Brett Miller 434" W9 headed small block street/strip '68 Barracuda

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Well after pulling a large unexpected wheelie late in the season and tearing up the front suspension on the car plus putting a very slight buckle in the top of the oil pan I finally got it back running again today. No leaks, good oil pressure, no funny sounds and so now once I get the engine diaper back I can install the new STR Fabrication front suspension and outside of fixing a couple things that got tweaked from slapping the track pretty hard we will be ready to go this next season.

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Very nice, neat and clean. I like it, the fact it’ll fly helps too. LOL
 
My car is a ragged out pig compared to yours. The only videos I have is from shock testing last year. It doesn’t do anything exciting when it leaves, just barely picks the front tires up and goes.
 
justinp61 said:
My car is a ragged out pig compared to yours. The only videos I have is from shock testing last year.
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Yeah well I think we all know that cars look better in a picture or a video than in person, lol, but where could a person watch the shock testing videos? Those are always good to watch and as you already know having the right shock settings are crucial to getting down the track.
 
'68cuda416 said:
Well after pulling a large unexpected wheelie late in the season and tearing up the front suspension on the car plus putting a very slight buckle in the top of the oil pan I finally got it back running again today. No leaks, good oil pressure, no funny sounds and so now once I get the engine diaper back I can install the new STR Fabrication front suspension and outside of fixing a couple things that got tweaked from slapping the track pretty hard we will be ready to go this next season.

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Wow that has a smooth idle
 
'68cuda416 said:
Yeah well I think we all know that cars look better in a picture or a video than in person, lol, but where could a person watch the shock testing videos? Those are always good to watch and as you already know having the right shock settings are crucial to getting down the track.
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I posted this on YouTube, tried to post some more the other day and couldn’t. I was logged in but it was some bs with google.

The front shocks are set up for no prep stuff, but this track will take your shoes off so the front was full tight on extension and loose compression. It went 1.34 on this pass.

 
Rmoore said:
What does the car run ET, short time , mph
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It's ran a 5.78 @ 120 with a 1.28 60' and 4.30's with a 8" 6600 converter in it a couple years ago at approx. 3350 lbs. in late fall with the older engine/car setup. Since then we bumped the compression up a touch, different cam, bigger intake ( Brett's 420 ) , 1.5" spacer, 7200 converter, 4.88's, same weight, Menscer shocks all 4 corners and just can't get a handle on it yet.......made a 5.80 @ 118 pass and the next one yanked the front end towards the sky which this car has never come up more than a foot, two feet max, so caught me off gaurd and i double pumped the throttle mid air and it came down very hard and tore up some parts. Hope to make adjustments on the car so that never happens again but if so be ready to just short shift it and stay in the throttle next time for a smoother landing.
 
justinp61 said:
I posted this on YouTube, tried to post some more the other day and couldn’t. I was logged in but it was some bs with google.

The front shocks are set up for no prep stuff, but this track will take your shoes off so the front was full tight on extension and loose compression. It went 1.34 on this pass.

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WOW nice pass.....your car sounds killer and looks pretty dang nice to me. I need to get my car to stay down and just stick and shoot but with the abundance of changes we made all at once its kinda a mess right now.
 
What's strange is that with the Edelbrock headed 408 the car would pick the front end up 12" or so and carry it out about 15-20' and you'd never feel it set down. With the 434 it picked almost .3 and 6 mph in the 1/8, even with the battery moved to the trunk it barely picks the front tires up. That old cheap 9.5" Edge Racing converter worked well for a while behind the 408, then it didn't. LOL
 
justinp61 said:
What's strange is that with the Edelbrock headed 408 the car would pick the front end up 12" or so and carry it out about 15-20' and you'd never feel it set down. With the 434 it picked almost .3 and 6 mph in the 1/8, even with the battery moved to the trunk it barely picks the front tires up. That old cheap 9.5" Edge Racing converter worked well for a while behind the 408, then it didn't. LOL
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justinp61 said:
What's strange is that with the Edelbrock headed 408 the car would pick the front end up 12" or so and carry it out about 15-20' and you'd never feel it set down. With the 434 it picked almost .3 and 6 mph in the 1/8, even with the battery moved to the trunk it barely picks the front tires up. That old cheap 9.5" Edge Racing converter worked well for a while behind the 408, then it didn't. LOL
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This didn't end well......
Just Send It said:
Awesome!

Is your exhaust always this quiet or is it just the camera muffling the sound? This volume is exactly what I'm looking for. I have electric cutouts for the track, but I'd prefer something quieter for the street.

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1 7/8 - 2" headers with a small softball sized bullet muffler and a slight turn down welded on.........no exhaust on the car.
 
'68cuda416 said:
It's ran a 5.78 @ 120 with a 1.28 60' and 4.30's with a 8" 6600 converter in it a couple years ago at approx. 3350 lbs. in late fall with the older engine/car setup. Since then we bumped the compression up a touch, different cam, bigger intake ( Brett's 420 ) , 1.5" spacer, 7200 converter, 4.88's, same weight, Menscer shocks all 4 corners and just can't get a handle on it yet.......made a 5.80 @ 118 pass and the next one yanked the front end towards the sky which this car has never come up more than a foot, two feet max, so caught me off gaurd and i double pumped the throttle mid air and it came down very hard and tore up some parts. Hope to make adjustments on the car so that never happens again but if so be ready to just short shift it and stay in the throttle next time for a smoother landing.
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Very nice Sir ! Keep us posted on your ride Sir. Another great example of what Mopar’s can run ! Great job !
 
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