... Also broke a 8 3/4 Mopar axle in a 65 Valiant with a 273 motor...


I bet that was interesting.

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225 Cubic Inches of Iron-Head American Muscle

225 bored .040 /.100 off block, Schneider Cam 224@.050~ .480 lift - Stock valves, blended bowls, Offenhauser intake with 500 Edelbrock carb

Actually, I wasn't driving. I had sold the car (drag only), and went to the track with the new owner, to help him get familiar with the car. I made one run, then he got in it. When he launched, it pulled right. It took 3 tries to find the problem. Finally noticed, the car was doing left wheel only burnouts.
PS: car would got 12.7's at about 108 mph.

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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Valiant Signet 170 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225

The thing about a locked diff is that it will squeal the tires as you go around a corner, even when you are not on the throttle. You are really just spinning the inside tire "in place" but it still squeals like your doing a burn-out so watch for cops.
DD

Again, thanks for the replys, all good info. I did end up buyin one and gears(3.55's and a change to 215/75x14 tires)so we'll see how she turns out in a week or 2. Thanks.
-Jesse

I will second DD's opinion about the inside tire "chirping" its way around any corner you take.....because it will be trying to spin as fast as the outside tire is. We built a 68 pro street elcamino, and that thing would make the M/T's bark something fierse. Just my 2cents
Andrew/Kidd

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Wife's: 64 Valiant
My: 70 Road Runner, 67 Barracuda, AND the 62 Valiant drag car!!

I've had a spool and 4.56 gears in my red car. It did not drag or chirp when turning with 245-60X15 ET Streets.

It did widen the turning radius slightlty, but not too bad.

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Official Cookie and Mater Tormentor.

I've run a welded centre on the street - it was in the car when I bought it (Datsun 1600 - known in the US as a Datsun 510). Was a pain in the wet, and the car went through rear tyres at an alarming rate, scrubbing all the tread off them in a week or so!
I broke the right hand diff side gear being a bit enthusiastic one night, which left me with 100% drive to the left rear. At full throttle the car required quite a bit of left lock on the steering to counteract its tendency to pull hard to the right, and jumping off the throttle would make it want to turn hard left due to the engine braking. I experimented a bit on the drive home and found that accelerating hard up to 60 mph then jumping off the gas would change the balance of the car so much I needed more than 1/2 a turn change of lock on the steering to compensate, and the tail of the car would 'wag' sideways by a couple of feet with the tyres squealing!

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SV-1 "RoadToad"
VC/AP5 "Plymouth TurboJet" nostalgia dragster ute project
AP5 Regal sedan parts car (late Aus spec - RHD wipers)
AP5 sedan parts car (early USA spec - LHD wipers)
Kawasaki GPZ750
(and no more Fiats - ever!)