Raceday??? Lost footage found! 300 foot dash 4 cash. 1968 Dodge Dart drag race

[@74dartman13]

Our front property line is 300 ft. My stepson has a '68 Dart w/383 auto. and he's left our place and smoked the tires the whole 300 ft.! What a thing to watch. I love it!👍😁

[@Randy-lf2dp]

Nice nice the 340 In the beginning gets out ahead of the 383, but then the quarter mile 383 May Win

[@74dartman13]

@@Randy-lf2dp yep!👍😎

[@jimhardy92]

Living the good life … Nice family and mopar life . Congratulations have fun . 👍

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

Appreciate the kind words!

[@ttecsolar2846]

Bro congrats on the baby. Love your channel. From Australia

[@elmandalorian6671]

Congratulations 👏! I can imagine your kids grown up watching this video 📹 of their father mentioning how he placed his pasion for his favorite hobby aside to help take care of them...excellent video 📹!

[@matzrat5006]

Most fathers do, while the kids are growing up. and get back into it when they are grown. The real trick, is to see if you can hold onto your car while the kids are growing up.

[@pauljones2031]

saratoga! Haven't been there in years.We used to vacation on the beach.

[@4ondflor-old]

I miss you bro! Great to see this car again. I can’t believe you’re already on your second kid. Congratulations to you and yours. Keep us out of your private life by drowning us in DARTO content. Please and thank you

[@Abody_Garage]

@simpsonspeedshop what is the cam specs on you car I’m planning to do a 360 build for a ‘72 dodge dart.

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

@@Abody_Garage check out the dyno vid for full build info!

[@Watkins16506]

Man, good luck with keeping up with the car along with home life…. My Dart has been in storage for 5 years while my 2 kids were little. This fall I’ll actually start to get some time to work on it again as the kids will both be in elementary school. It may just be me, but it was too much to juggle having small children, trying to be a good dad/husband , work, and playing with cars. The cars obviously went to the wayside for awhile.

[@mikedean5595]

The Dart’s looking awesome mate!

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

Thanks bud!

[@steelcitycaprice.899]

Congratulations!!🥂🏁🏁🏁🎊🎉🎊

[@dtruth5769]

Congrats!

[@paulcabezola3559]

Congratulations !!

[@johnluke3425]

Congratulations on your new baby

[@rickstout5524]

Congrats, safety first, make sure that second seat is secure in the back... Got to get them used to to the G's... ;-)

[@LesStacey-k5w]

lBeautiful car and been fun watching the build as well as the transformation. One question I am curious about; are you using 90/10 front shocks?

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

@@LesStacey-k5w yes I am. Thanks for watching

[@symoncabral8609]

Cool footage

[@racebiketuner]

I've had lots of races that were less than 300 feet. Sometimes just the distance across an intersection.😉

[@Scott-ec4ux]

Congratulations on the new baby !!! , Q. does Peter ever try to sell you on a 440 +6 ?

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

No he dosnt really. I think he knows I like my small blocks

[@Scott-ec4ux]

@@SimpsonsSpeedShop I'm a big block guy , - but I know that new block you bought is gonna be the game changer for you at the track * excited to see that unfold , and is your dad going to Mission this year, I take it his motors in

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

@@Scott-ec4ux motor is in dads car but we are still fighting headers. I haven’t been able to get out there to help out lately so the project has stalled a bit. Will be done soon tho!

[@drifterengines243]

So I’m only guessing here but were you not really happy with the gains from the 408 compaired to the 360? It didn’t seem that much quicker to me compaired to what it cost I’m Sure to Build

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

No. Why would you think i wasn’t happy with the 408? It’s way more torquey and when i get the launch down it will be way better at the track. Way better for street as I can run a tighter converter and Still picked up a good amount at the track as well.

[@charlessmith3758]

Slow and steady, racing doesn't mean you have to get to the line first. 😄

[@imken2392]

Were you messin with the launch rpm? I noticed some had launch rebound hop while others carried the front end longer.

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

Yes was playing with thru the day. Still best 60 at 3600. Good eye!

[@SteFFy7469]

@@SimpsonsSpeedShop I'll post this as a second comment standalone maybe. But you need to run another 1-2 psi in your slicks, the "launch rebound" is caused by squishing those tires a bit too much, makes the car "climb up" the tire after the initial squash. You want to be able to squash and keep then squashed, otherwise it'll give you inconsistency and can also affect the rollout time and the R/T. That or you add some shock stiffness to control how quick the caltraks push the tires down. There's gains to have there. Luckily a strange S60 doesn't care much, but that's dangerous play with a smaller diff.

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

@@SteFFy7469 I think you’re right. Been looking at all that since last season. Will try next time out. Thanks!

[@drifterengines243]

I thought that why you bought the r3 engine

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

No I bought that because it’s super cool and has wayyyyy more power potential.

[@sandrolinn5896]

100 metros ??

[@tonylarimore1553]

Congrats take it easy on that gal lol

[@matzrat5006]

what 60 foot times you pulling ?

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

1.56-1.58 on this day

[@matzrat5006]

@@SimpsonsSpeedShop What psi are you running in your slicks ? I start out with 10 psi, seems to work good for me. Hang on to that car , even if its 20 years before you get back to it.

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

@@matzrat5006 12.5 ish. But I believe I need to increase tire pressure to spot the car from crushing the tire. Will try next time out. I will never sell her! She still gets out

[@matzrat5006]

@@SimpsonsSpeedShop I really think 12.5 psi is way too much, you want to plant your slicks, make the slicks dig in and i think your 60 foots will be a lot lower. your car is bouncing off the line. anyway, thats what i see .

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

@@matzrat5006 I run them as low as 10 and it just crushes the tire and more bounce. And it’s dead hooking. Some guys on here with some fast cars have said to add pressure to stop it crushing.

[@Stevo4517]

Need Caltracs

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

Have caltracs