Racing – BigBlockMopar

Hurst Racing Tires on the ’60-NY

February 6, 2011 BigBlockMopar 0

Mounted the Hurst racing Tires on the ’60 New Yorker today. I wonder how they will hold up.

Vintage style Hurst Whitewall pie-crust Racing Tires with Astro Supremes on 1960 Chrysler NewYorker

Vintage style Hurst Racing Tires on Astro Supremes

August 21, 2010 BigBlockMopar 0

Here are some pic of the Vintage style Hurst Racing whitewall Tires mounted on a set of Astro Supreme wheels. I think this captures the old style dragtire and cool look very well. The wheels [more … ]

Hurst Racing Tires Dragradials

March 26, 2010 BigBlockMopar 0

For the ’60 Chrysler I had some special dragradials made by Hurst Racing Tires in California. They use a brand new tire on which they vulcanise a vintage style tireshape in a soft rubbercompound, perfectly [more … ]

360ci Compression Test #3

The first attempt to do a cranking compression test on the 360ci engine resulted in varying values simply because it was too difficult to press the tester tightly against a sparkplug hole and crank the [more … ]
Frame rail damage

A few years ago I had noticed some cracks in the frame rails on the driverside and just a tiny crack at the rightside frame rails. Now during the 360-engine swap I noticed the rightside [more … ]
318 stock rollercam

Much to my surprise the old ’80s 318ci engine out of the ’73 Dart had a roller cam installed. Somehow I never got to see this during the 2 to 4-bbl intake swap I did [more … ]
1973 Dodge Dart 360ci engine install

Out with the 318, hello 360 engine! After a slow build and tedious installation into the small engine bay of the Dodge Dart, the 360ci engine has finally found its way into the car. Had [more … ]
Open exhaust vs Dynomax Exhaust mufflers sound level difference

Just wanted to share a simple clip I made showing the difference in sound a pair of Dynomax 17748 exhaust mufflers make compared to a dual open tube exhaust system…
360ci engine Edelbrock AirGap and solid lifters

Installed an Edelbrock AirGap intake on the 360ci for a cooler and denser mixture during operation. Also converted the hydraulic lifters to solid lifters to counter some lifter collapse. A couple of lifters couldn’t keep [more … ]
1973 Dodge Dart – Fresh paint and Front Spoiler Extention lip

Today I decided the black paint on the Dart had seen better days. Way better days… Instead of that lustrous deep black shine (lol) it once had, the paint was now resembling some kind of [more … ]
1962 Chrysler NewYorker wagon

Pulled the ’62 wagon out of the garage after a long wintersleep, for a way overdue spin around the block and a visit a local meeting called ‘Back to the good times’. The wagon had [more … ]
LED Headlights

Installed a pair of LED (CSP H4 9003 HB2) headlights on my Dart recently to hopefully improve illumination and lessen the load on the car’s electrical system at the same time. At this point I [more … ]
6.1L Hemi intake with Keihin LPG propane injectors

For the 6.1L Hemi engine build I was able to locate a nice 6.1 intake manifold. My Hemi didn’t have one at the time of purchase so I was pleased to find one fairly local [more … ]