Why would anyone mess with a perfectly NICE car just to impress the local snot-noses?
If one is hellbent on wheelies, then a race car can be done - without screwing with this beauty!
I want to be able to lift the front of my 70 Charger 500 off the line - need your advice -thnx
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Why would anyone mess with a perfectly NICE car just to impress the local snot-noses?
If one is hellbent on wheelies, then a race car can be done - without screwing with this beauty!
P.S. You can always go fetch a late-model Demon:
If your not discouraged yet you should be. By the time you you get the wheel off the ground you'll have spent and devalued your car, it's a nice one too. You could have bought a Demon but then they don't put traction on the roads.
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In my opinion.....
To do an impressive wheelie on the street, (not just pop a tire off an inch, for two feet) you would need a light car, very stout small block for minimal front end weight, LOTS of traction (ladder bars or four link), great tires, and huge to boot, and either a full out manual trans or a transbrake.
Funny thing, that is almost a perfect description of my car, including a long rear overhang and a short front overhang..... and it still won't wheelie on the street.
To do an impressive wheelie on the street, (not just pop a tire off an inch, for two feet) you would need a light car, very stout small block for minimal front end weight, LOTS of traction (ladder bars or four link), great tires, and huge to boot, and either a full out manual trans or a transbrake.
Funny thing, that is almost a perfect description of my car, including a long rear overhang and a short front overhang..... and it still won't wheelie on the street.
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How about a RB/HEMI with a n aluminum block, heads water pump a housing and radiator. Need a boat load of money to impress some kids. Just have fun unless you have da dough.
Fun thread.
Went from some shocks, to buying demons, to converting it into an altered, and all kinds of ****.
Looks like youre about 16 mins from an actual track that is well known for good startline and great air. Go there. Do some testing. Find out what you actually have. Rich is a great photographer, youll be able to see whats going on. Youll need slicks. May as well start off with 90/10s ditch SB, dump the frontend. Once you have a grip on the situation, then see if it looks like the 4.56s and 4500 stall are needed( they are). From there you can start back tracking on repeating the performance on the street.
but as mentioned, with a 28' long 4600lb boat, it will be an uphill battle. No pun intended.
I'm thinking this will be the best case scenario.
Well that's pretty cool.
(I'm just a snot nosed kid at heart)
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Oh, it can definitely be done with a Charger (obviously! ), it's just harder than with some other choices.
I'm betting that one is a full-on racecar, with about 800hp.
happened right after he/they took off the wheelie bars too
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Super/Gas 9.90 car 69
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Certainly backhalved, I'm betting tube chassis, and all kinds of fiberglass. At that point, not much "Charger " left (Tho thats still what I would call it.) I'm guessing that one is a thousand pounds lighter that a street 68/69/70.
street car but looks pretty cool from behind
not 'some peoples' deal, but it's not my car either
opinions vary
I like day 2 cars, especially if they start out 'as a basket case'
then why not build it how you want, make it yours
even a nice car,
they made 100s of thousands of the gen 2 68-70 Chargers
not rare, yes getting pricey
not 'some peoples' deal, but it's not my car either
opinions vary
I like day 2 cars, especially if they start out 'as a basket case'
then why not build it how you want, make it yours
even a nice car,
they made 100s of thousands of the gen 2 68-70 Chargers
not rare, yes getting pricey
A friend at our track has pretty close to the exact thing. There's some ballast going on there.
Nailed the HP.
...because even beautiful cars don't know everything!
"Some" of you guys posting here,
you do know this is the Racers hangout
it's not the 'Purists section OE resto-thread type stuff' here
we do mods here, racecar mods
you do know this is the Racers hangout
it's not the 'Purists section OE resto-thread type stuff' here
we do mods here, racecar mods
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cdr
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This Charger is owned by the Lady that owns In & Out burgers out of California , & YES she is driving
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That family has been into drag racing for 50 years. The original Irwindale's hamburger stand was an In-N-Out, except the burgers didn't have tomatoes. (That was fine with me, I don't like tomatos). I think her father or uncle raced a funny car in the seventies too. They certainly sponsored some.This Charger is owned by the Lady that owns In & Out burgers out of California , & YES she is driving
That's a very nice car and the wrong car for that! I would stick to laying rubber. Lifting the wheels is very easy but at the same time very destructive on a stock type chassis as it takes violent lunches weight transfer and hard traction to do this. Body gaps will be trashed and the car will start to twist without chassis work.
