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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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Got the alternator installed.

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Got the headlights installed.Also
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going to make a custom lexan hood scoop.

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dantrap
dantrap
Looks good. But thats a lot of stall speed for a street car.
68RR440hp
68RR440hp
Hello , and thanks for checking out my car.. while it is driven on the street it is a Prostreet car. I have 2 cars with 5k stalls and big cams running on 112 octane gas. both cars are on the trailer more than on the street.. have the 5k stall in my mustang since 1998 and never had any problems.

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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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