A bodies in Wisconsin, Who's out there?
Not technically from WI but am closer to it then lower MI, so we are always down in the Green Bay area and spend a few times a year at W.I.R. I raced there a few different times also in our mutt truck (1964 Ford F-100 with Chevy 350 'Vette engine. When we bought the truck it was set up with a Camaro front subframe under it with disk brakes and the engine. We added a B&M 177 supercharger and pounded it pretty hard for almost three years. It is no lightweight at about 3,900 lbs. but drives great. I made about 12 passes on it (7) back to back hot laps in one test 'n tune night at W.I.R. I was beat as it was like 1 am and my father drove towards Appleton where we stayed. About five miles up the road the bearings started rapping very loudly. Once we got it home out came the GM engine and we semi corrected the truck with a 1989 factory roller cam 360 Mopar engine my father had just rebuilt. That engine feels as powerful as the 350 did with the supercharger. This truck has hauled Mopar cars, shells, engines, and parts all over the U.S. east of the Mississippi river. Sometimes packing in a much as 2,500 miles in a long weekend.
Hopefully we can get my fathers supercharged 1972 Dart 360 down there yet this fall...
It just got insured/plated so now we just got to throw the grille, bumper and valance on it and cut the hood. The carburetor is a new Holley Street Avenger 670cfm I had which isn't even close to correct for the application, however it'll have to do until he steps up and gets a real performance supercharger carb.
Here are two of my A-bodies I have photos of rigth off hand.
1974 Dodge Dart Sport. 100% rust free original paint Arizona car. Originally a 318, automatic, A/C, dual chrome sport mirror, black stripe, fold down rear seat, 3-speed variable wipers... It now has a 406 big block, 4-speed, and an A-body 8-3/4" rear with 3.91:1 gears.
1974 Plymouth 'Gold Duster' 100% rust free original paint California car. Original 225 slant six, automatic, A/C, fold down rear seat, 3-speed variable wipers...
Not technically from WI but am closer to it then lower MI, so we are always down in the Green Bay area and spend a few times a year at W.I.R. I raced there a few different times also in our mutt truck (1964 Ford F-100 with Chevy 350 'Vette engine. When we bought the truck it was set up with a Camaro front subframe under it with disk brakes and the engine. We added a B&M 177 supercharger and pounded it pretty hard for almost three years. It is no lightweight at about 3,900 lbs. but drives great. I made about 12 passes on it (7) back to back hot laps in one test 'n tune night at W.I.R. I was beat as it was like 1 am and my father drove towards Appleton where we stayed. About five miles up the road the bearings started rapping very loudly. Once we got it home out came the GM engine and we semi corrected the truck with a 1989 factory roller cam 360 Mopar engine my father had just rebuilt. That engine feels as powerful as the 350 did with the supercharger. This truck has hauled Mopar cars, shells, engines, and parts all over the U.S. east of the Mississippi river. Sometimes packing in a much as 2,500 miles in a long weekend.
Hopefully we can get my fathers supercharged 1972 Dart 360 down there yet this fall...
It just got insured/plated so now we just got to throw the grille, bumper and valance on it and cut the hood. The carburetor is a new Holley Street Avenger 670cfm I had which isn't even close to correct for the application, however it'll have to do until he steps up and gets a real performance supercharger carb.
Here are two of my A-bodies I have photos of rigth off hand.
1974 Dodge Dart Sport. 100% rust free original paint Arizona car. Originally a 318, automatic, A/C, dual chrome sport mirror, black stripe, fold down rear seat, 3-speed variable wipers... It now has a 406 big block, 4-speed, and an A-body 8-3/4" rear with 3.91:1 gears.
1974 Plymouth 'Gold Duster' 100% rust free original paint California car. Original 225 slant six, automatic, A/C, fold down rear seat, 3-speed variable wipers...
