The story on the Javelin race that broke my car
Except that I built this car to be a street car. It is designed to take the majority of the cars I meet on the street. I don't have the time or inclination to spend time at the track. Time trials are nice to talk about, but winning races is much more fun.
I remember those days, early 2000's, lol. Used to street race my 71 Swinger. There was a "designated" road that we would all go to...Bear Creek Highway. The road was as straight and flat as far as the eye could see. It's where everyone would go to race. That's actually the road I first learned how to race on....with a 68 440 RoadRunner!! Whenever someone from a neighboring town would cruise over and get that itch, that's where everyone would head.
Heck, even the Police officers that I would see from time to time at the gym would ask me if I'd beaten anyone over the weekend on Bear Creek.
One officer that I got to be friends with was pretty disappointed when the chief chose a new Crown Vic over the Hemi Charger when they purchased a new ride as he would be the one driving it. Said he wanted to see how it would fare against the 318 Dart, Lol!!
Just a few notches under the street Dart's belt included: 66 GTO 389 Tri-Power, 67 Chevelle Malibu Pro-Street 327, 81 Z-28 Camaro 350.
Never was challenged by any Ferds though, weird.
Oh yeah, Mopar to ya, I'll be running those same rockers on my 318. Do those machined shaft hold-downs actually come down around the shaft and touch the rocker pedestal? I'm thinking of making my own and not sure how tall to make them in relation to the pedestal.