Musclecars That Should Have Been Made

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

The Direct Connection "Bible" (factory race tech bulletins by Larry Sheppard primarily) gave a dozen or so reasons why the B & RB A-bodies could not be run successfully given the parts and suspension of the day.
Neil Smedley and I built a 440 '69 Dart w/ Super Stock springs, 9" slicks and a 12.5:1 bracket engine with an 8" ATI convertor back in the early '80's, just to see if it could be done. The car was a former G/SA 340 car so other than the engine, all stock legal. We instantly proved ma MOPAR wrong as the car hooked and I enjoyed my first wheelie. And it wasn't a little one either. We later put a equally built 383 in the car. Solid mid 11 second car and traction was never an issue.

The 9 inch tires made the difference. I ran on 7 inch tires up thru the end of 1971 and it was tough even with a small block Vette.