MRL Performance 340, WOW!
Now that is nice , and fast . 5.13 gears what were you revving when you crossed the line ? 12.7 is pretty fast , 7 k must have been a well built 340 .
Jerry, that car belonged to my next door neighbor, friend, and first Mopar mentor. I met him at 11yrs old. I'd takin a shine to muscle cars several years earlier, mainly thru magazine subscriptions. My favorites were the 69' Mach I and the 69' Charger. I had convinced myself that the Mopar 440 was the baddest engine on the planet. Then at 11, (1970) I moved next to a real living breathing muscle car that I could see, touch, feel and hear. I was in absolute heaven. I wormed my way into his confidence by polishing the rims on his American's. He convinced me that I did them much better then he did. I think all he really did was find a sucker...lol.
As far as the car. He bought in new, and when I met him the heads were out for some work. It already had the fenderwell headers, Eddy Tarantula int, 750DP & a very large hyd cam along with 273 rockers. That was in front of a 3500/4000ish converter (observed) and 5.13's that had just replaced a broken 4.57 chunk, and soft compound M&H belted tires. Oh yea, it went 107/108 in the qtr.
He only drove it a handful of times a year and raced it about the same. But it was always like a event whenever he decided to go out. That car had amazing hook. Haze 4 or 5 feet and gone. Very few big blocks at the time could run with it on the few late night street encounters. One reason he stopped taking it out much was because everyone always wanted a piece of him, including the cops....lol. I was only in that car 5 or 6 times over the years and always got a kick out of it. That car made me a "340" fan forever.
Sorry to hijack & sorry to be so long. I have to go rest my typing finger now. :mrgreen:
