How much hp/torq will an OEM 833 4sp and 8 3/4 take?
here's my thinking...
with the vitamin C orange paint just like the Roadrunner and the black fiberglass hood, i want this M-Code to look like a "drag racing only" model the way the A12 was marketed. i'm installing 8" "police style" slotted black steel wheels with only chrome lug nuts. i'm really trying to recreate the A12 with this car using parts that were in the mopar inventory in 1969.
so this is going to be a "real M-Code" Cuda according to the VIN - but with a number of modifications that Ma Mopar "could have included" ... that's the idea of this car.
i think it's going to be very unique when done. AND it will represent a "Cuda" that "could" have been built; would have been a killer on the drag strip; very drivable on the street; and very close to the "Plymouth Makes It!" "Rapid Transit System" series of cars that were the marketing theme of Chrysler in 1969.
Ok, I understand it's your car and your money. But stop trying to justify what you're doing by incorrectly stating "using parts that were in the mopar inventory in 1969"
So you're gonna put 8" police wheels on it?
The 6 slot police wheels didn't appear before 1975 or later, and they were 7" not 8"!
The 15x8 wheels didn't appear on cars before the '78 models.
I believe Ramchargers had an optional 15x8 wheel as early as 1974, but again not 1969!
Wheels wider than 6" didn't appear before 1970.
And 440 with a 4 speed? the factory would have used a Dana, period.
How about bolt pattern? Are your police wheels gonna have the small bolt pattern?
Big bolt pattern A bodies? not 'till '73!
So hopefully, like others have said you're just putting us on!
Still sounds like a nice car.[/QUOTE]