Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
67 Dart foot brake car project #2716648
11/17/19 11:14 AM
11/17/19 11:14 AM
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 2,406
Weatherford, Texas
RapidusMaximus Offline OP
top fuel
RapidusMaximus  Offline OP
top fuel

Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 2,406
Weatherford, Texas
So...decided I was tired of not having a car I could bracket race occasionally and haven't bottom bulb raced since the 80's so here we go. Didn't want to do anything to the car that might keep it from being able to be returned to the street someday if I wanted to so here's the build so far, US Car Tool mini tub kit and sub frame connectors, glass hood and front bumper, aluminum seat and chrome moly 8 point roll bar. I used an old dash, blocked off the glove box and gauge pod holes and installed oil pressure and water temp gauges, tach in mounted in the ash tray hole with a shift light. Used a narrowed 8 3/4 with a spool and 4:10 gear, 727 with an old 10" convertor I had on the shelf. The engine is a stock bottom end 5.9 magnum, KB zero deck pistons, with a set of out of the box Edelbrocks, an air gap manifold, a Hughes .577 hyd roller and a set of their SS rockers, MSD ignition and an old school 750 double pumper with a Holley blue pump. Car weighs 3080 with me in it with steel wheels all the way around and a set of MT 10.5 X 28 ET streets out back. Took it to a foot brake race Friday night and got one TT, timing was set at 30 degrees and shifted at 5800 hitting the high side limiter (6100) on both shifts, went a 7.49@92 mph leaving at 2000 rpm. Since I was just playing with the car anyway I put 4 degrees more timing in it and raised the shift point to 6000 and rev limiter to 6500, threw a 7.40 dial on it and let her rip, went a 7.35 on the brakes to 88 mph, had the guy covered and still took too much stripe for the lose. Oh well, they open the lanes a little later so I got one more TT but by then the track temp had dropped into the 40s and it lost 60' to a 7.40 at 94 mph. Learned a lot and established a baseline...some changes for the winter are some aluminum wheels, maybe a fuel cell and some fine tuning, I'd like to see f it will go a low 7 or maybe even a high 6. Wondering how much rpm a stock bottom end can take lol.

20191109_151117-1.jpg20191109_151137-1.jpg
Last edited by RapidusMaximus; 11/17/19 11:18 AM. Reason: Added pics

1968 Plymouth GTX
1974 Dodge P/U Long Bed Stepside 318
2019 Ram 2500 6.4, auto, 4WD
Re: 67 Dart foot brake car project [Re: RapidusMaximus] #2716691
11/17/19 12:41 PM
11/17/19 12:41 PM
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 1,030
ohio
6
67mprfan Offline
super stock
67mprfan  Offline
super stock
6

Joined: May 2005
Posts: 1,030
ohio
Nice ride sounds like a good start to a consistent bracket car


71 demon stock stroke 440/indy ez-1 running 10.10 @ 132.14 mph in the 1/4 and 6.36 @ 107.46 mph in the 1/8 not in the same weekend but It did it then I sold it.
67 Belvedere that worked it's way in the 10's
Re: 67 Dart foot brake car project [Re: 67mprfan] #2716745
11/17/19 02:34 PM
11/17/19 02:34 PM
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 2,406
Weatherford, Texas
RapidusMaximus Offline OP
top fuel
RapidusMaximus  Offline OP
top fuel

Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 2,406
Weatherford, Texas
Thanks, it was fun, still need a looser converter and waay at more practice on the bottom bulb, lol.


1968 Plymouth GTX
1974 Dodge P/U Long Bed Stepside 318
2019 Ram 2500 6.4, auto, 4WD
Re: 67 Dart foot brake car project [Re: RapidusMaximus] #2716886
11/17/19 08:48 PM
11/17/19 08:48 PM
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 1,412
Johnstown
69dart Offline
pro stock
69dart  Offline
pro stock

Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 1,412
Johnstown
Nice - I'm building a similar 68 Dart post car but keeping it street/strip so I can still drive it to work and around town.

20190202_105426.jpg

33 Plymouth Roadster - 383 - 5.90 1/8th 9.58 1/4
68 Dart - 340
66 Belvedere - 400

Windy Hollow Garage - https://www.youtube.com/@windyhollowgarage
Re: 67 Dart foot brake car project [Re: 69dart] #2716917
11/17/19 09:37 PM
11/17/19 09:37 PM
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,457
Sydney,Australia
tex013 Offline
top fuel
tex013  Offline
top fuel

Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,457
Sydney,Australia
good stuff

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: 67 Dart foot brake car project [Re: tex013] #2717018
11/18/19 06:51 AM
11/18/19 06:51 AM
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 2,406
Weatherford, Texas
RapidusMaximus Offline OP
top fuel
RapidusMaximus  Offline OP
top fuel

Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 2,406
Weatherford, Texas
Crazy thing about all of this is I'm in the middle of preparing to move...not supposed to be jacking around with a race car but all I could think about all weekend was was winter changes to make it just a tad quicker and I couldn't keep the bench racers out of my shop from distracting me... drive laugh2 up


1968 Plymouth GTX
1974 Dodge P/U Long Bed Stepside 318
2019 Ram 2500 6.4, auto, 4WD






Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.1