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Old 05-07-2013, 10:18 PM   #10
Neil Smedley
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Default Re: 1962 Mopar 383/343 HP 'Stocker'

The 62 Dodge wagon aptly named "White Trash" was owned and raced by Willard Wright from Monrovia, California....was a stock eliminator car up through the 1971 season......the attempt to covert it to a super/stocker was not a huge success....In 1972, the Smothers brothers,recognizing Willards driving prowess and crowd magnetism, gave him one of their 5 Oldsmobiles........I purchased the Edelbrock STR-14 intake and carbs from that Dodge......The manifold was the prototype for future units....ran it on my car for many years....now to answer straightaxle65`s question...YES, cheater cams were allowed in the late 60`s and early 70`s....in fact they have always been allowed because tech had no real way to check them...They could measure lift, duration and overlap, but could not determine the "rate of lift"........my first recollection of these cams were a very few"special" 097 Duntov cams that Jere Stahl had for 1957 Chevies......Also the 67 915 came both ways with 2 different exhaust valve sizes..The larger one is legal.......By the time the combustion chamber is milled to 66.5 cc`s, the compression ratio will be near 11 to 1.....
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