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Really streetable.real budget..3760 lbs.9;1 comp,stock 906 iron heads,RPM Eddy intake w/750 Holly,Bullit hyd roller cam,530 in & 530 ex lift.standard bore 440,stock crank..12.5 @107 mph..with that motor.



I LOVE these kind of builds! A chips-down kid who used to help me at my shop bought a '67 Coronet, we put a 3.91 SureGrip in it, and clamped the leaf springs in the front and un-clamped the back with a MP snubber. I built a manual VB (TF3 kit) 727 with a rigid int. band and a 318 hi-stall factory converter from a D250.

Motor was a '71 Imperial 440 with 100K+ miles, we cleaned everything and put cam bearings in ourselves, flipped the pistons bank-to-bank, polished the steel crank and stuck new std bearings and rings in. Used a stock set of 906 heads with good guides and stock valves with Crane's single valvespring/retainer kit and MP seals. Used a WELL used original MP "HEMI" grind 284-471/474" cam from the early '80s with the same matched lifters (been in 3-4 motors!). The only new piece of any real expense was a Performer RPM intake and a used 750 Eddy carb. We blocked the intake heat off and used some antique Hedman 1 3/4" headers and some used 2 chamber Flowmasters.

The car ran consistent 8.0s/12.50s with multiple drivers any season, any track. Shift point 5400, limiter set on 6000. VERY FUN,VERY CHEEEP. The same kid now works for a big truck shop and has a 25.1 chassis BB Dart with nitrous, Dominator, etc. and STILL talks about that Coronet!!! RB




Those are the best kind of builds! I built my old car to drive on the highway at 70 mph and even with 3.23's, a 750 Holley vacuum secondary and crappy hard street tires it would still turn 13.5's @ 104 after I drove it there and drove it home.

No, it wasn't a rocket but with 9.5:1, very mild cam and stock cast iron intake it was very respectable and easy on the pocketbook.



I based Jason's build on my old '66 Coronet build, which actually used the same exact camshaft and headers in a higher compression 440 ('68 300 4dr 350hp engine) with a Street Dominator intake, Thermoquad, otherwise freshened-up stock. It had 3.23s and the low stall converter from the 300 (12"). It was kinda soft-leaving, which helped on the street, and I dispensed with a 460 powered '67 Fairlane with 4.56 gears and a '68 427 4spd Chevelle with it!!! I always knew that it would run 13s (1/4)but never took it to the track. Jason wanted to run in the low 9s (1/8) maybe 8's somewhere, and I laughed at that! The first run off the trailer with stickers still on the 9" M/Ts it ran an 8.24!!! RB