I came across a Dodge Charger Daytona R/T this evening. The one with the fancy copper paint and black "DAYTONA" decals. We didn't get to run from a stop, but we rolled on third gear twice and once in second. He had the initial jump in third, as I was off the cam about 3.5k rolling onto the throttle, but I got that half carlength back by 4k and pulled a whole sedan on him by 110. Second gear was more of the same. From 35, right where I liked to be, I pulled out right off and kept on stretching it out through third. As long as it was on cam, he just couldn't keep up. Good fun.
So thats about what a turbo 2.7i runs like. It still isnt tuned, and I still don't know about how much its boosting. And its still running the 3.46 open diff. Apparently thats good enough to get the best of the 5.7l, 350 hp hemi in the new charger daytona.
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I got a Hemi!
ohh yes, Wayne Oxner had a 66 street hemi. My brother had a 61 300G . 413 with ram inducted quads. The car would do 160. Only problem was that the brakes would fade if used above 80. Back when Mopar was still into racing. I'm guessing the max wedge is some rendition of the 440? or 383????rodpaine wrote:The current Hemi, yes, but both you and me are old enough to know that today's Hemi, is not the Hemi of some four decades ago. Hell, it isn't even a match for the old MaxWedge.a wrote:heh heh , a slant 6 beating a Hemi. How the mighty have fallen
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Ya, brakes were awful! Thankfully most owners have since installed disc brakes. When Chrysler discontinued the Hemi in 1959 they replaced it with the big-block wedge 'RB', or Raised Block V8s, with a stroke of 3.75. Performance options appeared on the "Wedge" in the form of higher compression, dual exhausts and multi-carburetors on long runner intake manifolds, such as your brother had. The high performance 413 cu. in. wedge came out in '62 known as the MaxWedge with Plymouth calling it the SuperStock and Dodge called it the Ramcharger. The 426 followed in '63 and the 440 came out in '66, the same year as the street Hemi which overshadowed the 440. The A-990 Hemi in '65 was a race Hemi and very hard to come by unless you knew somebody and had deep pockets, or you were sponsered by a dealer.a wrote:Snip... ohh yes, Wayne Oxner had a 66 street hemi. My brother had a 61 300G . 413 with ram inducted quads. The car would do 160. Only problem was that the brakes would fade if used above 80. Back when Mopar was still into racing. I'm guessing the max wedge is some rendition of the 440? or 383????
I was very fortunate to have been a part of it, if only for five years. And they still hold their own at many of today's 1/4 mile events, with their 40+ year old technology.
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You're very welcome. I was running a '60 Chevy 348 tri-power when I traded it in for my '62 Plymouth 413. I was tired of getting beat by the Mopars. Ronnie Sox was a great driver and I first met him in '64 when he was running the Comet 427 in A/FX. He was only a year older than me and I was saddened when he died last April. He was also a great sharer of info and tips, never concerned that he might be giving too much away. He truly loved the sport and was a great asset to all of us running the 1/4 mile.M635CSi wrote:Rod, thanks for the history lesson. I was always in the Chevrolet camp back in the day but Ronnie Sox sure made those Hemi Mopars look great!!!
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