What is the "perfect" street/strip package......for the average Moparian

'68cuda416 said
Like I said I won't chop and hack on my cars......am more than willing to spend more for added power to overcome the cars being heavier but that's just me.....low compression would be a no go for me also as I have been in those type cars with anemic engines and they are boring and too easy to get embarrassed.

I'm in the same boat, my Dart is 3350-60 with me in street trim. It's been mini tubbed but that's it. The vents, radio (doesn't work), all heater components and wipers are still it and I'll not remove them to get weight out. The way my car sits now it would easy to put back to stock appearing if one wanted.

I'll never have a car with good power without a roll bar and frame ties. Aside from the safety aspects it keeps you from killing the car. I added 2 x 2 welded in frame ties to mine first and could tell a difference just driving it, the car felt tighter. The roll bar stiffened it more.

At first weight is easy to remove, lighter front brakes, aluminum heads and intake, lighting bumper brackets, fiberglass hood and front bumper and a lot of small stuff. But then come the things that add weight back, roll bar and frame ties, the R block alone was about 60 pounds heaver than the 360 block it replaced. Moving the battery to the trunk adds weight for the extra cable and the necessary components for the wiring. Plus my car picked up nothing after the change.