Mopar To Release Lost A-Body 1/4 Mile Test Results

[Paul Ceasrine]

Soon to be released.
Mopar's lost A-Body 1/4 mile test results from 1966 thru 1971.
Including special performance up-grades that never made it to the production car.
PC

[Hemiparts]

Where can these be found ????

[Paul Ceasrine]

HemiParts
I think there to be printed in one of the fall 'Musclecar' magazines.
First one I read, was the 1969 440 Cuda M-Code (automatic only)
Came through, as you know with a somewhat restrictive exhaust
and E-70 x 14" tires.
Standard gears 3.55,,Options 3.91 or 4.10
With 3.55 Gears; 13.92 @ 103
With 3.91 Gears; 13.70 @ 105
With 4.10 Gears; 13.55 @ 106

Note; With E-60 x 14" GoodYear tires on the 4.10 gear car.
It ran a13.35 @ 108, with adjusted tire pressure.

Note: A proto-type M-Code 440 4-speed car was produced in the Cuda.
With 3.91 gears (only one tested). Ran 13.56 @ 107

PC

[ddartdude]

Are they going to have anything on the D/Darts?

[cicero819]

Paul, can you imagine what type of fine piece of driving whomever did the test with those 14inch tires. My cousin bought a 68or 69 Dart with automatic and the tires would just melt once you stabbed the gas pedal. Must of been Ronnie Sox.

[X-TECH MAN]

Can you imagine what a neat car they would have been with a 440 six pack engine combo and fiberglass lift off cold air hood like the road runners and superbees. Chrysler dropped the ball on not building them. They would have sold thousands.

[cicero819]

Terry you're right it would have been the car, eventhough I never owned Dodge or Chrysler products(since I was corrupted at an early age with Chevrolet products) I've always enjoyed their great appeal. It would have ruled the street at an affordable price which they probably knew would affect sales of Road Runners and Coronet. They could have it called "Six Shooter". They would have sold a pile of them, look how popular the 340 option was, imagine it with a six pack in the right hands(mechanic and driver). Claude

[Glenn Hayes]

With E-60 x 14" GoodYear tires on the 4.10 gear car.
It ran a13.35 @ 108, with adjusted tire pressure.






I wonder what it could have run with a pair of current 26x9" Slicks.....

[Paul Ceasrine]

Yes,
A fastback with 4.10 gears, and GoodYear E-60 x 14's.
I would imagine adjusted tire pressure, meant 20 lbs. or so.

General Info; Tread width of E60 x 14 = 7.50" (26.10" tall)
General Info; Tread width of E70 x 14 = 6.25" (25.92" tall)

Imagine the possibility, of that 440 with Super/Stock rear springs, and
an adjustable pinion snubber, and 50/50 rear shocks.
A 'Drag Traction Package' with the E-60 x 14's.
Maybe low 13,00's

X-Tech,
I can think of many possibilities with that car. But your right on, with
the 440 6-barrel and fiberglass lift-off hood with a cold air package
Other smart things would have been, a trunk-mounted battery, aluminum intake manifold and aluminum water -pump housing.
With the battery, you move 30 lbs. of weight off the nose, and put it over the right rear tire. An aluminum intake good for another 25 lbs or so, and the water pump-housing another 15 lbs.
Fiberglass hood, minus the hinge-hardware, probably 50 lbs.
A cold-air package utilizing the small (back of hood positioned) faux-vent scoops. Whether the car had a Tri-carb 6-Pack package, or aluminum DP 4-barrel. it would be some monster.
Only thing that needed tweaking, would have been the exhaust system. A 3-piece cast iron unit for the drivers side would have been a possibility.

[Paul Ceasrine]

One more I found, on the 1969 cars
1969 Cuda Coupe, 4-speed w/E70 x 14's (Weight #3183 lbs.)
383/330HP engine (Standard stock engine w/440 camshaft, #906 cycinder heads and 625 AVS carb)
Standard gears; 3.23,, Options; 3.55 or 3.91 (Note: 4.10 gears were not part of the standard option list on the Cuda 383)
w/3.23 Gears; 14.67 @ 95 mph
w/3.55 Gears; 14.44 @ 96 mph
w/3.91 Gears; 14.19 @ 98 mph
w/4.10 Gears; 13.99 @ 100 mph (Test car only, with G-70 x 14" GoodYear Polyglass GT tires, (6.90" width x 26.81" tall)

A 69' Cuda Fastback with the 4-speed was also tested (Weight #3279 lbs.)
w/3.55 Gears; 14.42 @ 97 mph
Though the car was heavier (96 lbs. than the lighter Coupe), it was a shade quicker. All of the weight was over the back-end (heavy full glass panel) giving it better off-line traction.
PC