8 3/4" Options For '65 Valiant
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Sbz2Etl_A"]PowerWagon 12.06 N/A Track Day @ Atco Rental 04-13-09 - YouTube[/ame]
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Unfiortunately, financial pressure required me to sell off the mods & return to (almost) stock. It still has the 4900 stall (flashes 3600 on that engine) Pro Torque Billit stator torque convertor.
It would still come close to 12.99 as is. It ran 13.86 when it was new (stock) W/just a tuner & a few tricks.
Mods in place during that clip:
Mopar Performace 5.7 heads portmatched to a 6.1 intake manifold
Mopar Performace LT headers
Billy Boat 3" S/S catback
AFE Stage II CAI
6.1 injectors scaled to 5.7 ECU
Custom ground Crower cam
2800 stal Pro Torque TC
Paramount Performance 3.23 axle ratio (4.55 FDR in 3rd) 8.8 Ford IRS conversion
4.50X26 M&H Frontrunners on 17: V6 spare wheels
325 17R M&H Drag radials on Centerline 17 X 7 wheels
Still had MDS active (drops out 4 cylinders for maximum MPG under low load conditions) It would get 26 MPG hi-way, 20 MPG mixed driving in my rural /small town setting.
The car had high 11s/mid10s potential (motor/juice) but I was never able to get to a good day @ the track after I upped the stall speed. The 1 track session I had after the TC swap, I had corrupted my custom tune & was running on a stock tune. Car was way off & ran mid 12s.
I can't afford to hotrod the LX anymore, I was forced into early retirement in '09. I'm going to incrementally hop up my '65 Valiant. It's a LOT cheaper.
The Valiant is a california survivor car. Original paint, 70K miles, no rust.
1st order of business is getting it on 5 X 4 1/2" wheels/rubber W/disc brakes on the front 4.10 SG in back.
I want to see how close I can get to 12.99 in a streetable combo W/the Slant 6.
If I ever go V8 it will be a Gen III pre '09 5.7 with the NAG-1 tranny.
The NAG-1 has internal ratios that will = a TH400 (in 1st to 3rd gear) on 4.56 gears when a 3.23 is in the rear.
In a light A-Body something like a 3.08 would be ideal. (4.34 FDR in 3rd)
