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I believe this is common knowledge but I'll share anyway. Easy way to pickup hp and et. Remove 1 quart of oil. But pay attention to oil pressure going down the track if you've never done this before. An oil accusump would also be a good idea.

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Brakes dragging has been one of My biggest finds.

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Get to know and make friends with those who know more than you.
Listen more than talk.
Ask questions if given advice try every bit offered. It's not always one or two steps plus if you show you're not willing to try or do things in the required progression the help will stop. Don't be an ask-hole.

"STOCK IS NOT STOCK!" (JSTP)


Rigid Chassis

Free Moving Suspension must be loose and smooth.

Do as much as you can yourself if skilled.
Everything you do on a race car takes at least 4 hours and more.

Buy good parts when upgrading spend your money once.


All the small things done with many hours of work may not show up until you open your wallet and buy some hp. That's how you pick up tenths.

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Clean front wheel bearings of grease and use light weight engine oil..will need to drill and tap a fill hole...

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My friend and mentor George Widuch always said :" If you do a bunch of stuff that can't hurt, it helps"

Little and lite is sometimes slower than big and strong. Two examples come to mind. Stock 8 3/4 Mopar rearend the housing is made of sheetmetal. It bends and twist. If your axle will not slide in and out easily more than likely it's bent and twisted. It will be a HP eater. Chuck Beach found out that a Dana 60 was faster than an 8 3/4. I backed to backed 8 3/4 vs Dana 60 at Indy on a Wednesday, when Indy was Indy, and the Dana was quicker, faster, and heaver than an 8 3/4. Longevity was way better with the Dana 60 the R/P lasted over 20 years. We have been known to put a few runs a year on the race car.

Hope this helps.

Oh all that stuff about listening instead of talking works. I forget, I do that a lot now, what race it was at but my friend Kenny Schindler pointed out a person that could help me. Kenny gave me very specific instructions on what to do to help me learn, "See that guy in the suspenders, that's Hot Rod Myers, introduce yourself and get him to start talking...........then shut up and listen."

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Keep your 8 3/4 rear end housing straight by attaching chromoly rods with spherical ends to the axle ends and the top of the pinion where the snubber once was and adjust them until the axles slide in and out easily.
But I agree with Larry the Dana 60 is the way to go on any Mopar.

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The tubes would twist so bad the paint would pop off and I’d loose pinion angle.

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Glen we would always say you have on kill, and then you have blow up mode. Running low oil is in the blow up mode. LOL

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I’ve been looking at this. Recently installed these:
https://www.nucapperformance.com/drt.php

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Barry I'm in bracket mode on every run, just like you............almost. lol