My guess is a 383 stoker as the 383 was a pretty standard option in the Roadrunners.
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My guess is a 383 stoker as the 383 was a pretty standard option in the Roadrunners.
A 440 crank and big block Chevy rods take a 383 to 470 cid, modern stroker kits go to 496 cid! Probably an old 413. They were good motors, they lasted much longer than ‘63 in the heavy trucks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hippie459MN
To bad that is a 1976 and not a 1974. LoLQuote:
Originally Posted by sonicss33
Very nice though. :D
I was lamenting the fact that it had Rallye 2’s instead of honeycombs...Quote:
Originally Posted by Hippie459MN
:nonod:
Wait a minute, you were lookig at the CAR???
:D
Not for the first 5 minutes. Looks like my 76 Trans Am but with decals. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by nitro_rat
Whoever made those suits has a wonderful sense of humorQuote:
Originally Posted by Robby321
the car or the air bags ?? ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hippie459MN
I was making reference to the "Max Wedge", yes 413's were used into the 70's in motor homes mostly, and what few "Heavy" trucks dodge built.Quote:
Originally Posted by nitro_rat
Most 413’s in passenger cars weren’t “Max Wedges.” Only the 62 and 63 “Super Stock” b-bodies got the short ram “max wedge” motor. The 426 max wedge was available early in 64 when the light weight aluminum front ends were introduced. Of course the Hemi became available later that year and the wedge was history in drag racing! For 65 the light weight front end became fiberglass. The aluminum 64’s were known as “tender fenders!”Quote:
Originally Posted by BUZZIN' DOZEN
My first car was a 65 Sport Fury with the 426 wedge and 4 speed. Had a 413 in my motorhome. Both very thirsty but good engines.
Rock
A while back Talladega Speedway had an impressive collection of the Daytonas, Superbirds, and Talladega Torinos at the track during one of the races. These cars were all over the road when I was a kid and now I wish I had a few of em. The deal at Dega was cool as hell cuz they put em all on the track for a couple parade laps. I was amazed at the amount of them that were driven as opposed to trailered to the track.
Rock
The wing cars unrestricted then had some impressive top speed with stability
The engineering-mule Daytona was built strictly within the guidelines set down by NASCAR. It was a closely guarded corporate secret that Buddy Baker had routinely run laps with that very same mule, at the Chrysler Corporation Proving Ground in Chelsea Michigan at 235 miles an hour. That wasn't the full potential either — Charlie Glotzbach had taken the mule to laps over 240 miles an hour at Chelsea! The hottest was 243 miles an hour.
Eat that !
The last wing car to compete in NASCAR was a Daytona that finished 7th (after a wreck that put it two laps down) in the 1971 Daytona 500. This accomplishment was impressive because NASCAR had attempted to keep the wing cars out of the race by imposing a 305 cid limit (at the time the rest of the field was running 429 cid)! Talk about an underdog!!!
I just happened to find a picture in my phone of a 413 Max Wedge I took a few weeks ago...Quote:
Originally Posted by nitro_rat
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thXjTd1AWNoQuote:
Originally Posted by AZMIDLYF
Been a while since I heard this. Grew up in the San Fernando Valley. Yes I'm a "Valley Boy". Graduated H.S. in 1968.
440 crank in a 383= 426 cubes, 427 chevy pistons with about .100 off the top, bush the small end of the standard 383 rod to fit the 427 piston pin, turn down the 440 mains to fit the 383 block, check oil pan rails for clearance.Quote:
Originally Posted by nitro_rat