This I my winter work car. IMM built 408 SB with ported W2 heads 9.8 to 1 small solid roller cam, .240@.050 .630 lift victor intake 950 ultra HP.
904 trans 9.5 converter. Alum drive shaft, Moser 8 3/4 housing with alum center section with 3.73 gears {3.23s} for road trips. 275/60/15 Drag Radials.
Full interior {need to install radio} heater, wipers.
Manual brakes, manual steering (quick ratio box) I would not recommed it.
I did the car over the summer and Iam working the bugs out trying to get it ready for its first trip (las Vegas) next month.
After Vegas the plan is to get it to the track to see what it will run.

As stated above, there are some very nice and very quick cars on the board.

I built my wife's Barracuda as a street/strip car. It's not something I would want to hop in and drive 7 hours to the Mopar Nats, but I'm sure it would make it if I had the funds for fuel. It does see a lot of street duty around the general St. Louis area though.

Full steel '70 Barracuda with Gran Coupe interior, cast crank 440 with 10.4:1cr, 906 heads that flow .265 @ .600 lift, .588 Ultradyne solid cam, M1 intake, 850 AED Holley, 9.5" PTC converter, 727 w/ FWD pattern manual valve body and low band apply, 4.10 Powr Lok B-body Dana, heavy Magnum 500 wheels, 215/70s in front and 295/65 drag radials in back. Hooker Comp headers and a full TTI X-pipe exhaust. I added monoleafs, Caltracs, and adjustable Ranchos last year, but admit I have never gotten around to really messing with them since Gateway closed not too long afterwards. (I gave them some pre-load and ran it.)

Not sure what the car weighs...been meaning to take it to the scales to find out.

The car runs 11.50's @ 118 in full street trim including the baby seat in the back. Getting back to the suspension, it's obvious it is not optimized yet, for it only pulls a 1.68-1.78 60ft. There are a few other factors involved too...larger .960 torsion bars and regular gas shocks on the front of the car are not playing nice with the rest of the combo.

I've never heard the car open exhaust and have never run it without the air cleaner. I like the fact that the car is raced in the same exact configuration as you see it on the street.

Honestly, I don't want it to go any faster, for the car will never see a rollbar. ( I take that back...I want to see an 11.4x out it...I know it has it once the 60fts are where they should be.)

I'm trying to keep my car a street car but every time I go to the track...the tech guy disagrees with me..LOL
I have owned this car since Feb 1986 I was 17 when I bought it and what a ROLLER COASTER RIDE it has been.
I have 440 .040 over eagle rods JE pistons and a Low lash roller cam 585 lift 11.6 comp eddy heads tti headers victor intake 1000 hp re worked by (Cubic) a 904 w/ a 8" ati a dana 60 w/3.90 gears.

My best pass was 10.67 @ 125 w/o cage and it had a race exhaust & 4.10 spool 8 3/4.

2yrs ago I put the full exhaust on a 3.73 sure grip and went 10.67 @ 123 1.45 60'

Now I have a cage and a DANA and it slowed to 10.82 @ 122 ...But I drive it when its nice out, my goal now is drive it to the track reset tire pressure run a 10...what ever and drive home

The MCH ported heads and Porter camshaft are the pieces that stand out slightly (JMO) but your tuning skills have got alot to do with it as well.

Great job with it

Dwayne also hooked me up with a nice grind using the .420 endurance lobe design. Runs great.

I drive my Road Runner a few hundred miles a season
plus 60 or so runs at the track..
The car is show room correct not on a diet in anyway 3920
with me in the car and a mild 440 6bbl..
Best et to date 11.74@117.05 1.74 60' on bias ply tire..

Thanks.

Yeah, the -5s are easy on parts.

Bsb67 and FatA12 Very impressive and very streetable

Nice. I'm thinking about going to G/70/14 bias ply red lines and maybe a converter change to 2200 to 2400. I think that I might be able to get to 1.80 maybe high 1.70s.

What stall do you have?

Thanks Tom.

"BSB67" I have always been impressed with your combo. Definetly a cool sleeper. I also have my heads worked and my cam speced by Dwayne Porter. Everytime I see a car that Dwayne has done work to the car always run real good. That one of the reasons I used Dwaynes head and cam service and they work great. Is the 440-2 a dual plane intake as I seem to have forgot without looking it up ?


"Greenmcode" I really like your Roadrunner alot. Thats one of if not my favorite color combo on a 69 Runner. If I ever have enough money to buy more Mopars a 69-1/2 six pack Runner would be top on my list as I really like the 69-1/2 six pack runners and yours looks great ! Ron

I drive my car to work every day for 8 months of the year. I run it at the drag strip exactly as I drive it there, no slicks or drag radials. Runs consistent low 12's with a best of 11.98 @ 117.

Ron - Thanks

It is the Indy dual plane. I see that you are using a spacer with yours. If it is not an "open" spacer, I suggest that you try it.

You've got serious steam on the big end.

I did not want to buy a converter for the motor until I ran it first to better determine what to buy, and this is what I had. I thought that with the bigger motor it would stall higher than the 440 it was behind before. I was mistaken

Yea, I would think with a 4500 8" ati or similar, you'd be around 11.20s? Then you might be looking into some "secret suspension" stuff.
Mines done caveman style,,, Big heads, cam, high rpm. Not much of street motor, But if I could afford the 13 bucks a gallon all day, I'd get some ice cream with it for sure.

My Dart "street car" has been 11.20s @ 119mph exactly how i drive it on the street. Air cleaner and all...

9.8:1 416 with W2's
Edelbrock victor intake
.570" flat tappet solid cam
727 with 4200 converter
4.10 gears
255/60/15 MT drag radials

Car weighs 3350 w/ me in it.

Allmost forgot about my boys Dart. It is a street car and he can drive it anywhere.

Pump gas 400 in his 72 Dart.
Stock stroke 400 that has .030 over KB pistons (406 cubes)
Crank and rods are stock
MP .557 cam
Eddy RPM heads
Eddy Performer RPM intake with a 750 DP
Stock electronic dist I worked and MSD box
CPPA 2" headers and 3" exh
727 with manual v/b and Dynamic 9.5 converter
3.91 gears and he uses 26 x 9.5 Hoosier QTP tires
Weighs 3550 with him in the car
Full interior all stock body
Stock suspension with SS springs and 90/10 shocks up front.
Driven to the track the same as me.

Best et 11.45 @ 117 , Ron

well after my last toy 95 Dakota 5.9 5spd 3.91s big cam headers big injectors bla bla bla, it ran 8.12 in the 1/8 granny shifting the stock NV at 5100, cam was good to 6200, had a blast driving it and won't own another hot rod with a loose TQ and deep gears, my Valiant will have 3.54s a tight 9.5 converter and 9.0 440 with a pair of 76mm turbos, set at 10/12 lb [image]http://[/image] s of boost, and gonna drive the crap out of it.