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Re: Mopar Racers, Tell Us About Your 2019 Season [Re: Keith Richards] #2732658
01/13/20 09:51 AM
01/13/20 09:51 AM
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Marion, South Carolina [><]
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I made five 1/8 mile passes total this year. Two trips to the track...new bests each trip.
Hurt 3 pistons on the last pass back in June. Motor is going back together real soon.
Pic is from the last pass.

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CHIP
'70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60
'69 road runner, 440-6, 18 spline 4 speed, Dana 60
'71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75
'73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75
'90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt
'06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax
Re: Mopar Racers, Tell Us About Your 2019 Season [Re: an8sec70cuda] #2732738
01/13/20 04:34 PM
01/13/20 04:34 PM
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On the parachute mount
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On the parachute mount
spent most of 2018 getting an electric air shifter to work properly, only to find out in 2019 that the cable had stretched and it was no longer properly aligned. Allowing the solenoid to pull it from 1st to 3rd. Stubborn me didn't realize this until mounting my phone in the car and watching the vid. Once fixed the car ran very well 5 teens at 140. Went to the track once more after getting the shifter correct and just some timing adjustment during the nitrous progressing and I have been 5.00s at 140. Im running Ultra street and that is not even good enough to qualify as most of the 8 car fields are 4.8 to 4.60 sometimes 4.5's !!
Yes I know I still have a huge uphill curve ahead of me, but its SO nice to make some progress and see I should crack the 4's soon


....BAD A$$ STREET CAR.....
Re: Mopar Racers, Tell Us About Your 2019 Season [Re: n20mstr] #2732780
01/13/20 06:58 PM
01/13/20 06:58 PM
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Sydney,Australia
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I had what was a disappointing year for me .
Mostly self inflicted . No finals , but 2 semis .
Decided to swap in new 505 in middle of season . Then made a couple of errors in tune side , cost me in August round . Couldn't quite get on top of the tree consistently , ended last 2 rounds contested with reds . At that point was 4th but couldn't make up points so missed December final round and came 7th?
Had to change tyre brands for final 2 months of year , Hoosiers radial is just different to the PBR . So that was a curve ball especially with limited T&Ts .
Did an interstate national round , had 2 fuel pumps fail . Part filled carb with aluminium from 1 pump . Had to race using a Carter gold pump , lucky it was 1/8th mile . Went 3 rounds .

My 2020 season starts on Friday with IHRA/400 Thunder Santos Summer Thunder event here in Sydney .
No T&Ts since December .
It can only get better , I hope .

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: Mopar Racers, Tell Us About Your 2019 Season [Re: tex013] #2732848
01/13/20 11:33 PM
01/13/20 11:33 PM
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Weatherford, Texas
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Threw this together in the last few months of 2019 with parts I had sitting on the shelf and managed to get in 2 test passes and one round of eliminations...looking forward to 2020. 360 Magnum with box stock Eddy heads, a Hughes hyd roller, 727 with stock converter and a 4:10 gear, went 7.35, 7.31 and 7.28 on the brakes killing 5mph leaving at 1500 RPM. New converter on order, pulling stock gas tank for a 5 gallon fuel cell and getting some aluminum wheels for 2020, hoping for some high 6s and more much needed footbrake practice👍😁


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1968 Plymouth GTX
1974 Dodge P/U Long Bed Stepside 318
2019 Ram 2500 6.4, auto, 4WD
Re: Mopar Racers, Tell Us About Your 2019 Season [Re: RapidusMaximus] #2734500
01/19/20 02:42 PM
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SW Ohio
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Well I gave it a try but after a week only 23 replies. Sad to see there aren't very many racers on this forum anymore.

Re: Mopar Racers, Tell Us About Your 2019 Season [Re: dart games] #2734518
01/19/20 03:28 PM
01/19/20 03:28 PM
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MI, usa
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Originally Posted by 69b1dart
only went out once for tnt,i dont have a 6 fique job like everyone else does for racing,and ten buddys to help work on cars,or big shop with 5 lifts to work on cars with

I don't know about anybody else but I don't have a 6 figure salary. In fact no money is used from from my job to race. Its either side jobs or winnings. Occasionally my wife, son or friend comes with me. But most times I'm on my own. Wife's brothers and friends helped me build my shop. At 960 sq ft its about the same size as my house. I did buy a used hoist for my garage, $700. My tow vehicle is a 1995. Traded work even up for my 2003 trailer. The track "hotel" is a 2001 pop up truck camper. Just depends how motivated you are.
Doug

Re: Mopar Racers, Tell Us About Your 2019 Season [Re: dvw] #2734526
01/19/20 03:54 PM
01/19/20 03:54 PM
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N.W. Indiana
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N.W. Indiana
In the fall of 2018 I decided to park the Cuda and I picked this up from member RT66JIM. Didn't get it finished and out till July and finally got pretty comfortable in it and picked up a win the last race of the season.
Pretty cool win though being I was the last pair of cars down the track, now the track got sold and is getting upgraded and renamed.

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Re: Mopar Racers, Tell Us About Your 2019 Season [Re: DblOJoe] #2735876
01/23/20 04:30 PM
01/23/20 04:30 PM
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Connecticut
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Did ok this year, ended up 4th in my series with a new personal best. Ran a bunch of races in the beginning of the season, then survived drag week and made it through a race the very next week end. Broke the sprag in the trans and cracked the case, but could have been much worse. Fixed it for the next week end. All in all a good year.


best of 11.39 at 117 mph 1.60 60’. 68 340 S Barracuda Fastback F.A.S.T [IMG]http://i67.tinypic.com/2mnnnnt.jpg[/IMG]
Re: Mopar Racers, Tell Us About Your 2019 Season [Re: FurryStump] #2735879
01/23/20 04:43 PM
01/23/20 04:43 PM
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Mansfield, Tx
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Won a national event, two divisional events with one runner up. Managed to get my first National Top 10 finish in Super Stock, lost a divisional championship to David Rampy, and ended up tied for 15th in the Nation in Stock. Also managed to get a National event no.1 qualifier in St. Louis in Super Stock. Won a bracket race that started at 12 noon and finished at 6:00am the next morning and got my bracket Challenger to run a new best of 5.83@117.


2013 NHRA D4 Stock Champ
#4 in the World IHRA Stock
2x IHRA Div.4 Stock Champ
14x Track Champ
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Re: Mopar Racers, Tell Us About Your 2019 Season [Re: dvw] #2735882
01/23/20 05:05 PM
01/23/20 05:05 PM
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Marion, South Carolina [><]
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Originally Posted by dvw
Originally Posted by 69b1dart
only went out once for tnt,i dont have a 6 fique job like everyone else does for racing,and ten buddys to help work on cars,or big shop with 5 lifts to work on cars with

I don't know about anybody else but I don't have a 6 figure salary. In fact no money is used from from my job to race. Its either side jobs or winnings. Occasionally my wife, son or friend comes with me. But most times I'm on my own. Wife's brothers and friends helped me build my shop. At 960 sq ft its about the same size as my house. I did buy a used hoist for my garage, $700. My tow vehicle is a 1995. Traded work even up for my 2003 trailer. The track "hotel" is a 2001 pop up truck camper. Just depends how motivated you are.
Doug

iagree My "car fund" is just from side money I pick up by doing the occasional engine build, engine & trans R&R, or some tree and backhoe work that's close to the house (no trailer to move the backhoe around). Have a fairly modest 2 bay shop my dad and I built ourselves. I do have a used lift I got for $400, but it's still sitting on the floor in the old barn b/c the shop roof isn't high enough. Think I'm gonna pour a pad outside for it.
Only reason I have this big hemi is b/c I built it before I got married, lol.


CHIP
'70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60
'69 road runner, 440-6, 18 spline 4 speed, Dana 60
'71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75
'73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75
'90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt
'06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax
Re: Mopar Racers, Tell Us About Your 2019 Season [Re: an8sec70cuda] #2735894
01/23/20 05:41 PM
01/23/20 05:41 PM
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Common sense comes into play for those of us on a budget. The more you learn to do yourself and the less tricks you buy into the more you can go racing. If I had to pay someone to do my stuff I would have been forced to quit Racing years ago.


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: Mopar Racers, Tell Us About Your 2019 Season [Re: pittsburghracer] #2736025
01/24/20 08:24 AM
01/24/20 08:24 AM
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Keymar, MD
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Originally Posted by pittsburghracer
Common sense comes into play for those of us on a budget. The more you learn to do yourself and the less tricks you buy into the more you can go racing. If I had to pay someone to do my stuff I would have been forced to quit Racing years ago.


Ain't that the truth. It's amazing how many "racers" don't know how to turn a wrench. I'm not the most knowledgeable guy, but I've been watching and learning from my dad for the pass 33 years. He's tought me a TON of stuff that has allowed us to race as long as we have. The few times I've had to pay someone to do something because I knew it was beyond what I knew, it usually cost 3X what it would if I did it myself. 2019 was a different year for me. I started racing in 95 and have signed up for points and went after the championship every year. I think in all those years I might have missed 2 point races. With the transbrakes being allowed in Pro, I ended up putting a delay box in my car and trying Super for the year. Didn't bother signing up for pints and only made it out for 5-6 races. The wife and I decided to add an addition and attached garage to our house and we did 99% of the work ourselves. Started in Mid Feb and managed to get the outside finished in Oct, but still working on finishing the inside. I didn't mind the change, points racing can wear on you and I think it was time for a change. I enjoyed just going when I had time and got to work on other stuff and felt like I got way more accomplished.

Re: Mopar Racers, Tell Us About Your 2019 Season [Re: DusterKid] #2736154
01/24/20 02:23 PM
01/24/20 02:23 PM
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NC
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Bought my Daytona as a rolling chassis in 2019.
Built my first racing Powerglide trans from a 1967 core. Bought a 493 CID iron head, pump gas engine (10.3 CR) since it was priced right. Put it on the dyno; engine made 569 Peak horsepower at 5700 rpm, 571 Peak torque at 4800.

Ran at the Mopar event at Maryland International Raceway in October.
I had 8 time slips all year, and made 8 passes at MIR, doubling my experience! LOL
6 passes at the Saturday event and 2 test passes Friday night:

1.439 sixty foot (foot brake)
4.188 at 330 ft
6.449 at 107.7 mph
8.422 at 1000 ft
10.10 at 134.0 mph

It is a 1993 Dodge Daytona, all round tube chassis car.
Factory steel doors and hinges, hatch back. One piece fiberglass front end and separate hood.
Strut front end
4-link rear suspension with anti-roll bar
Strange 9-inch rear, 4.56 gears, 15x33-15 slicks
1.76 Powerglide with ATI (compuflow) trans brake
2608 lbs plus 230 driver = 2838 race weight (heavy Daytona)

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1993 Daytona, 5.50 at 130mph (1/8) 1.19 sixty ft (PG). Link to 572 B1 - Part 1
Re: Mopar Racers, Tell Us About Your 2019 Season [Re: '72CudaRacer] #2737219
01/27/20 07:52 PM
01/27/20 07:52 PM
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Affton MO
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Originally Posted by '72CudaRacer
Good season, almost great. Did I mention that I don't like Tru-start? I finished 1 round behind the champ, tied for second, lost 2nd on a tie breaker. Next to last race of the season, I run the eventual champ in the finals. He leaves first, goes -.009 red. I leave a half sec later, I go -.011 red behind him. Because of tru-start, he wins the round (less red than me), wins the race and eventually, the championship. (take the round away from him & put it in my total & we have a different champion). This the only track that I have ever run at that uses tru-start.
But still, had a couple of RU's, had fun and can't wait til this season! This is the 1/4 mile Sportsman class (true footbrake) at Bristol Dragway.

Brian Dunnigan


Gateway in St. Louis uses true-start also. Great if you have the better red light and leave first. Not so-- the other way

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