Cool! Do you remember if it was Jim Meyer or Bob Harris at that time? I know Bob raced at Las Vegas cause I have some of his timing slips but probably Jim Meyer did also before he sold the car to Bob. You are absolutely right about it being Super Gas class. That's what happens when I write things from memory!
got a pic of the front water neck?With all the mods done on that engine I would think he might be running one of these.
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Cool, I'd love to see that picture if you care to post it. Here's one of the team. That's Bob, third from the left. I wish I knew more details.I have a picture of it went it ran Pro Stock with Jim Meyer from the world finals at Ontario Motor speed way. Bob Harris was driving at the Super Gas
Good to know, thanks. My knowledge of aluminum rods is very primitive. I assume they have a pretty limited life. If I decide to go with any replacement parts then these might be worth selling?Those BME rods can be run on the street just fine. I had a set from a 426 and read up on them.
I knew the class wasn't right. Way too many pieces on that motor that are/were not Super Stock legal.Wow, thanks, I didn't know. Google told me the rest. But I was mistaken about his class, it was super gas. Don't know what those rules said in 1980. But it may also have been a left over piece from the Valiant, which he also ran as a 340 with a Paxton supercharger in the 11.80 bracket. The reason I think that might be the case is the doublers welded into the mounting flanges of this Strip Dominator. Would there be any other reason to do that?
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It is on another computer that has not run in a couple of years......give me a couple days to fire it back up.....Cool, I'd love to see that picture if you care to post it. Here's one of the team. That's Bob, third from the left. I wish I knew more details.
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I know the feeling with old PCs! I have several old hard drives spinning in newer PCs just to stay connected with older stuff. Thanks for taking the time!It is on another computer that has not run in a couple of years......give me a couple days to fire it back up.....
Thanks! Certainly I understand that this purpose-built combo is worth keeping together. At this point I just wanted to assess its internal condition. Never really considered making it a street engine, just "de-tuned" as a possible road race engine. All the input I have got in this thread, including yours, goes a long way towards helping me understand what I have here.I would think this engine would be pretty valuable to the right person. You could sell this for quite a chunk and us the proceeds to build a proper street ripper. Replicating an engine like you have would be super expensive. Not to mention the development and tuning that would have gone into it. It's probably nicely sorted out as a race engine. You may find out the expensive way why that intake is so cut up. I bet you spend way more making that a street engine than you imagine.
Not to mention the extreme sentimental valueThanks! Certainly I understand that this purpose-built combo is worth keeping together. At this point I just wanted to assess its internal condition. Never really considered making it a street engine, just "de-tuned" as a possible road race engine. All the input I have got in this thread, including yours, goes a long way towards helping me understand what I have here.
YesNot to mention the extreme sentimental value
Not sure, but food for thought. I have an old strip Dom on my 340. I friend of my ( ol.school Mopar drag racer) stopped by when I was buttoning up the top end. He said " lemme see that, before you put that on there" I handed it over, he flipped it over and closely inspected it. Said the areas around the bolt.holes were prone to hairline cracking on that intake, causing hard to find vacuum leaks....maybe they were preventive in your case?View attachment 1715802226
See how there's an extra thickness of plate welded on top of the original cast flange, under the bolts? It looks like it's meant to stiffen the whole flange. I thought the same thing about port matching the W2 ports but since the manifold was specific to the W2 (as shown in the original Holley box picture) I am not sure that would be necessary.
I think this manifold is a carry-over from his 340 that was in the Valiant, which had a Paxton supercharger. Maybe it was insurance that there was enough clamping pressure to keep from blowing out the gasket? I know he was developing enough pressure to crush brass floats. The carb was inside a pressure box (on the Valiant, not the Duster, which was always normally aspirated).