My B-Body Strip Car Combo

Figured I'd start something here....
My 66 is not full out race but I'll run down the basics.....
66 Plymouth Satellite with 30 over 440..Iron 346 heads...
M1 single plane and a holley 800 cfm carb with proform main body....
Rev manual valve body 727, 8" dynamic converter
742 case 8 3/4 with 4:10's and 28x9x15" rear tire
Full interior and exhaust
Other than body/paint It was Assembled in my single car garage and driveway.
Have 7 runs on it total....best to date is 11:59@119.65 mph May of this year.
I haven't hard launched the car and it's got plenty left in it but I have to add a roll bar before I take it out again....
I have a bigger carb for it but that has to wait also....

Looks great to me and the performance is still at a fun and easy level. NHRA said to cage it huh? Or you just now your gonna be there quick enuff? (<G>)

We have been working on 2 66 Bels for a couple of years, one a Bel I Hemi/auto/dana looking for low 10 and the other a bel II bighemi/Gforce/dana looking for 8s.

One full out pro/race, one street crusier.

Lots and lots and lots of "modifications" but no exterior body changes.

Both are time capsules, with all the neat stuff we wanted, of what we owned years ago.

Always glad to steer you to the most relaible vendors, for the stuff done.

Looks great to me and the performance is still at a fun and easy level. NHRA said to cage it huh? Or you just now your gonna be there quick enuff? (<G>)
Need a bar at quicker than at 11:49,but it's the mph I'm not comfortable with. Just have my 40 plus year old seat belts and helmet...Went to a track rental this May and a Duster there went 10:95@119.25 that's less mph than I ran...If I launched at around 4500 or so I feel I could get low 11"s, but I won't attempt it without the bar...I'm going on 59 this October and would like to take the grandson out to the strip someday so I'm not happy tempting fate...Younger days yeah I'd go for it...

We have been working on 2 66 Bels for a couple of years, one a Bel I Hemi/auto/dana looking for low 10 and the other a bel II bighemi/Gforce/dana looking for 8s.

One full out pro/race, one street crusier.

Lots and lots and lots of "modifications" but no exterior body changes.

Both are time capsules, with all the neat stuff we wanted, of what we owned years ago.

Always glad to steer you to the most relaible vendors, for the stuff done.
Cool, If I had my 66 back when I was 18 they wouldn't believe it..In my neck of the woods if you could run low 13:00's you were one of the fastest things around...

LOL, I remember back in the day just that same thing. A good street car was that quick and mean ones were true mid and quicker 12's.
The insane drove 11 sec. cars on the street when I was a kid.
Times have changed, times have changed!

Sounds like a nice easy combo. Whats it got for a cam ?

Sounds like a nice easy combo. Whats it got for a cam ?
Old style Hughes solid....With 1.6 roller rockers...HEV6876BS...656 int 672exh .270 .276@.50 with the 1.6's...Sounds angry when it's running...Have 3" Hooker Aerochambers on it...

Yeah thats a pretty nasty cam.

Old style just like me...

That car is badass :wtg:

Those are decent times too

very sweet race car,im building a dual purpose 66 coronet and its gonna suk putting in a cage.Lets people know it runs. i,ve got a indy head 500 stroker with a 585 lift solid roller with a 1150 dominator ready to drop in so i,m pretty sure i,ll be in cage territory.

sweet car Gary...

i seen his car.....from behind

Gary, nice looking '66. Does the rollbar need to be added at 10.90?

Gary, nice looking '66. Does the rollbar need to be added at 10.90?
Yes, Unless it's a convertible then you need a bar at 13:49...NHRA ..If you have modified from the firewall back..floors and such other than wheel tubs, then I think they want a cage at 10:99...Still I guess it all comes down to the track you're at how much you can push it at a TT or rental....

very sweet race car,im building a dual purpose 66 coronet and its gonna suk putting in a cage.Lets people know it runs. i,ve got a indy head 500 stroker with a 585 lift solid roller with a 1150 dominator ready to drop in so i,m pretty sure i,ll be in cage territory.

Post Pictures when you can...That's a big carb!

Gary your car looks and runs great. :yes: And as you know I love the black rims on the back as it gives the car the 60's SS look and of course I run the black rims out back also. You have one great looking and running B-body. Ron

Let me know when I can bring it to MD for the bar install....:D Post that bad boys combo when you get a chance....

Gary I think its 9.99 for a cage..and I think its 11.99 for a bar..thats without looking at the book..LOL..if my memory serves me...tough getting older...

and I believe you are most right about the 13.99 for a convert to have a bar...

They changed that a few years back to bring more cars in without saddling them with the bars. And I guess to get on equal footing with the IHRA..You can go 10:00 flat with only a bar if your basically stock from the fire wall back if you do tin work and such the cage comes in earlier....Here's the NHRA new rules...http://www.nhra.com/contacts/tech_faq.html

thanks for the info...

Here is a rundown on my 63's como:

I use a 1970 440 thats .030 over (446) with the stock bottom end that I installed .030 over KB quench dome pistons that gives me 10.0 comp using my 906 heads I ported and a nice .042 quench so it runs great even on 92 pump.
I used the MP .557 cam I installed on a 104 centerline and it has Isky ductile iron rockers.
It has the Holley Street Dominator intake with a 850DP.
I use a Mallory dist I got real cheap and the MP orange ECU.
Hedman 1-3/4 headers and 3" pipes with Dyno-Max Ultra-Flow mufflers.
I built the 727 basically stock and have TA reverse manual V/B with a 9.5 Dynamic convertor.
8-3/4 with 4.30's and I use Hoosier QTP 29 x 11.5 tires.
I still have the stock leaf springs with air shocks as the body is all stock.
I actually installed the 6 point rollbar before I had ever raced it as I wanted to strenthen the car up more then just the frame connectors I installed and the 6 point bar really helped strenthen the car. I built the car looking for high 11's so when it ran 11.52 @ 116 the last time out I was more then pleased.

I feel it has at least 11.40's in it with some tuning and now I wont have to worry about any hassle from the track having the roll bar.
Alot of guys kept telling me to put a cage in it but this is a 99% street car that I have to get in and out of alot and I want to keep the car as close to a stock body as I can so all I wanted is the 6 point bar which works great. I can run as fast as 10.0's like this and I dont have any plans to ever go faster then that with the car as it will always be a driver street car.

I broke an axle gear tooth the last timem out so I installed a Detroit Locker and I can't wait to get out and try it. When it hooks hard it will get air under the left front wheel.
So far my best is 11.52 @ 116.84 with a best sixty of 1.58 but it was a 1.61 on the 11.52 as it spun a bit on that run.
I love driving the car as much as racing it and driving to the track is really alot of fun as after racing I just pump the Hoosier's up to about 30 psi and then drive home . :) Ron

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1620/1011563/2193145/280991011.jpg

Nice to able to drive it back and forth from the track and run 11:50's..What track do you usually run at?

Usually Cecil because my brother lives about 4 miles from Cecil and if we would break I can have my car or my son's towed right to my brothers and fix them. :) Ron

Ron...I always like your 63...its a great ride and has exceptional performance..

are you still thinking of putting torque thrust wheels on the front?

I think the bar is needed at 11.49................

If only I were about 4000 ft closer to sea level....

How do you pull photo bucket pics back to your computer so you can post them

Heres a link to my rapid transit project. feel free to view all my pics. http://s141.photobucket.com/albums/r67/daredevil440/?action=view&current=Picture049.jpg

Ron...I always like your 63...its a great ride and has exceptional performance..

are you still thinking of putting torque thrust wheels on the front?

Thank you. :) Yes I will definetly put the Torque Thrust up front when I can. Money is tight right now so it may have to wait a bit yet but I will get them. And I plan to put another hood on one day with the Max Wedge scoop. Ron

6 or 8 point rollbar is needed for 11.49 or quicker. This will be good down to 9.99. Then a 10 point cage is needed.
I got thrown out of Etown for running 10.77 with NO bar or CAGE. I now have a full cage...
Stay safe- the life you save may be your own.

That is a very nice 66' you have there..The 800 is the right carb for your setup..The cam could handle more, but the heads can't..How much compression?

How do you pull photo bucket pics back to your computer so you can post them

Go to the album view on your Photobucket page, where you can see all the thumbnail pics.

At the bottom of each pic is 4 box's the last one says "IMG Code" click in that box and copy that link then paste it in your post, like this.

Nice car btw..................

Daredevils car:


http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r67/daredevil440/66painted008.jpg