Dfr360cuda
Diagnosis... Plum Crazy.
I grew up in Dormont and PID was near Bridgeville.
I'd have been there every week.
It's a shame that it's just sat there idle since then.
Its Winter. Tell your racing life's story.
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I grew up in Dormont and PID was near Bridgeville.
I'd have been there every week.
It's a shame that it's just sat there idle since then.
Red63440
Olddawg
I think they stored heavy machinery there for several years, just a waste. I was there one night when they brought the Pro Stocks in, Grumpy Jenkins, Don Nicholson, Motown Missile, it was great to be able to walk over and just talk to them.
The Pittsburgh and Ohio area is LOADED with Mopars. One trip to a Monster Mopar race at Norwalk Ohio confirms this.
All my distant relatives live in Youngstown, Ohio and Summerset, Pa area. I know some of them race, but I don't know what they are driving, at least one cousin I know competes in top fuel.
Walker434
Well-Known Member
This 1989 IROC-Z got me into racing. Did a lot of street racing in High School. I bought this car with my own money when I was 15 and did all the work to make it as fast as it was. I grew up in a GM family. Luckily, this 1984 Ramcharger got me into Mopars. It had a pretty stout 360 in it and learned how to work on a small block mopar. I also bought the ramcharger when I was 15.
Anyway, the IROC got stolen my Freshman year of college and was never found. That gave me a really bad taste in my mouth and I got away from the hobby for a few years. Then in 2011 I found my current 71 Dart. Started racing it immediately even with the old worn out 318. In the 1/4 mile it started in the 15s then went 14s, then went 12s then went 11s and hoping for a 10 second pass this spring.
My wife and I have done drag week the last two years and plan on it again this year. We are addicted for sure!
Anyway, the IROC got stolen my Freshman year of college and was never found. That gave me a really bad taste in my mouth and I got away from the hobby for a few years. Then in 2011 I found my current 71 Dart. Started racing it immediately even with the old worn out 318. In the 1/4 mile it started in the 15s then went 14s, then went 12s then went 11s and hoping for a 10 second pass this spring.
My wife and I have done drag week the last two years and plan on it again this year. We are addicted for sure!
Dfr360cuda
Diagnosis... Plum Crazy.
So...
I was looking thru an old Mopar Collectors Guide and saw a photo of your Daytona after the rollover.
Ya it was quite the ride. I still have LOTS of pictures of the repairs being done. My Friend has it almost ready to hit the track again. The guy porting his 440-1 heads has slowed him up a little or it would have been out in 2018.
My avatar 64 Dart was built out of left over parts I had lying around. It was a fun low buck project that I was a *** and sold it.Dumb move. It needed gears as I was running 2.94's and crossed the line in second gear. I'm sure I could of got the 'ol Slant in the 15's if I would have kept the car. Raced it at Las Vegas several years ago.
I can play on this one, as I was born in Cleveland and lived in Pittsburgh for a few years. Here's my racing experience:
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Time to come clean! I've never taken a pass at the strip, but that's going to change in the next week or two when I take my tired iron down to PIR for at least one pass. This is a dead-stock 66 Valiant, virtually unchanged since it left the showroom floor. A mighty slant six with three-on-the-tree and 127K on the clock. However, it runs like a Swiss sewing machine. All I've done since I bought it was fix the leaks (which was everything that contained a liquid), fix the brakes, and get new wheels/tires. This thing was a dog before with 13" tires, it is a double-dog with the new 15" tires. I expect them to chart my ET with a calendar. But it will give me a starting point as the Desert Sand Beauty comes down this winter for a full rebuild of everything that is out of sight. When I'm done, it will have a new spunky engine, A833OD, 8-3/4, front discs, all new suspension fore and aft, new steering, and on and on. It will still look like a sleepy Gramma Grocery Getter from the outside unless you know it never came with a 4-speed or fat 15" tires. Here it is in it's red-wheeled glory, the day I drove it home.
And here it is with the new 15" wheels and tires.
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Time to come clean! I've never taken a pass at the strip, but that's going to change in the next week or two when I take my tired iron down to PIR for at least one pass. This is a dead-stock 66 Valiant, virtually unchanged since it left the showroom floor. A mighty slant six with three-on-the-tree and 127K on the clock. However, it runs like a Swiss sewing machine. All I've done since I bought it was fix the leaks (which was everything that contained a liquid), fix the brakes, and get new wheels/tires. This thing was a dog before with 13" tires, it is a double-dog with the new 15" tires. I expect them to chart my ET with a calendar. But it will give me a starting point as the Desert Sand Beauty comes down this winter for a full rebuild of everything that is out of sight. When I'm done, it will have a new spunky engine, A833OD, 8-3/4, front discs, all new suspension fore and aft, new steering, and on and on. It will still look like a sleepy Gramma Grocery Getter from the outside unless you know it never came with a 4-speed or fat 15" tires. Here it is in it's red-wheeled glory, the day I drove it home.
And here it is with the new 15" wheels and tires.
first vehicle was a 60 ford pickup that would wheel hope if you even thought about putting it on dirt.
My first mopar was a 72 Demon with a Slant Six and a 3 speed on the floor. It was the best snow car i have ever owned. would only cause me to stop when the snow pushed up into the fan stopping the water pump from turning. raise the hood, clean snow and keep on moving.
Raced a couple of 302 mustangs and beat them every time, i didn't miss 2ng gear, speed shifting(67-70- mustangs)
wish i had never sold that car.
73 cuda that has so much rust in the back end that it had a bungee cord around the leaf spring and attached to the truck lid to keep it closed. sold the front fenders and hood off of it for a 340 motor, and junked the rest of the car. (yes, dumb *** again)
Bought my 70 ply gran coupe barracuda in 1982 for $600 dollars. rebuild the entire front end and and give the 318 a tune up.
Told my parents that i was sleeping over to a friends, and took my first race down done the drag strip.(Parent did not approve of "Harsh Driving" let alone DRAG RACING!!!!!
Yup, first time out, tried to stage my back tires
........ and ran 19 sec 1/4 mile.
340 and some gears when a best of 14.03
About 10+ years ago i took this combo racing or should i say, competing, real seriously for two year. didn't put anything into the car just focused on dial in, me and the car.
Trailered it 95 miles to the track every other weekend, ran all the two day races. It eats up a lot of money for sure.
Placed 17th my first year and was tied for 2nt place the last race of the 2nt year, but choked and ended up 4th place for the year.
That was 10+ years ago and that track is now closed. A few of my racing buddy have came up to our home town 1/8 mile track and think i'm still a threat!
408 with same gears (4.56) and a good converter, when High 11's at that track.
Still working the combo out but on a 1/8 mile High Altitude track(6600 feet) has run a best of 7.78@ 87.77 mph
My first mopar was a 72 Demon with a Slant Six and a 3 speed on the floor. It was the best snow car i have ever owned. would only cause me to stop when the snow pushed up into the fan stopping the water pump from turning. raise the hood, clean snow and keep on moving.
Raced a couple of 302 mustangs and beat them every time, i didn't miss 2ng gear, speed shifting(67-70- mustangs)
wish i had never sold that car.
73 cuda that has so much rust in the back end that it had a bungee cord around the leaf spring and attached to the truck lid to keep it closed. sold the front fenders and hood off of it for a 340 motor, and junked the rest of the car. (yes, dumb *** again)
Bought my 70 ply gran coupe barracuda in 1982 for $600 dollars. rebuild the entire front end and and give the 318 a tune up.
Told my parents that i was sleeping over to a friends, and took my first race down done the drag strip.(Parent did not approve of "Harsh Driving" let alone DRAG RACING!!!!!
Yup, first time out, tried to stage my back tires
........ and ran 19 sec 1/4 mile.340 and some gears when a best of 14.03
About 10+ years ago i took this combo racing or should i say, competing, real seriously for two year. didn't put anything into the car just focused on dial in, me and the car.
Trailered it 95 miles to the track every other weekend, ran all the two day races. It eats up a lot of money for sure.
Placed 17th my first year and was tied for 2nt place the last race of the 2nt year, but choked and ended up 4th place for the year.
That was 10+ years ago and that track is now closed. A few of my racing buddy have came up to our home town 1/8 mile track and think i'm still a threat!
408 with same gears (4.56) and a good converter, when High 11's at that track.
Still working the combo out but on a 1/8 mile High Altitude track(6600 feet) has run a best of 7.78@ 87.77 mph
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