the car went faster and quicker It still has me thinking about theory and actaul results The time slips don't lie Maybe your combination, cam, heads and intake,exhaust sytem will like a higher shift point also BTW, I'm thinking of replacing the Eddy CNC RPM heads and six pak intake and carbs on my 518 low deck pump gas motor with a set of 440-1 heads and a single Dominator intake and carb. I probally shouldn't mess with a good combination but how else do we learn I hope it works better

glad to see ya made it to the track

would be nice if you could come to Norwalk on friday T&T to play with it.

car sounds good and looks BAD AZZ !

Bondo

Kev, shoot me a PM close to the 12th to see what I have going on. I'd love to help you tune, just gotta see how my boy's baseball tornaments are gonna pan out.

Mopars rule, thank goodness, I really didn't want to have to buy new decals.

Cudabunch, It's a ladder bar car with old coilovers that are rebuilt but need replaced with new ones, they just don't seem to have any adjustment. The M/T 10.5's are shot too, need replaced soon.

Cab, I tried shifting at 6200, 6400, 6600 and 6800, it liked 6400 best. I was really surprised as these ported 440-1 heads should like more RPM I would think.

Thanks Bondo, I still need to seal off my hood scoop somehow and I think I really need to get this converter tightened before Norwalk, my bad elbow may prevent that from happening, along with my bad wallet. I may have to have you scale this thing someday but I also need new slicks.

Glad you are out to the track with it Bob. Car looks killer, and definetly one of my favorites on Moparts.

Bob, congrats.. Looks like it was shot out of a cannon !! I see a 10.0 in your future !! Trophy that is !! Looks great !

Thanks guys, the compliments make all the blood sweat and tears worth it!

And special thanks to my wife for the awesome videography and to Butch for loaning the awesome trailer!