- Didn't get anywhere on the 'Cuda today. After scratching our heads for hours trying to find a definitive guide for tuning the efi, My son thought it best to take the car into an expert. We searched for viable shops in the morning and decided to take the Roadrunner to a place in Grand Island, Nebraska.
I'd run into the owner last year at one of the car shows. He had a pair of e-bodies there that were both running FAST efi systems and his shop specializes in building dragsters, pro-stock race cars, and musclecar restorations. He wasn't there because they were out on the east coast racing but was going to be back Monday.
It took a few hours to ready the truck and trailer and then do some final work on the Roadrunner before loading it for the trip. The drive took a couple of hours as we bucked a 50 mph headwind all the way there.
We were pleased at what we saw at the shop. They had a '68 Charger R/T that just rolled out of their paint booth and we were shown the aluminum Indy Hemi that was being built for it. There was a row of Mopar musclecars stored inside including another '68 Charger, a pair of '70 Cudas, a Dart, a Valiant, a Plymouth Arrow drag car, etc, etc...
I'm somewhat disappointed that we won't be completing the setup of the efi ourselves but sort of relieved that they'll be using their dyno to dial it in.
We were getting close. The car started easily, sounded good, and seemed to be responding to the self learning process it was supposed to go through. whether or not we would have been able to squeeze all the power potential out of it on our own was doubtful. I guess it was time to turn the reins over to the tuner guys.
Maybe I'll get to the 'Cuda tomorrow.