Question about Aspens and Volares

[Myron Piatek]

Another weird thing about the cars ('76 - '80) is that most of the 360-4's have the same 289 HP factor. Doesn't matter if its small cam/big cam or small carb/big carb.

I built an '78 wagon with a lot of help from a friend. It ran the index, still needing some tweaks. But water in the oil & budget has had it sidelined for a year and a half.

[SSDiv6]

Originally Posted by jmcarter

Don't know what the CD is on them but suspect a brick has a similar number.

Jim, the Dodge Aspen and Plymouth Volare has the same CD as the Darts and Dusters; .48

[Jared Jordan]

We had one of those cars for most of my life. Ours was a 318-4 bbl initially and it seems like that's still a very favorable combination. Angelo Phillips' and Marcus Widuch's cars come to mind.

The 360, on the other hand, USED to be a favorable combo. Now it's rated fairly honest (aka "hard"). Before selling the car, we ran the '76 small cam combo rated @ 284 hp. Ran -.910 before it sold. There's a couple of them that run really good: Bo Fowler, Barry Pollard, and Jim Wahl foremost amongst them. When we first began running the 360, it was only rated @ 270 hp. George Widuch, Jerry Bennett, and Darrell Steiger were REALLY fast with those cars for a long time and worked the factor upwards.

PM me if you have any questions. Happy to help.

[David Lee]

Originally Posted by Jared Jordan

We had one of those cars for most of my life. Ours was a 318-4 bbl initially and it seems like that's still a very favorable combination. Angelo Phillips' and Marcus Widuch's cars come to mind.

The 360, on the other hand, USED to be a favorable combo. Now it's rated fairly honest (aka "hard"). Before selling the car, we ran the '76 small cam combo rated @ 284 hp. Ran -.910 before it sold. There's a couple of them that run really good: Bo Fowler, Barry Pollard, and Jim Wahl foremost amongst them. When we first began running the 360, it was only rated @ 270 hp. George Widuch, Jerry Bennett, and Darrell Steiger were REALLY fast with those cars for a long time and worked the factor upwards.

PM me if you have any questions. Happy to help.

You are talking about your mother's old ride. I think when i met her it was a K car

[Winklovic]

I'm surprised the Irvings haven't chimed in yet.

[Todd Boyer]

Originally Posted by kyhemi-dart

That would be my buddy Dale Meers wagon. 318 in a heavy wagon running in the high 10s...it's very impressive

Very cool car and it sounds evil!

[devo340]

Originally Posted by Myron Piatek

Another weird thing about the cars ('76 - '80) is that most of the 360-4's have the same 289 HP factor. Doesn't matter if its small cam/big cam or small carb/big carb.

I built an '78 wagon with a lot of help from a friend. It ran the index, still needing some tweaks. But water in the oil & budget has had it sidelined for a year and a half.

Yea, whats up with that?

[Phillip marvetz]

I still have my 1980 wagon and have been slowly collecting parts to put a 318 together for it, Maybe next year.