Near stock 428 CJ

[troublemaker427]

Love that car!!!

[TomP]

Well the weather has certainly warmed up a bunch and I think it's time for Rory's drag test report with wheelstand pictures.

[falcongeorge]

Sounds like a nice engine and realistic numbers.  Should run really well.  I had a similar - bigger cam - 428 in my car back a couple decades ago and it ran 12s every weekend forever and drove on the street as my daily driver for a couple years.  Probably the most pleasant combination I ever had in the car.

Thats the reason for such a mild build Barry. Back in the early 80s, I built a similar 428 CJ for my 70 R code 4 speed Mach 1, basically stock except for a Cam Dynamics "Stage 1" solid flat tappet cam, very similar to this cam, an Edelbrock Streetmaster, Holley 780, and Hooker 6114 headers. It drove almost like stock, and ran mid 12s (best of 12.52@ 111 MPH with open headers). A while later, I switched to a larger Crane solid, 238/248 @ .050, which I regreted. It did pick up a tad at the track (12.47@113 MPH), and sounded cool as hell, but with the 2.32 low geared Toploader, the loss of bottom end power hurt, plus the gas mileage took a real dump. Not a big deal for a weekend toy that sees limited use, but I drove  the Mustang a lot back then.

I saw that car all the time back in the day. One afternoon on the Coquitlam by-pass before it was completed particularly stands out in my mind. Looking forward to seeing the Meteor out and around, that really looks good.