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Race car to Pro street

Putting a race car back on the street.

About this Mopar:

Year
1968
Make
Plymouth
Model
RoadRunner
I bought this car its a drag car and i am converting it to Prostreet. 440 stroker with Indy heads and 5k stall with 727 trans and dana 60 with a spool.

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Dropped the car off at the tuners for some holley carb work and runs on the dyno.

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What size are the rear tires and wheels? It looks like it is tubbed, is it?
10 Gallon fuel cell with # 10 an return line. Welded the oil fill cap on the valve cover.

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Looks great! I raced a 68 Road Runner throughout the '70's in the Spokane, Washington area. I missed it so bad that I just bought a '70 Road Runner project car that I am working on daily. I am restoring it and plan to do a pro mod with it ready for racing. It was partially restored but I want to make it perfect so I am sanding every bit of rust out of it. It had the new panels and floor welded in and I added wider wheel tubs and relocated springs to accept my 48" shortened Dana 60 rear end. I love Road Runners.
 
My '68 Road Runner had a fiberglass hood which I made in 1970, was lightened to 2,690 pounds. It was a 383 (bored .60 over), 4 speed crash box, which I made myself grinding every other gear tooth out. Lakewood scatter shield, 8 3/4" rear end with 4.30 pig installed with welded spider gears. I had 4.11, 4.30, 4,56, 4.89, and 5.29 pigs all set up to change if I changed set-up. I was not stupid enough to buy or own the 5.29 but I borrowed it once. My best time at Spokane Raceway Park 2,350' above sea level, was a 10.54 and I backed it up with a 10.44 the same day. I wish I knew what is was factored for sea level. Foolishly, I switched to a front engine dragster because I kept breaking axles in the Road Runner. We bought a burned up dragster that had a 426 hemi in it and rebuilt it with a full body, and put a USED 440 with aluminum rods, gear drive, Hilborn fuel injectors, roller cam and an electrically shift manual torqueflite, which caused me to lose on a regular basis. My best time with the Dragster was 9.44, only one second faster than my Roadrunner! I blew it up in the traps in qualifying at the 1978 World Finals and the tattletale needle on my Stewart Warner 4 to 1 manual tach read 8,150 RPM. I still have one Mickey Thompson aluminum rod and piston to remind me. The dragster was "AMPHETAMINE ANNIE" as was my Road Runner.
I am now restoring and building a 1970 Road Runner with a 440-4-speed plus a Dana 60 and I have along way to go. I am doing it myself and I just turned 80 in February. At this pace, it will take a long time!
 

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