1968 Plymouth Road Runner

[PeteRR]

Edit: You'll notice the chin spoiler is gone. A deer took it out on the way home from a club meet about a month ago. I'm lucky he didn't do worse damage.

[colt zantop]

sweet car!! nice color choice also!



colt45

[PeteRR]

Thanks Colt. It's actually the original factory color: QQ1 Bright Metallic Blue. I got lucky and bought a car that I like the color. I've seen triple Green Chargers(paint, vinyl top, and interior) and I don't think I could live with a car that ugly.

[70Dustpan]

Got to love those post cars. What type of car are your outside door handles off of?

Thanks 70Dustpan

[PeteRR]

Mid-90's Chrysler mini-van. Makes them easy to replace.

[71copcar]

Beautiful car keep upthe good work.

[manny z]

Nice car!! I hav seen this thing somewhere before. Have you had it a a mgazine?
I am in the process of doing some upgrades on my charger. I have done a lot to it so far but, I want to change some things to make it stand out just a little bit more. I like what you did with the gas cap, and the door handles. I am just wondering, where do you have your ducts running to? One of the thing I am planning on doing id fresh air. One thing I do not want to do is cut up the hood.

[PeteRR]

Nice car!! I hav seen this thing somewhere before. Have you had it a a mgazine?

Just a single picture article in Grassroots Motorsports:

I am in the process of doing some upgrades on my charger. I have done a lot to it so far but, I want to change some things to make it stand out just a little bit more. I like what you did with the gas cap, and the door handles. I am just wondering, where do you have your ducts running to? One of the thing I am planning on doing id fresh air. One thing I do not want to do is cut up the hood.

I plumbed them to the radiator support. The support is wide enough to provide enough room for twin 4" ducts plus a 26" radiator. I also could have run them to the inner fenders or through the inner pair of headlights like the older NASCAR stockers did it. I mocked it up one time to see what it would look like.

I may do that eventually. But it involves a lot of cutting and fabricating for little benefit.

[ZZ430]

Pete, I really like your car, what kind of times does it turn?

[PeteRR]

With a ton of wheel spin, I ran 13.75 at 105mph on the first run. It was my first time and I was afraid of breaking the trans. My buddy with a 9sec Hemi Dart called me a ***** and told me to run it to the 6000rpm limit on each shift. My second run was 14.07 at 108.5mph, banging off the rev limiter as I went through the traps in 3rd gear. I need to practice launching so as to eliminate the wheel spin.

My identical motor is running low 11's in a '63 Savoy. The difference being the Savoy is running an auto trans and the suspension is setup for dragracing.

[KendallF]

I like it! Is that a low deck stroker motor? Good MPH for what I'm sure is a fairly heavy car. Get it to hook and you should run at least mid 12s with that MPH.

[yody]

I say leave the chin spoiler off, looks better IMO, the chinspoiler looks out of place and uneven with the rest of car. I think the car looks great now!

[manny z]

Hay thanks for the pics. I am not going to be able to use the front rad support for the cold air. It is way differant then the roadrunners. I am going to use the 2 access holes on the fender by the lower frame rails.

That is a pretty good time, considering that it is not built for the 1/4 mile.

So what have you done to the suspension?

[PeteRR]

Hay thanks for the pics. I am not going to be able to use the front rad support for the cold air. It is way differant then the roadrunners. I am going to use the 2 access holes on the fender by the lower frame rails.

That is a pretty good time, considering that it is not built for the 1/4 mile.

So what have you done to the suspension?

-circle track torsion bars(1.120")
-welded-in subframe connectors
-1 3/8" front swaybar
-7/8" rear swaybar
-the k-frame has been reinforced at all attachment points + all seams were welded up
-the stock lca's were boxed with steel plates
-tubular uca's
-XHD rear leaf springs
-polyurethane bushings
-KYB shocks

I'm also running a 13" front disc brake kit that utilizes 13" cobra rotors and 4-piston circle track calipers.

[69boo307]

108.5mph should be good for some solid 12's if you can get that thing to hook up!

[nazar]

Hey thanks for all the advice through the pm's

If you dont mind, ive done a quick paint chop of your ride, added a bit of rake and upsized your wheels and rear tire slightly.

Its sort of the look im going for...enjoy

[PeteRR]

Hey thanks for all the advice through the pm's

No problem.

If you dont mind, ive done a quick paint chop of your ride, added a bit of rake and upsized your wheels and rear tire slightly.

I can lower my car pretty easily, but I like the ground clearance in a car that get's driven a lot. I didn't go bigger than 17" wheels because of the added weight.

[nazar]

well hope u dont mind me playing with your car at least, i was just tryina see how it would look with 18"s and a bit of a rake for the cruiser look

Awesome car man, can;t wait to start workin on mine

Decided on the 18x10 and 18x9 bullitt copy wheels in the black spoke/polished lip with 295/35/18 gforce drag radials out back, 255/40/18 up front gforce 2 tires

[rkcuda]

I love the car Pete. I also prefer it without the air dam.

I am working on a 68 Road Runner as well but I am not as far along as you. Any suggestions for color? Thinking Black or Orange.

[Bigblue73]

Nice car Pete....Are you running AR engineering brakes? They look like the Viper calipers. Lookin' Good! Nice to see another Mopar in the mix.