booo! hissss!
Wish I could hit the agree button a few times on this post.
Not sure what car shows you go to that everyone has cross ram hemis but they are better shows than here. I run a tunnel ram on my wedge and there are many here in town, nothing all that special. He could paint it pink and put a single carb on it and it would be baddass.
i've rarely seen tunnel rams on hemi's that aren't full blown track cars. usually it's cross rams or in the event there is, it's not some towering inferno dual quad piece.
in the nuanced idea that the intake and motor go together and were probably purchased and raced that way until "upgraded" to the tunnel ram, sure.
Thank you.
The only thing that helps is what ever intake YOU want the car to have. I like the tunnel ram. Some peeps like the cross ram. It’s actually cool that we all like different stuff. Use what makes you happy and fits what is correct for your vision of the car.
Thanks. I think it’s cool it started with the crossram and 50 years later it will be blasting down the road again.
The crossram was a super stock piece in 68 by the early 70’s to mid 70’s tunnel rams were used in pro stock on the darts for a couple years that included updates to the body to keep it legal, because the body was a 69 and not changed and the owner has a trophy from 72 the car was most likely run in modified production. Bracket racing was starting to happen but mostly populated at that time by cars that couldn’t run the numbers in class racing.
The crossrams in 68 used on the Hemi dart were old stock from 1964. My magnesium crossram is legit for a 68 Dart but dated 64, by 68 the remaining inventory was available mostly aluminum, the magnesium crossrams were produced in lower numbers. I am thinking A/MP, but Pro Stock for a year or two is possible, we both could be right. For it to run Pro in 1972 I think the body would have needed updating I believe the rule was within two years of production for Pro. Following your work closely very intrested in the build.
That means it's magnesium and extremely flammable. That's why they were phased out.
Yup. That car's gonna be cool no matter what, because its new owner actually has SENSE.
Actually, per NHRA Drag Rules, the two year rule was a 1970-71 rule. In 1972-73, (don´t have newer Drag Rules) you could still run your 1969 model.
That's interesting, I did not know that. Don't they sell new parts still made out of magnesium?
I have never heard of one catching fire on its own (I am curious the alloy they used), but if there was a fire it would burn very intense. CO2 extinguisher and water would both make it much worse. Need a dry chemical extinguisher.
That is crazy the water put it out. Typically magnesium burns hot enough to separate the hydrogen and oxygen from the water making it far worse/explosive! Lucky
