It's a fun car. He's raced it since the 70's.
66 cuda/5.9 mag. Run 10s? Recipe?
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I've seen you post it before. It's super cool.
Dig the dana!
33IMP
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.... or, the guardrail!
Same difference. lol
33IMP
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@toolmanmike , got any idea what that thing weighs?
33IMP
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Or... build an eleven second combo, and THEN hit it with a 300 shot. (NOT budget anymore... but FAST!)
Well sure. But all these guys come on here wanting "budget" this and "budget" that. Nitrous is THE SINGLE MOST budget friendly go fast there is. There is no other better bang for the buck, yet when you bring it up, suddenly it's taboo. lol
as long as the budget includes additional motors, sure. why not!
33IMP
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I agree!
I'm NOT against Nitrous. I've got a system I haven't installed yet.
One car doesn't have enough safety stuff on it to hit it with a 250 shot, the other one doesn't have the right pistons in it. And if it did, I don't think I'd be comfortable in the eights with it, but that's where it should be.
Only problem I have with nitrous is finding it, and how fast it's used up.
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One of my old cars belongs to a buddy of mine now, 70 duster, full real street car, full interior, heat ect, has a glass hood, and car weighs right at 3180 plus 180 for driver, it runs 6.80s at 102 mph in the 1/8th. I built the engine, it's a simple combo. It's a stock stroke 340, icon flat top pistons, 9.8 to 1 pump gas deal. Has a set of old W2s I ported, a 640 lift solid roller, tunnel ram and 2 750 carbs. And a good converter. Just for reference
Bobzilla
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Progressive controllers tame that beast.
Nice. Here's the key "Has a set of old W2s I ported, a 640 lift solid roller, tunnel ram and 2 750 carbs."
That I don't
Budget mopar guy
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I would think my car is going to weigh maybe 2500 lbs? Maybe less even. As far as nitrous goes my buddy has ran bottle after bottle through factory small blocks with a 100 shot.
My car should be pretty light and the heads I’m putting on it flow really really well. Looking back now honestly I wish I had just gone with a big block but then I may have ended up exploding the 4 speed I’m putting in it.
Probably going with a ford 8.8. Gear will depend on the tire I can fit under it. A 430ish gear is what I’m thinking.
I actually have a 4 inch crank for a 360. And I also have a 4 inch crank and rods for a 318/340. But no pistons for either. If I went 318 I think I’d have to deal with the valve shrouding issue. The original plan was to just put the magnum in it and run a good top end on it and run it this season. Then over the winter build a stroker motor. I was just curious what the magnum is capable of with a good camshaft and a really good top end. I know everybody wants to know every detail about the car, but the thing is in pieces right now and I can’t give out solid information. But as a collective seeing prior builds and just general knowledge on capability like one comment or did that it would take approximately 420 hp to make a 2200 pound car run a 1090 is a good generalization. I’m fine with the car running low 11s and then breaking into the tens here and there. I really just wanna bust a 10 second time slip with it or at least have the ability to do it after the car is tuned in the suspension is tuned. My dart runs 1120s. The first pass out of it was 1174. Lots of tuning and learning the car and weight reduction, as well as small things like evacuation systems, suspension adjustments, etc. over a one year. I was able to shave off half a second. And that car is really nothing special at all and it runs 1120s. I am not comparing it to the small block on building. I’m just saying that I understand it’s not going to run a 1090 out of the box necessarily.
My car should be pretty light and the heads I’m putting on it flow really really well. Looking back now honestly I wish I had just gone with a big block but then I may have ended up exploding the 4 speed I’m putting in it.
Probably going with a ford 8.8. Gear will depend on the tire I can fit under it. A 430ish gear is what I’m thinking.
I actually have a 4 inch crank for a 360. And I also have a 4 inch crank and rods for a 318/340. But no pistons for either. If I went 318 I think I’d have to deal with the valve shrouding issue. The original plan was to just put the magnum in it and run a good top end on it and run it this season. Then over the winter build a stroker motor. I was just curious what the magnum is capable of with a good camshaft and a really good top end. I know everybody wants to know every detail about the car, but the thing is in pieces right now and I can’t give out solid information. But as a collective seeing prior builds and just general knowledge on capability like one comment or did that it would take approximately 420 hp to make a 2200 pound car run a 1090 is a good generalization. I’m fine with the car running low 11s and then breaking into the tens here and there. I really just wanna bust a 10 second time slip with it or at least have the ability to do it after the car is tuned in the suspension is tuned. My dart runs 1120s. The first pass out of it was 1174. Lots of tuning and learning the car and weight reduction, as well as small things like evacuation systems, suspension adjustments, etc. over a one year. I was able to shave off half a second. And that car is really nothing special at all and it runs 1120s. I am not comparing it to the small block on building. I’m just saying that I understand it’s not going to run a 1090 out of the box necessarily.
Not true! They'll last a long time with the right tune. No wonder people are skeered.
TT5.9mag
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A lot. I’m going to ask mine to make north of 900.
Puzackly. I have a friend who had exactly that on a stone stock bottom end 5.0 in a Fox body rustang. Along with...wait for it...a Vortec supercharger. Runnin high 10s. It had a lot more in it but he enjoyed it and didn't want to break anything. He never broke it because he had the tune right. I believe a friend I grew up with has that exact motor in one of his rustangs now. I think it's still in there. I haven't talked to him in a while. I have him on Facebook and he wouldda had it all over that place if he had swapped motors.
Plymouth 65
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Not to be an idiot, but, have you ever driven a mid 10's car? 65
9secRR
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at 2500 lbs you don't need anything fancy. stock stroke 360, W2 heads, 264/268 @ .050 solid flat tappet cam, 11.0 compression, victor w2 intake and you will run 10.0's if not 9.90's.
i ran 10.20 @ 130 mph at 2700 lbs with the combo mentioned above.
you don't need a stroker, you don't need a roller cam.
i ran 10.20 @ 130 mph at 2700 lbs with the combo mentioned above.
you don't need a stroker, you don't need a roller cam.
If that's directed at me yes. I've driven one that went 9.80s.
9secRR
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here is my 355''. this is a good example of what it takes.
It'll do it, too. I have a friend right down the road who has one of those Chevy trucks with the "angry lookin" headlights...I forget what year range that is. Really hideous, IMO, but the truck is badass. LS of course. I THINK it's a 6.2, but it's got a turbo on it bout twice the size of my head. That's BIG. LOL He "says" it put down over 1200HP to the wheels. I've seen him playin around with it and I don't doubt it.
Here's the engine.
And I was wrong. It's not the angry headlight truck. This is it.
Plymouth 65
I'll be in the shop
Nope, the OP. 65
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