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    Offline Fleet 500

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    1969 Dodge Dart GTS 440 Road Test
    « on: April 16, 2005 - 07:15:49 PM »
    Here is the first of several pages I have of a road test of a 1969 440 Dart GTS. Tested by Drag Racing Magazine, June, 1969. After a change to wider tires (the originals were E-70x14s) and nothing else, they ran a 12.7 sec @ 112 1/4 mile!

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    Re: 1969 Dodge Dart GTS 440 Road Test
    « Reply #1 on: April 16, 2005 - 07:21:42 PM »
    Here is page two (of five). Boy, would I love to own this car (even if it doesn't have power steering). The rest of this road test will be coming up soon.

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    Re: 1969 Dodge Dart GTS 440 Road Test
    « Reply #2 on: April 16, 2005 - 08:08:16 PM »
    Looks good I can actually read it.

    Good right up on the "Underated 440'S hp" I KNEW! it was making 400hp+  :grinyes: :laughing: Always good to hear the 440 being up there with the great Muscle car engines in the 0-60mph zone and always there or there abouts in the file 1/4 mile test.  :driving: 8)
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    Re: 1969 Dodge Dart GTS 440 Road Test
    « Reply #3 on: April 16, 2005 - 10:11:30 PM »
    Quote from: NZ 440RT on April 16, 2005 - 08:08:16 PM
    Looks good I can actually read it.

    Good right up on the "Underated 440'S hp" I KNEW! it was making 400hp+  :grinyes: :laughing: Always good to hear the 440 being up there with the great Muscle car engines in the 0-60mph zone and always there or there abouts in the file 1/4 mile test.  :driving: 8)
    Glad you like the test. I am going to post another article with a list of the actual horsepower of '60s/early '70s muscle car engines. The "375" hp 4440 was actually making about 410 hp!
    Here is page 3... two more to go:

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    Offline Carlwalski

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    Re: 1969 Dodge Dart GTS 440 Road Test
    « Reply #4 on: April 16, 2005 - 10:18:19 PM »
    Keuwl!  :D :drool: :grinyes: :thumbs:
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    Re: 1969 Dodge Dart GTS 440 Road Test
    « Reply #5 on: April 16, 2005 - 10:26:02 PM »
    Page 4. This is the page with the specs:

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    Re: 1969 Dodge Dart GTS 440 Road Test
    « Reply #6 on: April 16, 2005 - 10:36:32 PM »
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    Re: 1969 Dodge Dart GTS 440 Road Test
    « Reply #7 on: April 16, 2005 - 11:28:33 PM »
    Mannnnnnnnnn thats awesome!! 12.70! With 14" rubber bands!  :o :eekbig: :D 0-60mph in 5.9 so with a little work, headers, ehxaust bigger carb and bigger tires you'd be looking at mid-low 5 second 0-60mph times and low 12's to high 11 1/4 miles!  8) :guitar: :thumbs: :worship:

    Wonder what weight difference is between the Dart and a Challenger, could take that weight and for every 100lbs the Challenger would go 0.100 seconds slower, I think thats correct, well, theres some method 0.010 or something either way I love my 440 EVEN more.  :laughing: ;D


    Thanks for posting that mate.  ;)
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    Re: 1969 Dodge Dart GTS 440 Road Test
    « Reply #8 on: April 16, 2005 - 11:33:26 PM »
    Dart's usually were lighter than Challengers (and Dusters are even lighter than Darts).

    Yeah, about improving the times... they said just adding a bigger carb would help because the stock one is only 580 cfm. 440s can easily use more cfm than that! I had a 500-cfm on my 273!
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    Re: 1969 Dodge Dart GTS 440 Road Test
    « Reply #9 on: April 16, 2005 - 11:37:16 PM »
    When upgrading to a bigger carb what else is need to run it? Nothing? Just a good tune or do the insides "need" to be messed with?

    I would go bigger maybe 650-cfm but I want to leave the insdes alone.

    Does bigger carb always mean more hp?
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    Re: 1969 Dodge Dart GTS 440 Road Test
    « Reply #10 on: April 16, 2005 - 11:45:04 PM »
    Yeah, a bigger carb would add some hp. An aftermarket cam would also help because the stock 440 cam is not a radical one. Headers, too, would help. And that 440 Dart had a 3.55:1 rear axle... 3.91s should cut down the 1/4 mile time!
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    Re: 1969 Dodge Dart GTS 440 Road Test
    « Reply #11 on: April 17, 2005 - 10:18:49 PM »
    Actually 440 AVS's have the same size throttle blades as a 750cfm AFB carb.
    340 and 383 AVS's have the same size blades a 625cfm AFB's.

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    Re: 1969 Dodge Dart GTS 440 Road Test
    « Reply #12 on: April 17, 2005 - 11:13:25 PM »
    Quote from: JS27N0B on April 17, 2005 - 10:18:49 PM
    Actually 440 AVS's have the same size throttle blades as a 750cfm AFB carb.
    340 and 383 AVS's have the same size blades a 625cfm AFB's.


    So the standard carb I'm running is more than enough for a stock engine?  :grinyes: :grinno:
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