You Gearheads Might Want to Check This Out.

From Mr. Norm, remember him? Well he's back, and look what he cooked up.

http://www.allpar.com/cars/dodge/norm-hemi-dart.html

That dashboard and instrument panel brings back a lot of memories. I owned and drove three of the late 60's-early 70's darts and later a duster. But they all had the 225 slant six. Rather puny performance, but reliable as an anvil.

I had a '65 and '66 formula S barracuda. Both had the Hi Perf 273 V8, not a bad runner. I always wanted to drop a 340 into one of them, but never got the chance. Passed on several 340 Dusters too, should have bought one and parked it. But I was always short of money back then, I was in my late teens to early 20's.

Greg L.

You could tell the slant sixes without looking at them. I can still hear that starter... Ran that car like it was in the Friday night Figure-8.

A buddy had an older brother with a 70 Challenger that had a six pack of some sort - I don't remember if it was the T/A or R/T model. It had a high rise manifold you could put your arm through and a little (alledgedly stock) gas tank in the trunk. It was the fastest thing I'd ever been in. Awesome, violent acceleration. It also didn't pass too many gas stations, as I recall.

Let's Race!

Charlie Z wrote:A buddy had an older brother with a 70 Challenger that had a six pack of some sort - I don't remember if it was the T/A or R/T model.

The T/A was a 340 with 3 2 barrels and the R/T was a 390 HP (yeah, right) 440 with triples. The R/T 440 six pack cars were actually a little quicker than the street Hemis in stone stock form.

Richard S. wrote:Let's Race!

Is that the "Smart car"? I saw a video on the web of one of those with a Suzuki engine in it at the dragstrip, it pasted a Ferrari by a quarter of the track, unbelievable!

coaledsweat wrote:
Is that the "Smart car"? I saw a video on the web of one of those with a Suzuki engine in it at the dragstrip, it pasted a Ferrari by a quarter of the track, unbelievable!

I think so, I just googled smallest car. I wouldn't doubt it could go fast with high performance engine. Thing probably doesn't much more than 1000 lbs stock. I've seen bigger quads. Probably OK for around town but you'd probably get blown off the road on the highway.

Here it is.

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LOL... imagine pulling up to a light and you're in a fast car and that things leaves you in the dust.

Ahhhhhhh....... the magic of a 15,000 rpm motorcycle motor Vs the 8,000 rpm automobile. Can you say hp per lb ratio?

THere's one of this in Pottsville PA. murphy's jewler's own's it he purchased last year over in belgium when he was buying his diamonds I think he paid 18k or 19k us. it as a three cylinder in it and get's 60 to 65 m.p.g he said you can get about 4 to 6 bags of grocery in the back of it at time he got it he also said there was only 4 to 6 in the u.s.a mercedes make's it I think it is one of the ugliest car's ever made except mybe some of the A.M.C of the seventies and the yugo

Have you ever seen a Citreon? Tthat has got to be king of the uglies.