1968 Road Runner One of a Kind Takeoff, 710HP on Dyno
1968 Plymouth Hemi Roadrunner. Engine is a new built 528 Hemi Stroker with Aluminum heads rated at 710HP on the Dyno. Street legal with 4/Speed, 4:10 Dyna rear. $200K spent on entire project. $40K on just the undercarriage. Electronically opened custom Exhaust. Hi 9's/low 10's.
PERFECT and a real MONSTER!
1970 Plymouth RoadRunner 440 6 pack
1970 brought new front and rear end looks to the basic 1968 body, and it would prove to be another success. Updates included a new grille, leather seats, hood, front fenders, quarter panels, single-piston Kelsey-Hayes disc brakes (improved from the rather small-rotor Bendix 4 piston calipers of '68 - '69 ), and even non-functional scoops in the rear quarters.[1] The design and functionality of the Air Grabber option was changed this year to increase both efficiency and the "intimidation factor". A switch below the dash actuated a vacuum servo to slowly raise the forward-facing scoop, exposing shark-like teeth on either side. "High Impact" colors, with names like In-Violet, Moulin Rouge, and Vitamin C, were options available for that year. The 1970 Road Runner and GTX continued to be attractive and popular cars. The engine lineup was left unchanged although a heavy-duty three-speed manual became the standard transmission, relegating the four-speed to the option list along with the TorqueFlite automatic. This was to be the second and last year of the Road Runner convertible, with only 834 made. These cars are considered more valuable than the 1969 version due to a better dash, high impact colors and more options including the new high-back bucket seats shared with other Chrysler products which featured built-in headrests.
The relatively popular 440 Six Barrel was relegated to option status for 1970. The 1969 "M" Code Edelbrock aluminum intake was replaced by a factory-produced cast iron piece; however, due to a porous casting, there was a recall early in the iron intake-equipped 440+6 run, and these were supposed to be replaced with the more-desirable Edelbrock intake from the year prior.
Sales of the '70 Road Runner dropped by more than 50 percent over the previous year to around 41,000 units (about 1,000 ahead of Pontiac's GTO but still about 13,000 units behind Chevy's Chevelle SS-396/454). This would also be the last year of the road runner convertible with 834 total production. Only 3 hemi (R) code road runner convertibles were built. The declining sales of Road Runner and other muscle cars were the result of a move by insurance companies to add surcharges for muscle car policies - making insurance premiums for high-performance vehicles a very expensive proposition. Also, Plymouth introduced another bargain-basement muscle car for 1970, the compact Duster 340 which was powered by a 275-horsepower 340 Magnum V8 which in the lighter-weight compact A-body could perform as well if not better than a 383 Road Runner. Furthermore, the Duster 340 was priced even lower than the Road Runner and its smaller engine qualified it for much lower insurance rates.
The Chevy engine comment was a joke.
1970 Plymouth Roadrunner 4sp manual
Small Homemade compilation of Chrit Heynen's '70 Plymouth Roadrunner at the track.
Car runs 10.9 in SuperStreet Dragrace class.
440 w/rollercam & ported Edelbrock heads, 4sp-manual gearbox, Dana60 w/4.56 gears.
Soundtrack by "Di-rect", www.di-rect.com
Big Block 427 4 Speed Chevelle In Car Footage
***Check out the DRAG STRIP video!!! We went for a little cruise in our 68 chevelle with 427 4 speed.
All speed and traffic laws were obeyed in the making of all 427ImportEater videos and productions. Nothing unlawful or illegal is portrayed or encouraged. Speeds are kept under posted limits.
1970 Plymouth RoadRunner 440-running
Shot of the 1970 Plymouth RoadRunner of Chrit Heynen with the 440 running again after the installation of new oil, a fresh timingchain-set and 2 degrees advance of the .640" lift rollercam. The car also received SuperStock rearsprings and a rack and pinion powersteering-system.
1969 440 Roadrunner Flexin Some Mopar Muscle!
Just playing around with a couple gears. The ignition was malfunctioning, not to mention bad shifting. Getting used to the hydraulic clutch and 5 speed. More to come with the new ignition.
Here is a picture of my RR from the Mopar Nationals: http://www.msu.edu/~hagenmi1/1000.jpg
plymouth roadrunner awakes
1970 Plymouth roadrunner 4 speed manual Power: 590 wheel BHP Torque: 830 wheel NM No silencer Phoenix racing slicks Car is owned by Chrit , The hague
wheels up big mopar road runner
Plymouth Road Runner making a pass at woodburn dragstrip on july 9th 2009 durring the nhra division 6 race.
nice wheel stand for a heavy car!
Farm Truck and 1968 Plymouth Road Runner Race
Can a 1968 Plymouth Road Runner and a Farm Truck race all out? PINKS All Out airs Thursdays at 8pm (5pm PT), only on SPEED.
http://www.speedtv.com/programs/pinks-all-out /
