I was watching an episode of Wheeler Dealers last night where they came over to the states and bought a Dodge Charger.
I forget but it was I think either a 69 or 70 with a 383 Magnum and a 4-speed.
I like the show and I think the guy Ed is pretty good with making repairs on a budget.
They did a good job on the Charger and it looked real good, but they took it out to the dragstrip and the host of the show ran an 18 second quarter and Ed ran a 17 second quarter.
They seemed proud and I thought, either they have a different way of clocking over there or they are bad drivers because there is no way that a Charger with a 383 Magnum and 4-speed should not run at least a 15 second quarter.

Imperial seconds

I saw that too, and thought, my duke with the automatic runs about the same time.

The episode after that is the DeLorean

I suspect their car has a 318 NOT A 383 OR A 383 MAG

OR JUNK TYRES AND SUB3.0 REAREND AND A WORE OUT MOTOR

THAT CAR SHOULD TURN A LOW 14 HIGH 13
WITH CHEATER SLICKS SOLID 13 CAR

Maybe they stopped for tea

No, the car has a 383.
I was interested because my Roadrunner had a 383 and it would run about a 14 second 1/4 time.

Maybe a 1/4 mile is longer there.

These guys aren't proffesional drag racers, that could also explain their 1/4 mile time.

quote Originally posted by avengador1: These guys aren't proffesional drag racers, that could also explain their 1/4 mile time.

Plus they just put $ and work into it trying to get top dollarre-selling. They don't want to "break" anything F'n around on a drag track. Better to be safe than broke...

Do you know what the trap speed was? That tells me more about the engine's power than the ET. Traction, bad/granny shifting and poor reaction times have a big effect on ETs but trap speeds do not change that much.

It doesn`t give the trap speed that I could see but the link below, if you start at about 6:50 it`s where they are at the strip.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...shVE&feature=related

Haha, my Mom pushes her mini van harder than that.

quote Originally posted by FriendGregory: Haha, my Mom pushes her mini van harder than that.

Your Mom isn't from Pasedena is she?

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The key thing is to wake up breathing! All the rest can be fixed. (Except Stupid - You can't fix that)

My Volkwagen camper bus turned 21 in 1/4 mile at National Trails years ago. I havent tried my 413 Coronet, which is basicly the same as a Charger. In 66/67 theyre completely identical except for the fastback roof on the charger. I put a Charger nose on mine...direct fit. The engine came out of a Chrysler New Yorker. Since it has period correct tires 225/70/14s, id expect 14s since its stock except for a very mild 'RV' cam. At the Mopar Nats, theres a lot a mild built ones doing 9s and 10s.

I may have to put my Fiero mods on the backburner in the near future because of this show. +
I have wanted to get a 1968-1970 Charger ever since I got rid of my 1969 Roadrunner and this show has sparked the interest again.
Now, I`m torn though because I liked the front on my Roadrunner but I like the rear of the Charger so I may go with the Coronet because the 1968-69 Coronets have a very similar front grille to the Roadrunner and with the exception of the swoop of the rear 1/4 panel of the body they have a similar appearance of the Charger.
I don`t really like the grille on the 1970 Coronet as it looks too divided.

Somebody said it must of had a Slant 6 under the hood for those kind of times. ??

Spoon

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