I just posted some pics of my 1968 Charger in the new guy/intro. section. Here are my thoughts as my car is set up to be a driver with a pro-touring style - and I drive it a lot. I have a 440, 906 w/heads .030 over w/ 10.1 comp., stainless valves, forged pistons, dual plane intake, Holley 850DP, Crane HI-6 digital ignition system with MOPAR performance distributor, headman headers to a full 3" exhaust and some other nic nacs.
I think that bang for the buck 440 is the way to go. First off, the torque. I put out about 550lb/ft. and I can tell you it is an absolute riot. My tranny is a 727 with a Cheetah SCS turbo action shifter w/ reverse valve body coupled to a Gear Vendors OD unit. I can run at 85mph all day long pushing 3000rpms. By far the best mod. that can be made to a old car. I looked into Kiesler and decided against them due to the customer service horror stories that I'd heard. Without the GV engauged my final drive ratio is 3:55 - with it I drop to a 2:76 - to me, this is the ideal combo for the street.
If you are looking at speeds upwards of 140 I can tell you that will run into a problem - aerodynamics. For example - my Charger has a grill the size of a barn door and the resessed rear window causes a lot of drag. This may limit you somewhat. As for the motor - I have plans of pulling the engine next year to drop my compression so I can a pro-charger supercharger kit. Right now I can pretty much pull with anything from 40mph to 110mph. My goal is to change that to be able to run from 85-140 while make in the neighbood of about 700-750hp.
Also what car do you want to use - if I were making another car to set up for the track I would probably go with a Dart or 1st gen Barracuda - they are smaller and can be made to handle better then the larger B-bodies. Plus they are lighter and may be more receptive a turbo charged small block set-up. In the end it all comes down money. Hopefully by mid-july I will have my BAER Brakes installed as well as my Hotchkis sways bars and tubular upper control arms. If you car is lowered you will most likely need these if you are running torsion bars. Don't know if this helps at all - but I hope so.
Cheers-
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