Pic of that black 68 Charger that ran 200MPH....

[Blakcharger440]

Does anyone have a pic of that black 68 Dodge Charger that ran open road races and went 200mph on a fairly budgeted 440 build. I believe it was in Hot Rod many moons ago?

Anyone know about that or have pics???

[TK73]

This one?

[Mefirst]

Thats one BADass ride

[Andrew]

Anyone got anymore pics of it?

Possibly while racing?

[Charger4404spd]

The shot of the rear is awsome! Cool ride!

[TruckDriver]

I like to see more pics of the white Sema '68 that the guy made into a street legal NASCAR look alike this year. I saw a bit of it on Speed channel the other night.

[69_500]

I like how they sort of used a 69 charger 500 grille on the front of the car, also using the A pillar moldings. Well they used a race version of the 500 grille anyways. Made it flush. They could pick up some aero if they welded in a rear window plug.

[TK73]

This is cool:

[Afflyer]

TK that is a really cool looking car!

[bull]

Here's the secret to his speed -- 2.76:1 rear end.

[RT DAVE]

I had a 2.76 in mine and I had the speedo pegged once.  No idea how fast I was going, but I'm guessing 150 was inaccurate.  I'm guessing less & not more, but who knows...

[RD]

I have a 73 Charger SE that had a 400-2bbl w/2.76 gears.  I was racing a 68 383 charger into a town 10 miles away when I was a teenager.  My speedo stopped at 120 but it was pegged farther than that.  The 68's had a 150 speedo and said we were going 148mph.  That was the first and last time I have ever decided to go that fast.  Gotta love 2.76 gears!

[69_500]

Well I can say this we used to have a 2.76 rear end in a Daytona when I was younger, and you couldn't get the speedo to peg with that rear end in it, but I can also tell you this, when the speedo was reading 45 you were passing everybody on the interstate.

[Highbanked Hauler]

This is cool:

Thats my kind of car!!!!!!

[TruckDriver]

Isn't the 31 car Jim Vandiver's (spelling) old car?

[The Ghoul]

Wasent that the gole with the Hemi wing cars? I think i remember hearing some where that when they were designing the wing cars that they wanted a b-body that would handel 200mph with litting modifying for use in stock car?

[RallyeMike]

Here's the secret to his speed -- 2.76:1 rear end.

... combined with the grill and spoiler.    2.76 and 500hp wont do 190 all by itself in a 2nd gen.

Love that car, but iv'e never seen it out there - ? I always wondered what happened the "killer" Raod Runner the article said they were building.

['CUDA360]

I have a 2:76 chuck lying around too. (no suregrip)  would you bother to put a suregrip in for highspeed or would that just slow you down ??

[Silver R/T]

nice setup, except dont like cuda looking grille

[69_500]

Yes the winged cars were designed to go 200 and still be stable.

I was thinking the same thing about 500 HP and a 2.76 rear end. Wouldn't that thing be pulling about 9,000 rpm to get up to 190 mph in that sized car?

[6pkrtse]

I don't think there is any way to go 200MPH with that sixpack scoop on there without losing it. When I had one on my 69' pro street car runnin low 10's/mid 9's on spray. The hood looked like it was going to rip off at 120MPH or so.

[andy74]

in theory,the math tells you that a 1 to 1 gear,with 2.76s would need about 6600 rpm to do 190,with aero dynamics in the real world,who knows?still cool though

[69_500]

Right with just pure math of gear ratio's and horsepower, now factor in the drag for the car and I"m sure you looking at a much higher RPM. The 68 Chargers weren't known for  their aerodynamics, hince the reason they built a 500 and a Daytona in 69 to compete on the larger tracks in nascar.

[RallyeMike]

I think those old Ncar tires are 28" tall. I calc'd it once and remember rpm being in the upper 6000's as stated.

[69_500]

Does that take into account for the aerodynamic of the car?