1970 Dodge Challenger question...

speedywrx · 04-08-2004, 02:29 PM

So my dad as a kid used to own one of these. He had the 383 Magnum engine and he *says* had 375 HP. All my searches on the internet say the 383 only made 325 HP. Anyone know what the 383 ran the 1/4 mile in? I found that the 440 Hemi ran it in 13.1 @ 107.12 MPH. Just want to let my dad know that my car is faster

sidenote - trying out this pole thing... how the hell does it work?

EDIT - ahh... that's how it works...

gramadin · 04-08-2004, 02:44 PM

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scoobylessdan · 04-08-2004, 04:31 PM

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Originally posted by speedywrx
I found that the 440 Hemi ran it in 13.1 @ 107.12 MPH.

Do you mean the 440 engine or the Hemi, because they're 2 different engines, like really different...

A 440 car run a mid 13, a Hemi can run it slightly faster...but the Hemi was more of a top end engine.

A 383 was good for 320-340 in 1970, so I'm gonna guess a low 14, high 13 depending on the driver.

speedywrx · 04-08-2004, 05:00 PM

My bad, yeah the 440 was the Magnum and the Hemi was the 426

Yeah, I did a lot of searches and my dad is having a hard time accepting that my little 4-cylinder 122 CI Japanese car can outrun his 383 Challenger

haha

scoobylessdan · 04-08-2004, 06:21 PM

Such is the advantage of 35 years of technology...not to say that those old muscle cars weren't great machines in their own right, it's jsut technology has moved on and there's many ways to get speed other than engine size.

lov2xlr8 · 04-08-2004, 06:33 PM

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cmdr_kill · 02-22-2005, 09:39 AM

Maybe your dads car was rated with GROSS hp?

Thats where they take the engine by itself, w/o anything to suck out hp, like the alternator, a/c, etc etc... and rate the hp.

Then it spins its 6in wide tires halfway down the 1/4 before it hooks up and propells its 2 ton ass across the line.

Oh how inefficient these cars are..

BTW scoobyless- My father had a Dodge Coronet GT.500. For the rest of you that is one of the cars that comes with the 426HEMI.

He ended up selling the engine to a race car driver, and he put a 383stroker in it, then he sold it for the same. So i guess the doubled up back in the day.

If he would have saved it - maybe he could buy me some mods with fucken Barrett Jackson cash?

There was also a car with the 440 Wedge in it, at Wal-Mart a few moons ago. Thats another fast engine.

deweywrx · 02-22-2005, 11:55 AM

it could have easily been modded to put out that many ponies,

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speedywrx VR Local Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 4,442 Rep Power: 185	1970 Dodge Challenger question... So my dad as a kid used to own one of these. He had the 383 Magnum engine and he says had 375 HP. All my searches on the internet say the 383 only made 325 HP. Anyone know what the 383 ran the 1/4 mile in? I found that the 440 Hemi ran it in 13.1 @ 107.12 MPH. Just want to let my dad know that my car is faster sidenote - trying out this pole thing... how the hell does it work? EDIT - ahh... that's how it works... __________________ -- no info --

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speedywrx VR Local Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 4,442 Rep Power: 185	My bad, yeah the 440 was the Magnum and the Hemi was the 426 Yeah, I did a lot of searches and my dad is having a hard time accepting that my little 4-cylinder 122 CI Japanese car can outrun his 383 Challenger haha __________________ -- no info --

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02-22-2005, 09:39 AM	#7
cmdr_kill VR Local Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: OK Posts: 1,676 Rep Power: 173	Maybe your dads car was rated with GROSS hp? Thats where they take the engine by itself, w/o anything to suck out hp, like the alternator, a/c, etc etc... and rate the hp. Then it spins its 6in wide tires halfway down the 1/4 before it hooks up and propells its 2 ton ass across the line. Oh how inefficient these cars are.. BTW scoobyless- My father had a Dodge Coronet GT.500. For the rest of you that is one of the cars that comes with the 426HEMI. He ended up selling the engine to a race car driver, and he put a 383stroker in it, then he sold it for the same. So i guess the doubled up back in the day. If he would have saved it - maybe he could buy me some mods with fucken Barrett Jackson cash? There was also a car with the 440 Wedge in it, at Wal-Mart a few moons ago. Thats another fast engine.

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