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Old 03-09-2014, 11:54 PM   #10
dinnut
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Re: 67-72 Pickup weight of long bed vs. short????

Iron headed BBC longbed here. 4000lbs with me in it (im 290lbs) no rear bumper, plastic fuel cell, and one single plastic race seat. Th400 and ford 9". 470ci 781 headed big valves. 10:1 hyd flat tappet 240/246 .570 .580 rpm air gap intake. Hp1000 carb. Locked out at 34 degrees... 4000 stall 3.55 gear and 30" et streets itll consistenly run very high 11s (11.90s) on pump gas and i drive it to and from the track. Stock rear suspension with long travel springs up front and 90/10s... I went 1.69 and 1.71 60' friday....motor made 525hp@5300 corrected here in houston on the engine dyno.
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