Re: [FWDLK] CARBS

In a message dated 12/8/2010 2:28:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Actually, it was the 56 Dodge D500-1 which was the first to break 100 in the quarter mile. Drivers like Arnie Beswick and Ed Lyons were consistantly topping 100 mph in 1956. Recorded values were 102 (and probably high 13 seconds) and unofficial witnessed events at 106 mph.

The 57 D501 certainly had the hp to do it. But the 57 model is several hundred pounds heavier than the 56, and with the longer body and heavier engine up front the weight distribution hampered traction. The 57 "may have been a tad faster, but the 56 was more consistant".

Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500

---- Ron Swartley <Archangel1390@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Your right Gary, it was the first to break 100 MPH in the quarter mile.
> Not sure but I think most of those D 501 were stick shift and Chrysler
> products had the worst and weakest manual transmission made back then. Maybe they
> ran Dodge Truck transmissions. The stick transmission could not be speed
> shifted like the Chevy transmission.
>    Back at that time the Torqueflite transmission was brand new and
> Chrysler never expected it to be such a super successful transmissions. I think
> if the Dodge D 501 had Torqueflite transmissions and the right rear end
> ratio and tires -----------------they could have been a terror!!!!!!
>
>
> In a message dated 12/7/2010 8:24:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> gbarker@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> I believe I read some where that a 57 Dodge 501 was the first stock car to
> break the 100 mph speed in the 1/4 mile. It was at a track in the Midwest
> some where.   Gary Barker
>
>
>
>
> From: _Ron Swartley_ (mailto:Archangel1390@xxxxxxx)
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 2:56 PM
> To: _L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] CARBS
>
>
>
>
> Mack,
>
>    Only the 1957 D 500-1 had it's own badge on the trunk. It actually
> showed 501 instead of just 500.That was the one with the leftover 1956
> Chrysler 300 B 354 engines with some factory modifications. The standard 1957 D
> 500 with the smaller Dodge Hemi used the same D 500 emblem with 1/4 or 2/4
> carburetors.
>    Chrysler pulled out of racing in 1957 and I personally believe that
> the D 501 never got the attention and testing that could have made it a
> winner on the NASCAR and Drag Strip track.
>
> Ron Swartley
>
>
> In a message dated 12/7/2010 5:29:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> modelrcer@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
> On the exterior (with the hood closed) how can you tell if you are looking
> at a SUPER D500 or a D500. Are there badges to idenify what each is?
>
> Thanks
> Mack
>
>
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