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Muscle Cars ? Why did 1955 (1950s) Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth put headers on the intake side of the engine?

Muscle Car? 1955 Chrysler? How can that be when Arnie "The Farmer" Beswick was the NHRA Top Stock winner 1955 – 1956 with a Factory 1954 Oldsmobile Super 88, and in 1957 John Zinc was NHRA Top Stock winner with a Factory 1957 Pontiac Chieftain 347 cid/ 317 H.P., Tri-Power (3X2 Barrel), Delco Dual Point Distributer, McKellar #6 Camshaft, and Dual Exhaust. (2) Shouldn’t the headers be on the exhaust side of a Mopar (Chrysler) engine, it probably would of made it faster? (2b) What was Mopar (Chrysler) thinking?
Check out: "Chrysler300country.com", click on, The heart of the beast…engines from 1955-1965, look at 413 engine, 300F and 300G.

The length of the intake "headers" they must be heavy, the weight probably takes away alot of horse power gained! Chrysler300country.com, check out Full table of contents, Ramchargers, muscle cars,etc… Great Information.
Check out ram injection.

Some Big block engines came with long runner intake manifolds to "tune" the engine to have more torque or horsepower, the are actually intake manifolds which reposition the carbs to the side of the engine above the valve covers, they act as sort of velocity stacks and ram the air fuel mixture into the cylinder for more HP, or better torque generation, only used for a few years.

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Can a 1970 Dodge Charger can definitely beat any sport cars?

A kid at school told me that the 1970 Dodge Charger has 1200 mph , WHAT!!!!???????! how can this be true , i mean its a 1970 muscle car with a few horse power . What the heck ; is there such thing?

Yes, there is such a thing,but very few of any old American muscle cars have that kind of h.p. To give you a clear idea of what 1200 horses is like; watch "The Fast and Furious".After watching the last racing scene in the movie, you’ll have a better idea of how a Charger(custom built) responds to 1200hp. Back in the 60’s and "early" 70’s,American stock sports cars ranged between 300-400 h.p. These cars ruled the streets,even through the 80’s. In the early 90’s, things changed. The Japanese sports cars made history by becoming a new threat to racing.

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I am thinking of buying a new modern day muscle car like the 2008 dodge challenger or 2009 chevrolet camaro.?

Witch car looks hotter the challenger or the camaro also witch one do you think has better performance? Finally witch one would you drop your money on if you had the choice?

If I had the cash burning a whole in my pocket, it would be placed for the purchase of a new Dodge Challenger. For me, its mopar or nocar.

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what does r/t stand for on any dodge muscle car?

its always meant road and track tuned when used on any chrysler car that has the logo on it,it just means that it has suspension capable of driving it on the open road or the track,and there is a difference in the ones that have it and the ones that don’t,good luck.

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Military Jeep Club of Queensland Swap Meet, Canungra, 2006

The Military Jeep Club of Queensland (MJCQ, http://www.mjcqinc.com) annual swap meet and display was held at Canungra, Queensland Australia from the 13th to 15th October 2006.

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V05901 2 layer HiClds passing/forming time lapse 720p HD

720p sample of 1080p high quality stock footage available at JCMDI.COM Stock Footage eStore Note: You may download and use these clips in your own YouTube videos, so long as credit and link to this channel are given in the video’s detail box, AND they are not used for sales or profit.

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1956 Plymouth What Happened Tomorrow.4

1956 Plymouth

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SoCal Dodge Car Show – Woodly Park – Classic Muscle Cars

Spring Fling XX” Dodge Car Show – Woodly Park – April 8th, 2006 CPW Club – A SoCal Muscle Car Event
by J. Sotomayor Brandon Sotomayor & Jonathan Jimenez

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what is the name of the ptototype jeep the US military built, that has high tech defence mechanisms?

Any websites to that effect? Saw it on discovery channel once, but cant remember the name. It can shoot anyone that tries to steal, etc.

At the present, the US Army does not have a robot jeep or a jeep with a brain. They do have a jeep with a VRC 325 radio and a mounted M-60 machine gun.

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1999 Chrysler Cirrus Having Problems?

I own a 1999 Chrysler Cirrus. It has about 125,000 miles on it at the moment. Recently, I’m talking 3 weeks ago, it started having some problems. First problem, the oil light turns on and off once the car is warmed up, and usually when its stopped at a red light or traffic but once the car gets going it goes away.

Second problem, About 2 weeks ago it completely died on me, took it to the shop and they said they had to replace the distributor… towing + parts + labor = $650.00

Third problem, about 5 days ago the check engine light came on and it has been turning on ever since. When the car is running it drives intermittently, sort of like its losing power, or kind of like coughing? I hope you can understand what I mean but that’s what’s happening so far and I’m afraid the car is going to die on me again and I’ll have to spend more $ on it.
Any ideas what the problems might be? Please help.
Hey helpful Bob, you are right, I am not familiar at all with auto parts but the mechanic did use the word distributor…
would it help if i use fuel injector cleaner? I am trying that after reading Eric’s post.
Oh and by the way, towing was $30… so it was $620 for parts and labor, i guess I paid too much huh? How much would have been fair?
Latest update:

I had the car checked at OReilly Auto Parts, they checked the car computer because the "check engine" light turned on and the problem is "cilynder 3 misfire"… whatever that means. Is this related to the distributor job it got done recently?

If you have a 2.5L in your car you have a distributor and they frequently are a problem. I have replaced plenty of them and they cost over $200 in parts. As for the low oil pressure lamp you probably have the oil pressure switch failing. But I would certainly have the oil pressure checked at idle and at 3K RPM to verify this. I have seen several 2.5L engines with this problem. You did not get ripped off if that is what you paid to have it fixed in the first place but I would go back and see if the SES lamp is related to them working on it. For everyone else people please don’t answer peoples questions unless you are sure of the answer that you are giving. Giving people poor advice is worse than giving none at all.

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