Re: Why do guys race B body's??
[Re: 383man]
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10/30/14 12:31 PM
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Oh I don't know [url=http://s1319.photobucket.com/user/David_A_Ross/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps07caa33e.jpg.html] [/url Was 3450 race ready..... Currently being put on a diet
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Re: Why do guys race B body's??
[Re: B3422W5]
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10/31/14 06:28 PM
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I run a '65 coronet. Ever since I was a kid I've loved the body style. It weighs 2675 without me in it. Granted it has a chrome moly cage, lots of lexan and fiberglass and a mild aluminum hemi, but it still looks pretty much stock. 9.41 @142 isn't anything to sneeze at. aerodynamics...not much. I guess you just like a body style, any body style, and go with it.
Just think.... You could put a real healthy smallblock Indy motor or W5 motor in it and run 9.20's or better. My old w5 motor runs 140@ 3200+ pounds
Thank you for your thoughtful and encouraging remarks. This car is a fresh build with out of the box heads, pump gas, and exactly 12 1/4 mile runs on it to sort out some basic issues. With a bit more tuning, it should be in the 8.95-9.0 range. Comments like yours would certainly be discouraging to a younger man. I've been doing this since the 60's and cut my teeth driving AA/GS dragsters for an owner while trying to keep my 409 powered 61 Chevy together. I would think that a more appropriate response from you would be " Great! Glad to see another Mopar builder trying to run the number!" I take your sarcasm with a grain of salt. However remarks like yours that could be directed to younger Mopar builders, in addition to, among others, a slavish devotion to stock blocks (with or without stud girdles) in high horsepower applications, have been direct causes in the popularity of this site over the past several years.
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Re: Why do guys race B body's??
[Re: ademon]
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10/31/14 07:11 PM
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Because when I started in the early sixties compact cars had six cylinders or a 273 v8 that really was a joke. B Bodies on the other hand had 383, 413 Max wedge, and 426 Max wedge engines that produced big power and in the mid sixties Mopar installed 426 street Hemi's in the B's. When I returned from Viet Nam I bought a 383 Road Runner that turned 14:30's stock with 7" redline tires and still could carry six Marines in comfort from Camp LeJeune N.C. to Detroit on the weekend. Some of those compact cars had 340's put in them so they could try to compete with the B Bodies, but Mopar had other plans like 440 six packs and Hemi's This was ALL manufacture stock mind you and the compact car guys only got the factory performance stuff at the end of the sixties. So to answer your question the guys in my generation went for the midsized cars with the big power rather than to play with compact cars that had little power to start with (much easier on the finances back then). OOp's I forgot the 440's but they were boat car engines until Mopar decided to use it in the '67 GTX.
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Re: Why do guys race B body's??
[Re: fullmetaljacket]
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11/01/14 12:09 AM
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some people consider this car UGLY..
1972 Road Runner / GTX 440 4spd Dana 3.54 Just about to turn 26K original miles..
A boat, a GMC truck, some Craftsman Tools, LOTS of Zombie Protection, and a few Goldfish..
If you love someone set them free.. If they come back it means nobody else wanted them either..!!
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Re: Why do guys race B body's??
[Re: 72N96RR]
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11/01/14 01:41 AM
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some people consider this car UGLY..
Good!
Keeps the price down so my friends and I can afford them!
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Re: Why do guys race B body's??
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11/01/14 01:51 AM
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some people consider this car UGLY..
Good!
Keeps the price down so my friends and I can afford them!
Yep they sure are ugly ----
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Re: Why do guys race B body's??
[Re: max_maniac]
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11/01/14 01:12 PM
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some people consider this car UGLY..
Good!
Keeps the price down so my friends and I can afford them!
Yep they sure are ugly ----
Hid-e-ous!
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