Recent content by demonjim

Well I'll be danged!

I used to love NASCAR and NHRA, but both sanctioning bodies are in the pockets with the Bowties and Blue Ovals. Every time a Mopar started winning in either, the rules would be changed to favor those two. They have been successful many times in keeping Mopars out of both organizations. Cost Don...

Could a 76 Roadrunner come with a leaning tower of power? 318 or 360, but not a slant six, at least not as far as I know.

Not a guru by any stretch, but have you considered moving the electric fuel pump to the back of the car? The electric pumps are made for pushing fuel, not pulling it. Just a suggestion.

It's not entirely their decision. The government has put so much pressure on the auto industry to switch to electric vehicles, by making the CAFE numbers almost impossible to reach with internal combustion engines, o they had to go electric or die. There's a lot to not like about...

This has been an interesting post and responses read. I'm not the genius tech guy as those who have responded to your OP, just a 70 year old guy that has hot rodding in my blood. It doesn't matter that you have a blue oval car, it's an era car and those of us who are like minded can appreciate...

Thanks for the info. It seems to me that NHRA set the cubic inchlimit at 355, and I know the 340 went away after the 73? model year. Seemed a bit underhanded to me at the time since Chevy had the 350 and Ford running the 351,but the MOPAR camps had the 360. I'm just old (70) but I've always...

Thanks for that. I think that period of time, I was busy trying to make a living to support a family, plus didn't have access to those events, no cable TV where I lived. What engine was in the Arrow?

Yep, forgot about him. I don't know if he was very successful or not, and I know Don Carlton was testing a small block colt and die in a test run crash at Bristol. I happened to be working a construction job in Bristol the day that happened. Broke my heart to hear about it.

I know some things are different now as compared to when this article was written, specifically, WJ is retired from racing. I'm reasonably sure a lot of the engine specs are the same, but there are some changes. No drag engine is an off the shelf engine. So much testing are modifications are...

Obviously they aren't available in any vehicle that can be purchased at a dealership, I'm just saying that it's the best racing engine if it's allowed to work in it's peak torque range. I hate watching a Chevy racing another Chevy for the Pro Stock class. Everyone already knows it's gonna be a...

Back when Allen Johnson and a few others were running pro stock, they were running hemi's, and their torque range is higher than the chevy engines, so setting the torque limit at 10,000 rpms took away the advantage the hemi has above 10,000. At least as I understand it.

I've always loved watching drag races, but when you're a MOPAR guy, it's no fun watching the bowties racing each other. Pro Stock has always been my favorite category, so, as I said, I don't get any satisfaction watching Chevy against Chevy, or maybe a Ford or 2. If NHRA would quit bowing down...

I used to try to watch the NHRA events when they were broadcast on Sunday's finals. NHRA, NASCAR, both did everything they could to keep MOPARS from being competitive with the bowtie cars. Don't watch anymore.

Mattwood has bought the car. Just came to change the status to sold.