'Speed and Custom' was later changed to 'Street and Strip'
Charger R/T '440 Magnum' Perfromance Test
After running a previous best of 14.62 @ 96.4 MPH - the car was brought to Rockville Centre Dodge
outside of Hempstead, Long Island - located on Sunrise Highway.
Their first job at task, was to make improvements to the ignition timing, by re-curving the distributor,
and installing a set of colder Champion Spark-Plugs (from J12Y to J11Y).
The crack Performance Staff also tweaked the Carter 750 AVS Carburetor, by making the neccessary
changes to the Primary and Secondary Jets, as well the Primary Metering/Step-Up Rods.
When we left the Dealership, we could feel the improvemts immediately, as the Charger R/T was more
responsive, and had more of a kick when depressing the gas-pedal.
We were more than pleased with the improvements, as we headed back out to Eastern Long Island for another
accelerated performance test.
This time, we removed the Air Cleaner Top, and disconnected the vacuum-advance from the Distributor. We
also made the correct timing advances as per the 'script' given to us by Rockville Centre Dodge, and we were
ready to go.
Following the same racing style as last time, the Charger R/T let go with more 'V-Room', and literally flew down the
'1/4 Mile Track' and surprised us with an initial run of 14.35 @ 97.9 MPH.
Several follow up runs were consistent, and we hit a best of 14.29 @ 98.3 MPH, while still burning the F-70 x 14" Tires.