went 8.56 @ 156 I think many years ago with a stock crank stock rods 906 heads, 590 cam, trw slugs.

















in a dragster

A couple of mine:
Rebuilt 440 with six pack slugs, stock 906 heads (milled to 80cc) orig Eddy torker, 750 Holley, Crower hyd cam 240-ish @ 050, 4.30's and a WAY too loose J-converter with 4.30's: 11.41 @ 117 in a 69 Dart

.030 over 440 with 2266 TRW out of the deck. 255-ish cfm 906 heads, R280 roller, M1, 1050 Dom, 8" converter, 4.86's, with a back-half and ladder bars...14x32's: 10.28 @ 128 best in a 73 Cuda.

A buddy's from years ago that's still one of may favs:
STOCK 78 short block...pistons down .070. STOCK 915 heads, MP .484 cam, Eddy RPM, 750 Holley, OEM 11" Hemi converter, 4.56's: 12.48 @ 109 best in a 3800# 65 Sat WAGON!!!!

-448"
-Sealed Power forged flat tops(bought in 1981) .055 down the hole
-actual CR of 9.7:1
-LY rods with the old MP bolts
-.020/.020 steel crank
-old DC .510/292 cam
-bowl blended big valve 906's(later tested and flowed 239cfm)
-Torker II, OOTB
-ported annular 850 Holley(905cfm)
-2" Hookers
-4.10 gear
-10" GER converter(yup....GER)
-29.5X10.5 M/T slicks
-SS springs
-3600lb race weight all steel 68 Satellite, full interior

11.40's @ 119

swap to Dynamic 9" race converter(4900 flash) and 4.56 gears, went 11.21 @ 122

port heads to flow mid-260's, add .650 lift UD roller cam and HS rockers, new roller springs, etc,
went a best of 10.61 @ 126+ at 3670lbs(added roll bar).

the extra head work and roller cam now had the converter flashing to 5300.
best 60' was 1.46.
this was circa 1995.

Hi,Dwayne!! Always nice to see ya around!! Yuppp..That one was simple and fast!!

73DartSport owns my old 73 Sport now, I found a smokin deal on a low deck 451 short block(400 block with 440 crank), stuck some stock Eddy heads on it and the MP 590 purpleshaft and went 10.20 with a Dominator and 2" headers in a 3050# car with driver. I had the heads ported and went 10.00's with a 9.96 in great air, then added a tunnel ram and went 9.90's with a best of 9.89. I never dreamed it would run like that, only hoped for 10.50's when finishing the car. Compression is about 11.2:1, pump gas on the street, mix of pump gas/race gas at the track, no transbrake, no power adders, fun car on the street, even has a quiet X-pipe exhaust system.

New owner went 9.77 last month!

nevermind...

From the early 90s....

440 4.375 x 4.150
.590 solid
11.2 comp
906 heads-home ported
M-1 intake w/gasket match
9375 Holley w/2in spacer

3380# 69' Barracuda, SS springs, 9in 4500, 4.56 Dana, inboard kit with 30 x 12 slicks. Street driven constantly.

Took it to ATCO once for a rent day and ran a string of 10 ohs between 133 and 135 change. 10.03 being the best. Air was about 1500ft IIRC.

Thought id bring this old post back from the dead. Because I enjoyed reading it and I am finally building a serious budget 440. Plans have changed. Now have a cuda and using a 72 440 shortblock with 440source heads, rpm intake, holley 950. I also have a comp xe274 cam but wanna go bigger. Anybody know how big of a cam you can go with a stock 440 smogger with pistons .150 in the hole?
This motor will be until I build something better.

Here's mine then
440 RB, J E domes 12.7.1, .590 cam, MCH RPM's milled to 76 cc, victor intake, holley 950 hp, 3200# with me, 727 with 4800-5000 ultimate converter, dana 60 4.56 gears, SS springs, hoosier 31x10.5x15 slicks.
best times and speed in sig.
Mick

We just dropped our budget build in the car last night. It is a 68 hp 440 with a set of 915 hp heads. It has old trw slugs 24 in the hole, steel shim head gasket to get the quench at 40. Stock rods and crank. the heads have had a little work done but nothing fancy. we put new springs an titanium retainers on them. MP 590 cam. We put harland sharp 1.6 roller rockers on. Victor intake with a new holley 950 hp carb. Hooker 1 7/8 fenderwell headers. 727 w/ brake and a ptc convertor. 4.56 gears. The car is a 1966 dart and weighs #3275 with me in it. We built this motor from the ground up and everything was bought off the internet either from craigslist or mopar sites. I had all the machine work done at a local shop. I think I ended up with about $4500 in it. I will post some times as soon as I get it to the track which will probably be the first Mo-Power event in columbus

Mine:

1974 Dodge Dart 2dr 3300lbs at the line.

440 zero decked w/flat top pistons. Ported 915 heads flow 268/207 peak. 11.25:1 Compression

Mopar 590 Solid Cam

850 HP carb, M1 intake, McCandless/ ProParts Headers


727 trans w/ Dynamic 9.5 converter (hi gear flashes 5100) 4.30 gear, 30x9 slicks

Footbrake @ 1800rpm shift at 6200

Bests so far:

10.77 @ 122.8 mph 1/4

1.47 60 ft
6.80 @ 99.79 1/8th

Stock steel crank
Stock LY rods & rod bolts
2355 TRW Flat Tops
Ported 452s milled to 80cc
10.7:1 comp???
.575 262/262 solid roller with 1.6 rockers
Victor manifold with 850 Holley

B Body 3825lb Car & Driver [Email]11.54@118[/Email] and with 200 shot of spray just went [Email]10.57@126[/Email]

Wonder how long the bottom end will live

Wow! Just noticed how old this thread is...

Soon as I get moving on dart I want to do a stroker. I thought many times about 440 or 400 but you can get stroker kit for same as upgrading 440 0r 400.

I run VP 110