Original hemi dart information

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Originally Posted by beekool

hey daryl, what did your car run?

I made a few fun passes back in 08? with it.
At that time it had a VERY MILD street hemi that I built for my cuda, complete with pump gas friendly 10.25 compression, & a .509" flat tappet hydraulic camshaft. Fiqured I'd bolt the Xram on top & drop it into the Dart for a couple seasons while I was building the "real" motor. I was expecting it to be pretty much of a turd to drive with the Xram etc, but with a 5200 9" converter, 4.56's, & some rejetting it wasn't all that bad on the street,----soooo...... I fiqured let's throw it on the track just for the hey of it.
With complete exhaust still attached, it ran 10.94,10.93, & a 10.90 @ 122,123mph. The slicks were total overkill. Motor didn't have enough power to make them work. I quess not bad times considering it had 3 bent valves.
Lesson learned!!!!! NEVER ASSUME when you buy a freshly machined motor from someone & even tho both deck surfaces are freshly refaced that they are the same height................... I measured only one side & did my piston valve clearance on that side............. It just happened to be the tall side........................ I found out after the fact

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