Re: How to race a street driven max wedge. Follow up!

[Ted Barrett <dodgewagon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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hi all  Drag racing your mopar is a blast no matter how fast it is. My 63 
wagon is not real fast(15.62 et) but my 2 sons and I drag race it all the 
time. I agree that the IHRA tracks are a lot better to race at,around here 
anyway. I have even raced it at 3 IHRA national events in No-Box. Try that 
at an nhra event. Ihra seems to treat the little guy better than NHRA in my 
opinion.
      My sons and i usually get to the track and take turns to who is going 
to drive the car that day. We have had some 11 and 12 second dusters between 
the three of us and still love racing the 15 second wagon. As far as who 
does the best,the old guy(me) won a race at Toronto Motorsports Park here in 
Ontario last year. It was a mopar day and I raced in ET 2. It paid $600 to 
win and I never let them forget that. So go out and drag race your mopar and 
have fun.

Ted Barrett
63 dodgewagon



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> Reply-To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: How to race a street driven max wedge. Follow up!
> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:25:09 EST
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> I'm not new to drag racing. I've been racing cars since back in the late
> 50's. (Yeah, I'm old.) I've raced a 57 Chevy, a 62 Dodge, a factory Hemi 
> Dodge
> Super Stocker, a 64 Plymouth 383 4-speed, and a 72 Vega wagon w/a big block
> that went 9:90's and low 10's. So, I'm not new to the track.
> I may be optimistic about my car running high 10's but I'm hoping.
> I figure with 493 cubes, aluminum heads, (worker over a bit), brainless  
> 727,
> a 4:10 gear and the Mickey Thompson ET slicks, I may be close.
> And I do have the frames tied with 2x2 tubing. I plan on doing some street
> tuning before I take her to the strip, so I'll have most of the bugs worked 
> out
>  as far as jetting, shift points etc.
> As I said once before, I pulled a few hole shots last fall and the car
> pulled so hard going through 1st and 2nd that it made me light headed. 
> Kinda  like
> my old Vega used to do.
> If I only run low 11's I guess I'll have to be happy.
> The only thing that I took out of the car to lighten it was the heater box
> so everything else is stock weight. I have no idea what the car weighs but 
> I
> may  take it to a local freight place and have it weighed.
>
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