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Come on, race season is coming up. Are you ready? Excited? Broken? No time? No desire? No money?

dvw said:
I’ve been through them all. Car is ready, trailer is close, truck repair will start when vacation is over on the 30th. I’m excited, at 71 don’t know how many more seasons are left. Broken stuff has or is being repaired. When you are retired the only time limit is your energy, so far mine is very good. Desire to win has never been higher. Money? Who cares there’s enough left for what ever time I have. If it runs out I’ll work more or live on Social Security. Bring it on!
Doug
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It’s been a busy offseason. 68 Charger I call Project 68. Rallying the last month for metal work, into Primer and paint. Hoping to get it all done by first points race in May.

- New Roll Cage
- Carpet
- New Rear Firewall
- New APD Carb
- New electrical board setup
- New Dashpad
- Cutting out rot and prepping primer/paint.
- New Kirkey Seat
- New Parachute and mount
- New Digital Dial-In Boards
- New Front End lightening and 69 grill
- New Fiberglass Front Fenders
- Paint and Body

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That’s a big off season project. What color? What powertrain that needs a chute?
Doug
 
dvw said:
That’s a big off season project. What color? What powertrain that needs a chute?
Doug
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I’m down to Copper or Dark Blue with the lean since day one to Copper. It is a vinyl top car so will have a black top.

Only has a mild-383 now but the plan is stroked 440 soon. Have a 500” waiting then possibly 572 sometime in near future. Will be mid-to-low 10’s and into the 9’s with the 572. My job situation is unique with a lot of available time now, not so much in the near future so I got all the time consuming safety stuff out of the way now.
 
33 IMP said:
Worthwhile if you did a lot of racing, and you didn't wanna wear out your street slicks (drag radials, or bias et streets?)
If you've got drag radials, and your car hooks, it won't be any quicker or faster on wrinkle walls.
If it doesn't hook, or doesn't hook sometimes, wrinkle walls could be a good investment.
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Drag radials. Doesn't hook sometimes on prepped track. Non prepped track, forget about it. I had been running down to 15psi and they break loose on launch. Maybe I need more time heating them up.
 
threewood said:
Drag radials. Doesn't hook sometimes on prepped track. Non prepped track, forget about it. I had been running down to 15psi and they break loose on launch. Maybe I need more time heating them up.
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I think I'd go the other way, with inflation. Drag radials do not work better with less pressure like bias slicks. Next time out, try 22-25 lbs. Big burnouts usually don't help dr's either. They tend to get greasy.
I run 315 60 15 et street pro dr's at 25, 18x31 (bias) qtp at 8 lbs.
 
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To answer the thread question. Yes to all the above. We are in the 60°s today. With 70°+ tomorrow. So the street GTX will be out to stretch her 2026 legs. And that always gets me juiced to work on the race Duster. And the Pro Street Cuda.

Spring is my favorite season. So much optimism. And that has not diminished with age. The only diminish is I can't work as long as I used too in single stretches.
 
Recieved the truck hop up stuff. That's next. Pull the front clip. New (rust free used) fenders, paint the fenders and hood. While they are removed it'll get oil leak repair, anything needed in the front suspension, bigger turbo, exhaust brake.
Doug

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ckessel said:
Since the front clip is off, take a look and see if the tappet cover on the side needs a new gasket.
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It’s going to get aired up with 5 psi on the breather tube. Everything that leaks will get repaired. It drips from the bottom of the bell housing. But when the clutch was replaced with the flywheel off everything was dry on the block and bell housing. It’s had front crank seal, vacuum pump seal, front timing cover, and valve covers resealed. Front of the engine is dry. I suspect either the tappet cover, oil pan, or more. We will see. Either way it’s all getting repaired. It had an empty oil jug zip tied under the breather tube for about 3 months of towing. It’s dry.
Doug
 
Some years back when I was working at a friends Dodge truck shop that specialized in diesels and 4X's, I pulled a P7100 off for a redo and got the owner to upsell the tappet gasket as it was leaking like a mofo. Perfect time with bitchen access.
 
Ya I know the pump has to come off to replace it. Not sure exactly where the timing is anyway. If it needs to be changed you are halfway there to pulling the pump. It won’t surprise me if it’s leaking.
Doug
 
I'm getting close to being back on the road as well, turned 79 today (3/21/26) and have the new sliders and brackets installed. Have a few more rear suspension parts to tweak and it's make or brake it time!!!

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