TiredBirds Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 This is the other car I have been working on. It is about 85% complete. It has a 700ish Big Block Mopar (512cid LD) vroooom vroooom 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) Some guy bought the 640 Mopar out of my buddies Mod pulling truck and stuck it in a Barracuda (?) drag car. Want to say 1800hp. The couple pics I saw looked fun. Cool ride TB. Not a big Mopar fan, but that thing should rip. Streetable? Edited January 10, 2018 by Bandit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiredBirds Posted January 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Bandit said: Some guy bought the 640 Mopar out of my buddies Mod pulling truck and stuck it in a Barracuda (?) drag car. Want to say 1800hp. The couple pics I saw looked fun. Cool ride TB. Not a big Mopar fan, but that thing should rip. Streetable? yes, should be able to run to the beer store and back as needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 12 minutes ago, TiredBirds said: yes, should be able to run to the beer store and back as needed. That's all that matters. Seriously, nice ride. Belvidere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiredBirds Posted January 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 56 minutes ago, Bandit said: That's all that matters. Seriously, nice ride. Belvidere? It is a Satellite, originally a 383 4bbl car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 1 hour ago, TiredBirds said: It is a Satellite, originally a 383 4bbl car. Super Stock scoop, right? Even being a GM guy I feel bad on asking Belvidere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiredBirds Posted January 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Bandit said: Super Stock scoop, right? Even being a GM guy I feel bad on asking Belvidere. It is the correct SS hood scoop for 66-67 b-body's and it us BELVEDERE no "i" lol 'lite is the up-scale model were as the GTX was the performance car. 1 hour ago, Bandit said: Super Stock scoop, right? Even being a GM guy I feel bad on asking Belvidere. well since the trim has been deleted it does look more like a 'dere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 442 W30 is lot easier for me to spell. Seriously, my Chally buddy had a 68 X back in the day. 440 auto car. Was nice in 89. It went pretty hard for having 3.23's. Unfortunately we never lined those up. Sold his right when I bought mine. 440 vs 455, both with 3.23's would have been interesting. Did take down a 68 340 Dart with 3.91's though. Those things were quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorman Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Bandit said: Super Stock scoop, right? Even being a GM guy I feel bad on asking Belvidere. Do you feel bad misspelling "Belvedere"? S. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiredBirds Posted January 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 9 hours ago, Bandit said: 442 W30 is lot easier for me to spell. Seriously, my Chally buddy had a 68 X back in the day. 440 auto car. Was nice in 89. It went pretty hard for having 3.23's. Unfortunately we never lined those up. Sold his right when I bought mine. 440 vs 455, both with 3.23's would have been interesting. Did take down a 68 340 Dart with 3.91's though. Those things were quick. 340 cars are over-rated. Those guys think they are giant killers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karman1970 Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 2 hours ago, TiredBirds said: 340 cars are over-rated. Those guys think they are giant killers. I'd still take one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogren-Engineering Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) The Olds with the tall gears went way too fast. Seems like the 72 W30 had a 3.7 or so stock . WE had some stupid fast winter cars .Olds Toro 455 would go over 125, TBird 4 dr 429 would go about the same while the speedo read about 110. Edited January 11, 2018 by flyinglizard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 7 hours ago, flyinglizard said: The Olds with the tall gears went way too fast. Seems like the 72 W30 had a 3.7 or so stock . WE had some stupid fast winter cars .Olds Toro 455 would go over 125, TBird 4 dr 429 would go about the same while the speedo read about 110. The W car had the 3.23's because it was an AC car. 3.42's were standard in non air 442's in 70. And yes, the top end was stupid. As was the front end lift. I quit long before the car did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 On 1/11/2018 at 6:16 AM, TiredBirds said: 340 cars are over-rated. Those guys think they are giant killers. Took me a while to remember what my Moped friends called them; Big Bore Hunter. Well, the hunter got ate up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiredBirds Posted January 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 On 1/11/2018 at 6:01 PM, Bandit said: The W car had the 3.23's because it was an AC car. 3.42's were standard in non air 442's in 70. And yes, the top end was stupid. As was the front end lift. I quit long before the car did. my last car, 70 440-6 pack Charger would be pulling hard at the stripe 121+mph and would have kept going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 8 minutes ago, TiredBirds said: my last car, 70 440-6 pack Charger would be pulling hard at the stripe 121+mph and would have kept going. Ok, that poop ain't stock. And there is not one thing wrong with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiredBirds Posted January 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 12 hours ago, Bandit said: Ok, that poop ain't stock. And there is not one thing wrong with that. nope... but driven to the track, raced and driven home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Nice. Not a fan of trailer queens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mender Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 On 1/11/2018 at 8:05 AM, flyinglizard said: The Olds with the tall gears went way too fast. Seems like the 72 W30 had a 3.7 or so stock . WE had some stupid fast winter cars .Olds Toro 455 would go over 125, TBird 4 dr 429 would go about the same while the speedo read about 110. My '69 Firebird conv. had 2.56 gears and a 160 mph speedo, had it reading just shy of that several times. Probably an honest 140-145 mph. Had an '82 Cutlass with a Buick 455 that was also in that range, surprised a then-new Volvo T-5 by keeping up with him on a top end charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karman1970 Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 My dad had a '79 Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am, new. 403 Buick. Speedo went to 140 or 160 (I don't recall). Said he tried to outrun a Kansas Highway Patrolman once, just for the fun of it. TA topped out bouncing between 115 and 119. Said it took a while, but that big Chrysler 440 finally reeled him in. "A little slow of the line, but there isn't much she won't catch on the top end," the officer said after they got to talking engines. Got away with just a ticket. Probably go to jail these days, but I'm sure being active duty military and having done a stint with the Highway Patrol in Utah helped a little. Of course, he always talks so highly of the Newports they had, I'm not sure why he thought he could get away in the first place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 403 Olds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karman1970 Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 I knew that. Not sure why I have Buick on the brain, other than I desperately want to stuff a 3800 or Rover V8 in something. I know for a fact it was a 403, though. I asked him why he got a slushbox and he said all he wanted was a big block and that was the only option with that motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mender Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) '69 - '74 had the 160 mph speedometers, 75 - '79 speedo only went to 100 mph, and '80-81 was the 85 mph speedo. Don't tell him now but the 403 was a bored-out little block Olds. And if you want to do a Buick, have a look at the 350 if you can find one. I keep one tucked away under the bench just in case. Edited January 20, 2018 by mender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogren-Engineering Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 Rover 8 going in my TVR. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karman1970 Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 1 hour ago, mender said: '69 - '74 had the 160 mph speedometers, 75 - '79 speedo only went to 100 mph, and '80-81 was the 85 mph speedo. Don't tell him now but the 403 was a bored-out little block Olds. And if you want to do a Buick, have a look at the 350 if you can find one. I keep one tucked away under the bench just in case. Well it was like 80 or 81 when this happened, so I imagine a detail or two have changed or been embellished over time . Could be he just didn't want a SBC in his TA is all! In researching the 3800 and 215 Buick/Olds I've stumbled across a fair bit of small block Buick history. Pretty neat to see the different approaches each of the divisions took. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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