1974 Dodge Dart Diesel

Thanks all for the kind responses.

Curiosity got to me. Yes, Rayjay is still in business. But the B-40 turbo may be difficult to find. It's 40 years obsolete. The consensus is, however, that the newer turbos are much more efficient. A current Rajay turbo looks like it would provide the same boost with less backpressure and probably less heat transferred into the intake. That 6-33 diesel could have better performance than I ever witnessed with the old B-40. Maybe add water/alcohol injection for grins.

Here's another car that I can say for sure I had my hands on at Economy Systems. I knew it well. It was an early demo, and a real piece of **** for the way it was put together. Thankfully I can say that I only worked on it when I was forced to. No idea how it got to India. You have to scroll down about half way. This car was definitely turbocharged but the pics don't show that side of the engine (bummer). The black box on the intake was a joke. My own turbo setups were much cleaner. I always specified power brakes for these cars, plus AC and anything else available. Why skimp when you're buying a new car, having it torn to pieces, and then spend another $10K+ for an engine? Don't forget the dealer's markup.

Diesel Vintage and Classic cars in India - Team-BHP

Of course, as a few of my buddies are aware of, the only reason to mess with these diesel cars was to make $$ to sink into my race car. It was originally a '66 Dodge Coronet 500 that I paid $50 for with a ruined 383. I think that's the car that my friend helped me tow on a winter day (snow, and icy as all get out). We were barely in time to get the car towed and parked so we could arrive at my wedding on time. Kids . . . sheesh. But priorities are priorities, right? When the beer comes out that story is told over and over. It's like a fairy tale myth - car or wife. Which would you choose?

No pics of my Dodge, but check out this Satellite - same body, same basic engine (426 wedge) except much larger M&H's, lighter, and black lacquer paint polished to a mirror finish. Doors wouldn't open or close. So much for unibody construction. The key was dialing in the perfect gear ratio (4.56 for the monster tall slicks) and carefully building the rear suspension. Sadly, one front tire 'hung low' out of the hole. Poor chassis. That's what's referred to as torque. The Plymouth in the pic had the same problem, just not as obvious.

1967 Plymouth Satellite - Long-Term Wedge - Mopar Muscle Magazine

What a crowd pleaser though.

The block and crank came from a '65 Polara state patrol car - flame hardened crank. 440 heads with the large valves. If I recall, Wiesco forged pistons. Many different intakes, even tried a long ram and a short ram dual quad setup from letter series Chrysler and a '64 Fury. Stuck with dual inline 750cfm AFB's though (not progressive). It was all about having fun making lots of noise while creating earthquakes. If anyone used to hang out at Golden Gardens the car was raced there on an ongoing basis circa 1974-76. But usually at Bremerton Raceways not far from Tacoma, WA. Had a crazy Canadian friend who was a darn good driver. He had no drivers license to lose. I did, so he raced the car at the Gardens. In those days the cops didn't impound the cars if they caught you.

Mopar forever.