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    1969 Race Dart w/ 426 Hemi- garaged for 45+ years

    I didn't know asking how a guy chooses parts to get his cr is a problem here. Sounds like a lot of whiney *** people on this site. I know new here but not in this world. This is the very reason I stay away from groups, no grown-ups
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    1969 Race Dart w/ 426 Hemi- garaged for 45+ years

    I didn't comment here to hijack his restoration. I just wanted an answer as to how that cr was achieved. There numerous ways to get it and I was curious about 12-1 pistons coming out to 10.93 cr. My 3 engines are all over the place from 426 w/9-1, 426 w/10-1/4 or about and 478 w/10.92 using...
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    Original Super Stock HEMI Barracuda BO29

    and then there was the feud between Ray and Bill Stepp... nasty.
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    Original Super Stock HEMI Barracuda BO29

    It's been many years so I don't remember everything but it's something like this. Ray Christian parked the Barracuda in front of his shop a lot but he also had a mean dog that was chained to the car. One day Ray came in to find the car and his dog gone. Now it gets hazy, his dog was found down...
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    1969 Race Dart w/ 426 Hemi- garaged for 45+ years

    thought you would like that. This year my 3 personal Hemi engines, 1 got refreshed and 2 rebuilt. I've been helping a local builder in his shop do 3 or 4 just this year. My history of hemi engines goes back to The Rod Shop more than 50 years ago and local super/stock racers who ran SS/B and...
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    1969 Race Dart w/ 426 Hemi- garaged for 45+ years

    How far down the bore are they because those pistons look to be 12-1 cr. How thick are the head gaskets?
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    Recently joined and finally my introduction

    Hi guys and girls. I joined For A-Bodys awhile back but been a little slow on making myself known. I've been wholly dedicated to Chrysler since January 1964 when I watched the Daytona 500 race. In that time I've owned a lot of great cars but sorry to say only my '68 roadrunner was kept(over 50...
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