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Well...It's Been Fun... #1439470 05/20/13 01:06 PM 05/20/13 01:06 PM
Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 153 Plant city fl 7 70Dart499 OP member
70Dart499 OP member 7 Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 153 Plant city fl	I've made the decision to put the Dart Up for sale in the coming weeks, I had plans of going back to a SB but just kinda lost interest in that deal. I'm going over to the dark side with a S/C style dragster with a BBC once the Dart is gone. Being a younger guy with a desire to move up in drag racing with a somewhat limited budget, I just can't justify paying 2+ times more for everything mopar. I mean for what i was going to have in my stock stroke 340 i could have a 900 HP BBC for the Rail! I will always like the Mopar stuff, but I just can't justify it anymore. Props to those of you who have been Mopar loyal and paid the "mopar tax" as I call it for years. You guys have my respect, and you all are real mopar guys, and I guess I'm not. Thanks for all the help you have given me over the last few years. PS ill still hang around these forums if you'll let me.

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: 70Dart499] #1439471 05/20/13 03:09 PM 05/20/13 03:09 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,561 yarnell,az M mopacltd pro stock
mopacltd pro stock M Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,561 yarnell,az	You'll be back!

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: mopacltd] #1439472 05/20/13 03:25 PM 05/20/13 03:25 PM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 12,418 Taxes & Virus's R-US, NY Dragula I Live Here
Dragula I Live Here Joined: May 2004 Posts: 12,418 Taxes & Virus's R-US, NY	Quote: You'll be back! x2 When you see how often a 900hp cheppy lets go...You may think of comming back. Pipe racks as we call them, have almost zero value when sold used. Compare that to a mild collector car with a little Nostalgia, and there ain't no comparison. Personally, I would rather race an A-body 340 car over a dragster any day. What would I choose if I wanted to go faster on a budget, a Nostalgic Altered I could run my 340 in.....A Fiat or somthing like a Bantam with a 340 on E85 and a set of good flowing W2 heads, and your in the 9's....on very little budget. Finding the right car, for the right price will take time. Wait for the right car... '70 Cuda,...605 EFI Hemi Street Car (6.20 best pass, 1.33 60ft) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYw6RA-k5Bk (6.25 at 108.75mph from inside car) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zQEb9uxFng (6.25 at 108mph from outside car) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCvfzsC4NgM (9.9) '66 Barracuda AWB Stretched nose Blown 440 Car in build stage '71 Duster Drag Car 400 Low Deck 512 best 6.002 at 115.44mph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znuo3jMUXTk

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: Dragula] #1439473 05/20/13 04:21 PM 05/20/13 04:21 PM
Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 153 Plant city fl 7 70Dart499 OP member
70Dart499 OP member 7 Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 153 Plant city fl	Quote: Quote: You'll be back! x2 When you see how often a 900hp cheppy lets go...You may think of comming back. Pipe racks as we call them, have almost zero value when sold used. Compare that to a mild collector car with a little Nostalgia, and there ain't no comparison. Personally, I would rather race an A-body 340 car over a dragster any day. What would I choose if I wanted to go faster on a budget, a Nostalgic Altered I could run my 340 in.....A Fiat or somthing like a Bantam with a 340 on E85 and a set of good flowing W2 heads, and your in the 9's....on very little budget. Finding the right car, for the right price will take time. Wait for the right car... Well, all engines come apart, none of them are perfect, but it still boils down to how much it costs to put em back together. I know lots of folks don't like dragsters, (they think they aren't cool) well I'm not worried about being cool, or what anyone's opinion is for that matter. I've had a dream of being able to run and be competitive in some bigger races I.E. National Events or Big $$ bracket races and I want to chase the dream a while now, while im still young and see where it leads. Will I be back? Who knows? Am I making a mistake? Maybe, I've made plenty before. But I don't want to look back and wish I had done some of these things that I want to do. 1970 Dart Drag Car

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: 70Dart499] #1439474 05/20/13 05:44 PM 05/20/13 05:44 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,266 Renton Washington T Triple Threat master
Triple Threat master T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,266 Renton Washington	How young are you? I always pictured you a bit older. -Dustin 67 Dart, 9 second, 392" G3 Hemi 68 Barracuda 340 F/SA

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: Triple Threat] #1439475 05/20/13 05:50 PM 05/20/13 05:50 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 20,201 PA. pittsburghracer "Little"John
pittsburghracer "Little"John Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 20,201 PA.	I will build my MOPAR engine a lot cheaper than you will pay someone to build you a chevy engine. 1970 Duster Edelbrock headed 408 5.984@112.52 422 Indy headed small block 5.982@112.56 mph 9.42@138.27 Livin and lovin life one day at a time

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: mopacltd] #1439476 05/20/13 05:56 PM 05/20/13 05:56 PM
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,678 Stuttgart, Arkansas rickseeman master
rickseeman master Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,678 Stuttgart, Arkansas	Quote: You'll be back! I didn't know driving a chevy was an option. 2011 Drag Pak Challenger

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: pittsburghracer] #1439477 05/20/13 06:00 PM 05/20/13 06:00 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,008 Sweet Home Alabama M MRMOPAR622 top fuel
MRMOPAR622 top fuel M Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,008 Sweet Home Alabama	Dragsters win Races!!!! I have been from day 1 & will always be a Mopar man...but build me a 800+ cu in Mopar engine. In the chevy world a 706 cu in engine is considered small...in our Mopar World it is considered impossible. "To Be The Man'You Have Got To Beat The Man" "T/D and Pro-Bracket Racer"

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: MRMOPAR622] #1439478 05/20/13 06:12 PM 05/20/13 06:12 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,300 Northern Indiana Dunnuck Racing master
Dunnuck Racing master Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,300 Northern Indiana	I know several racers who went to Chevy power and tell me its cheaper. The biggest advocate of Chevys being cheaper to race has,on several occasions borrowed my other friends Mopar powered car to end up going several rounds while his Chevy was broke. Cheaper isn't always better. If you can build a 900 hp Chevy big block for what a stock displacement small block costs,you have been shopping somewhere you shouldn't. Keith www.dunnuckracing.com

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: Dunnuck Racing] #1439479 05/20/13 06:55 PM 05/20/13 06:55 PM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,141 junction city oregon V viperblue72 top fuel
viperblue72 top fuel V Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,141 junction city oregon	Quote: I know several racers who went to Chevy power and tell me its cheaper. The biggest advocate of Chevys being cheaper to race has,on several occasions borrowed my other friends Mopar powered car to end up going several rounds while his Chevy was broke. Cheaper isn't always better. If you can build a 900 hp Chevy big block for what a stock displacement small block costs,you have been shopping somewhere you shouldn't. Keith If you are looking at saving money, I question a BBC being the answer.

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: 70Dart499] #1439480 05/20/13 07:08 PM 05/20/13 07:08 PM
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,475 Sydney,Australia tex013 top fuel
tex013 top fuel Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,475 Sydney,Australia	got to follow your dream . i know here in Australia i could be doing things a lot cheaper and easier not running a mopar . i compare my costs to the american costs - i wish , lucky the dollar is strong on the exchange. don't look back wishing you had of - do it Tex New best ET 10.259@129.65 . New best MPH 130.32 Finally fitted a solid cam, stepped it up a bit more 3690lbs through the mufflers New World block 3780lbs 10.278@130.80 . Wowser 10.253@130.24 footbraking from 1500rpm Power by Tex's Automotive

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: viperblue72] #1439481 05/20/13 07:11 PM 05/20/13 07:11 PM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 3,210 robin hood country deaks master
deaks master Joined: May 2004 Posts: 3,210 robin hood country	I thought you had a good basis for a quick car with the 499. All it probably needed was slightly better heads, more converter and chassis tuning. Mick 69 Dart GTS 440 mopar .590 cam, Edelbrock heads, 3200# best et 6.45, 106.78, 10.14, 132.88 mph, 1.47 60ft best 60ft 1.36

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: deaks] #1439482 05/20/13 07:22 PM 05/20/13 07:22 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 5,160 Texas dannysbee master
dannysbee master Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 5,160 Texas	Do it now and don't look back. Best of luck with your new venture. Getting old just means you were smarter than some and luckier than others.

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: dannysbee] #1439483 05/20/13 07:27 PM 05/20/13 07:27 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 9,366 Lehigh Acres, Florida rickstershemi master
rickstershemi master Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 9,366 Lehigh Acres, Florida	Quote: Do it now and don't look back. Best of luck with your new venture. It would be cool to do it Mopar Powered....but there has to be a valid reason 99.9% of the dragsters at any track run BBC's and you rarely see them coming apart....at least around here.....have fun and be safe Rickster

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: viperblue72] #1439484 05/20/13 07:52 PM 05/20/13 07:52 PM
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 341 Highland beach Fl P poisondart2 enthusiast
poisondart2 enthusiast P Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 341 Highland beach Fl	Mopar is a body style to me that I think looks nice.The engines who cares as if you have any HP there is nothing Mopar there.Same goes for Chevy and Ford.It is all aftermarket BUT Chevy has plenty of parts you dont have to wait months for (cheaper), heck yes.My Mopar engine builder is building my Chevy engine, I dont expect it to have any trouble what so ever and to run the same as my Mopar engines Two days to get a new block any way you want it. Try that with Mopar. The dragster Yeah your going more rounds and they look cool to me and women prefer them, win,win situation.The last of my rant would be one of the fastest HEMI's on here (door car) is sitting between the rails of a Mustang! Whatttt? Buy the dragster !Enjoy Hope to see ya at a race I will be the guy wearing a mask if I have my Chevy with me and not my Mopars

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: 70Dart499] #1439485 05/20/13 09:58 PM 05/20/13 09:58 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,303 Bend,OR USA C Cab_Burge I Win
Cab_Burge I Win C Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,303 Bend,OR USA	Good parts cost money, no matter what brand they fit I have learned over the years to buy the best parts you can afford to race with Have fun and don't look back Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: Cab_Burge] #1439486 05/20/13 10:44 PM 05/20/13 10:44 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 34,952 S.E. South Dakota ! bigdad Still Posting A Lot
bigdad Still Posting A Lot Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 34,952 S.E. South Dakota !	Thanks for your 150 posts and 10 months of being a member Mopar or no car The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: rickstershemi] #1439487 05/20/13 10:48 PM 05/20/13 10:48 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,506 Az Crizila master
Crizila master Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,506 Az	Quote: Quote: Do it now and don't look back. Best of luck with your new venture. It would be cool to do it Mopar Powered....but there has to be a valid reason 99.9% of the dragsters at any track run BBC's and you rarely see them coming apart....at least around here.....have fun and be safe Rickster X3. Fastest 300

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: 70Dart499] #1439488 05/20/13 10:50 PM 05/20/13 10:50 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,019 Frostbitefalls MN (Rocky&Bullw... gregsdart I Live Here
gregsdart I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,019 Frostbitefalls MN (Rocky&Bullw...	Good luck on your next venture! 8..603 156 mph best, 2905 lbs 549, indy 572-13, alky

Re: Well...It's Been Fun... [Re: gregsdart] #1439489 05/21/13 12:15 AM 05/21/13 12:15 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,008 Sweet Home Alabama M MRMOPAR622 top fuel
MRMOPAR622 top fuel M Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,008 Sweet Home Alabama	Just because you have too race a chevy powered car does not mean you can no longer be a Mopar person.At one time I had my dream Mopar before I cut it up making a Race-Car out of it,now its time for me to restore another one as close to the same as possible! "To Be The Man'You Have Got To Beat The Man" "T/D and Pro-Bracket Racer"

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