Cuda 440 Six Pack Shaker Hood drag race

Here is an unrestored 440-6 pack Cuda with Shaker hood at a drag strip. The car has so much power the tires are spinning most of the way down the 1/4 mile (listen to the engine, the sound doesn't change due to spinning tires) In the end the Mustang wins by a length. The Cuda driver said he could have, and was catching the Mustang, bit eased up on the gas to be able to stop the car with it's manual brakes in the short shutdown strip. Can't say I blame him, would you risk such an expensive car just to win the race? The car was originally used as a drag car, and has not been restored, it is in very good shape :-) Glad we caught what may be it's only strip run on video.

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[EmofacePS3]

supprised the cuda didnt win the jump with that mountain of torque its got

[ChargerMiles007]

@EmofacePS3

The Cuda owner didn't jump right onto it, as he has relatively narrow street tires on it. I guess if he did it would have turned out like my "Barrys smokeshow" vid :)

[wyldcdn]

where is this? Lower BC?

[ChargerMiles007]

@wyldcdn

Well, I try not to advertise where we are, but it is actually in Ontario.

[ChargerMiles007]

I'm thinking you would need 2.76 rear end gears to do that , if you don't have overdrive.

Thanks for the info :)

[mikesteelheart]

The regular 426 street Hemi's made around 465hp and used two 4-barrel carburetors. The modified Nascar 426 Hemi's had higher compression, ran on race gas, had a single 4-barrel carburetor, and made about 550hp. The Daytona race cars were also a lot lighter and more aerodynamic than street cars, which allowed them to reach a higher top speed. With a 5 or 6-speed trans, a stock 426 Hemi could probably propel an otherwise stock E-body like a Cuda to around 160-165.

[ChargerMiles007]

How fast a car can possibly go, as long as it has suffucient horsepower, is usually determined by the rpm limit of the engine. So if you want to go really fast, say 150mph, you would use something like a 2.76:1 rear axle ratio, and a tall tire. If you want to get up to speed fast in the 1/4 mile, you would use more like a 4.10:1 ratio, but then tour top speed would be limited to about 100mph, unless you have over drive, which slows the engine down relative to the driveshaft. I am out of space :(

[MoparMoose]

ok. so how much would u say that changes the mph of a stock. i know a good bit about these cars but not to much. sadly i didnt live in that time period i learn alot of this info from my dad who has books on this stuff and knows how to work on these cars

[ChargerMiles007]

A Nascar spec Hemi with cowl induction for a ram air effect. So it wasn't stock.

[MoparMoose]

thanks alot and what engine was in the daytona, 440 six pack or the 426? did it say if it was stock or not?