RaceDay! Testing out our new setup! 1968 Dodge Dart drag car

Drag race test day! We are testing out our new combo on our 1968 Dodge Dart drag car! We have a new small block mopar stroker motor and a new Mopar 727 transmission with a trans brake as well as a new wheel and tire combo. We are at Weatern speedway for the street car shoot out but it’s a test day for us

[@robr4596]

3rd round, Dad took your lunch money back.😂 Great videos, I really appreciate you. Good luck!

[@robr4596]

Wow, jumps up like a scared cat!

[@mjb2093]

How cool is that to race with your dad? I just lost my dad a week and a half ago, so enjoy every minute you have with him! :)

[@powerwagon3731]

I spend time with my sons on dirt bikes and there’s no closer bond between us. Sorry for your loss.

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

So sorry to hear. I’m going to get my dad out again to the drags, thanks for watching 👍🏻

[@stenny1970]

sorry for your loss MJ B - Lost my dad this past Jan.19th, 2022. It sucks

[@harrys.3165]

@@SimpsonsSpeedShop nice car.Still got Abit to iron out on that beast ..But hey that's how it goes.Kind regards

[@mdlclassguymdlclassguy6488]

That's a tough one losing your dad, it does get better, but is always right at the surface, live life fully Buddy

[@Zachsmoparandmashedpotatos]

Perfect video for a lunch break !!

[@coldsmoker9387]

You totally nailed it ,you didn't totally hack the car up or put stupid low pro's on and slam it.you didn't defile the interior, you built what I am working towards with my 68 Acadian . Nice work...

[@KeeganHolme]

Ah man your car is looking and sound great. Your dad's ranchero is so good too! Great family fun day haha

[@kevinbreese5739]

Absolute love your car, it's beautiful and badass...and hats off to you for all the blood , sweat and tears you continue to put into it. Personally I'd love to have a classic like this but I simply don't have the time, mechanical skills or patience to deal with things constantly not working or needing tweaking. Seems like it's never ending. Makes me appreciate how hard it is must be for manufacturers such as Ford, Dodge, and Chevy to make high horsepower cars such as a ZL1, Hellcat, GT500, etc that are actually reliable.

[@bdogjr7779]

Awesome Joe《☆》Wow👍Productive day for You Brother. Fantastic📽Camera & Editing too. Good luck on the Squat. Love Pops Ranchero🖖😎☮

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@gregkersey6106]

You'll get it ,takes time. You don't want car to squat, but you need to control how fast rear rises, looks like you're unloading rear tires. Rear rises too fast and pulling tires up too. Stiffen up rear shocks, Also make sure you have enough shock travel. If shocks are topping out, that will lift rear wheels off the ground too. Change one thing at a time. Good luck.

[@budlanctot3060]

EXACTLY. I think Greg hit the nail on the head. Rear shocks are too short, pulling rear tires off the pad. Maybe the front shocks are too short, too. Either that or the LCA pivot bushings weren't tightened when the front suspension was in neutral, 'loaded'(holding up weight of car at desired ride height) postion. This is kind of a pain to do, but its important that the bushings are tightened when they are in 'unloaded'(suspension NOT in jounce or rebound but still holding up the car on a level surface). Maybe try loosening the front shock top nut so that it's just barely threaded on the upper stud, and/or put worn-out shocks on front. You do NOT want squat. Squat is what you see on IRS cars. Yours(rear leaf springs, solid axle) should RAISE the back end when rear suspension is loaded by acceleration. The pinion snubber should control the axle rotation on heavy applications of torque. I know nothing about cal-tracs, so I don't know how that affects the equation.

[@reallyskeptical]

The joys of knowledge

[@glennwilliams15]

Good job bro at least you are there running.

[@jmrides777]

Great vid bud!! I'm hooked gonna watch the third vid is this combo!!!

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

Right on! We eventually make the trip to the 1/4 mile as well! Thanks for watching

[@kcav5374]

Love the Dart as I DO love Mopars! Love the Ranchero also (Still have Ford Blue in my veins) Love that it's Ford powered ! ! Hope you do well with the Mopar! BTW: at the 8:40 mark I LOVED the 64 Thunderbolt ! ! ! I had two 64 Fairlane 2 doors as a kid...

[@johnyoung8489]

Congrats, hard work paying off. Car looks amazing.🤘

[@steveburlingame1935]

Awesome vid love the car your dads cars badass hell of a time

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@tims72demon]

For us watching, it was a fun day. Thanks for taking us along. 👍 (The Dart is looking GOOD!!! )

[@arthilliker3721]

So happy for you !! Keep dialing it in !! GREAT CAR !! GREAT FAMILY !!

[@WildAzzRacing]

Good to finally see it run. Now comes the real fun dialing it all in!

[@doubler7hawkgt388]

Great job and watching

[@johnwilburn]

Good work. The car will get there very soon! Glad your folks could make it out to the track too.

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 thanks bud!

[@travisbeavers1203]

Giver hell brother you got one bad ride much respect

[@johnstephens2826]

So cool that your mom and dad were there as well! Awesome wheels

[@JayGuitars1]

It kinda looks like your back shocks aren’t long enough.

[@darrellhitchens426]

Awesome family time at the track Joe and good first outing for the car. Looks and sounds awesome.

[@JustMoparJoe]

Glad it’s back! Now to kill the bugs. I’d definitely call that a good day at the track, considering there was so many new parts working together!

[@Stevegotit]

Nice hot rod! Tasteful

[@spacecalander]

Great job, Car looks and performs amazing!

[@ToddWrightthedrummer]

Love the Dart and your friend's Ranchero. On edit. Your dad's Ranchero. PS No Internet chassis wizard here, but the old Mopar Perf. Adjustable pinion snubber is a dirt cheap tuning aid that works.

[@jakenauta7561]

Exactly drag sundays in 1995 in PANAMÁ AlBLOK FIELD mopar time 340 dodge swuinger of my uncle have memories hear this motor SOUND SWINGER SOUND....✌✌✌✌😎😎😎😎

[@griffittsgarage]

Thanks for sharing Joe. You’ll get it, just hang in there. 😎🏁

[@jebucha]

Car sounds badass, keep it coming!

[@4ondflor]

This thing is a caged demon. You get that hop dialed in and this thing is going to be next level.

[@chrisd1900]

Fun video to watch. Enjoyed that you were out with your dad. my dad and I are planning to make a trip to the track with our cars this weekend for Mopar days. Had a smile the entire video.

[@powerwagon3731]

I’ve been following you and your awesome car! Great family times too!

[@elmandalorian6671]

Excellent video! Looks like you're getting better after every single pass. In the old days we're using 90/10 front shocks and 50/50 rear, was great to see you lifting the front tires...car looks absolutely fantastic!

[@kp5962]

Fantastic car. !!!! Love It.

[@terrybunton2586]

Fond memories of my Brother and his two buddies One of which owned a brand new Dodge Dart 4sp and a little tagalong kid me Being the youngster at 13 of this foursome and not licensed damn it...... Anyway we all went to the Dallas International Speedway which was located out at Lewisville and is no longer there.... at any rate they were Drag Racing all day Wow what an introduction to these Cars. I took it all in and was hooked from that day on. Unfortunately my Brother and his 3 buddies were all off to Vietnam immediately After. Smokem If U Gottem

[@watchthisspacecarchannel6523]

man I love the colour and everything else about that wicked Dart of yours

[@k5wxp22]

Too cool, and even cooler that you get to spend time with your Mom and Dad at the track. Hope you get her sorted out soon. 👍

[@routemainstreet]

Awesome work you guys, great footage.👍

[@routemainstreet]

I used the foot brake tail light switch to power the 2 step. Toggle switch off for the burnout then switch it on for the 2 step. Worked awesome.

[@Dcw-rp6ib]

Man I like your car had a 69 gts and miss it. Glad to see how your doing with it and makes me not miss it so bad..lol.

[@jcnewbee8124]

The starting line is more like no prep....front end is not loose enough and sits to high. And 90/10 shocks would be fine with .880 torsion bars. Need at least 5 inches of travel to give those caltracs some help. I'm also not a fan of the trans brake but if your gonna run one get it off the wheel and mount it on the right side to something solid. 2800-3200 rpm.

[@leoreid5649]

Two beautiful rides. Your dad can work that 4 speed. 👌

[@slowjj1479]

Car looked great after a couple runs,nice job

[@williambrown6721]

Great! Job my brother like you said you just need to get used to it!! Those new line locks takes a while to get used to!! ..

[@thewhiteknuckler]

Huge Mopar fan... Really enjoying your vids👍

[@angelonikitaras2977]

well done on getting down the track with the new combo car looks & sounds great 1 very fast car which will go faster with more sorting

[@nickf2870]

Love the car, keep the content coming!

[@mikestackhouse9001]

Good to see you back on the track Joey, with the whole family too! Your Dad is no slouch in that Ford Ranchero either. I think once you get that rear end to squat and maybe a carb swap you will be golden. Car sounds great, looks the part.👌🤘

[@johnpassmore8176]

Beautiful car. You'll get it dialed good luck

[@my357mags]

It's a good start! 👍

[@craigcontofalsky4387]

Joe, you need to grind out the 2nd gear stop on your shifter. My 340 Duster Super Stock had that modification. Same for my street cars with a reverse valve body. You don't need to have your hand on the shifter till you're ready to hit 2nd gear. You only need the button for 3rd gear. My car ran 11:30's @ 122mph with a 9" J converter. No trans-brakes back then but it is still a simple mod today. Takes the worry of going from 1st to 3rd and wasting a run. Slap 2nd gear (no button) and shift into 3rd with the button. Easy Peasy! Try it. You'll like it! Mopars rule!

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

Yes anouther guy has told me about the mod. Def will do, or maybe aftermarket shifter time.

[@redbubbaneck]

Car is looking Great!

[@glendekoker3682]

I had a 1972 blue with black roof great car

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

Lots more on the channel! Check it out

[@scotttracey3748]

Dart sounds great getting to 3 round first time out and not getting full throttle i say that's pretty good Thanks for sharing.

[@arvinwhitt4106]

You done great man, thats what its all about, test and tune.

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

Lots more to see bro!

[@StephenCasica-pu4ln]

I love the 68 dart and the small block was so underrated. Great job

[@Joey500]

GOTTA LOVE THAT BABY BUNNY HOP

[@novanut1964]

great video, thanks

[@TonyGeneseo]

Solid day ! Some testing in and most importantly you had fun ! Whole new set up and as much as anyone can hope …. Shit ain’t ever right off the get go. Lol. Cool to be there with your parents too ! Definitely in your genes so you’ll get it dialed in a little better and get this new equation closer. That’s the fun part in my opinion. Take care Joe and really happy to see u getting some ass time and some runs in !!

[@FreakOlds]

Awesome to see you out there. It’s great that your parents came 😃👍 Give it time and you’ll get used to it and get things sorted. It’s not like you made just one change. Ya did a few changes. I’m looking forward to seeing the next round of passes 😉

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

Right on bro! Thanks for watching dialling her in.

[@bobbauldock3846]

Hey muscle, head you are as right as rain. I had a 69 GTX, new I had the same problem off the line she would skip and bounce, flipped the torq bars in the front, drag bars and air spring shocks in the rear, remember we are talking about 1970, now at high speeds in a turn rocking back and forth was the kiss of death, you had to be stiff, the car leans and holds out of the turn, Mopar ruled top end I can remember ford and chevys blow,n up on the long runs, see what we would do was let the cubes take over. Now do you understand? I,m talking about 50 years ago. Keep it real.....BB

[@markneal3540]

Proud of you for this day man!! I’ve been following you since way way before the stroker build. Planning to stroke my 5.9 Jeep Grand Cherokee and torqstorm her

[@williamwolfe3277]

Great video

[@johnmyers473]

The car looks sweet! You’ll get it figured out keep up the great work! Mopar or no car!!

[@SamsterOne]

That high school football track looks scary, especially when you near the end!

[@sidchronicle2365]

Damn you got airborne on the line😮😮😮

[@jcnewbee8124]

Car looks great.

[@slrrman88]

I would actually move to front on your suspension tuning, it looks like your extending the shock to fast in the from and if you slow that down it won’t “bounce”.

[@elijah2078]

I hope your reaction times are much better in competition. Enjoy!!!!

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

As I said in video. Wasn’t going for rt

[@elijah2078]

@@SimpsonsSpeedShop I missed that. Sorry

[@triathletechink69]

3rd launch was sweet man.

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

I get it dialed in better in some of the new race vids! Check them out👍🏻

[@spikekavalench]

Oh I like that car.

[@jameskidwell5427]

Good stuff man 😆

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@joemoore7637]

Beautiful Ride Man. Once u get it zeroed in on the set up , they better be Ready.

[@joemoore7637]

My Dad had 1 back when I was a kid. Had a 340 /4sd in it.But of course . He had dealer license n it went quick.

[@andrewzachow4650]

Good job, joey

[@oldfart8501]

Slick machine you built there 💪 dude, looks like a small version of the road runner without the hood on it

[@tmackinator]

No full throttle has bit everyone who races. I left the vacuum advance hose off on a final run once, lost. Never did that again! I have to say your car is stout. Your dad's car rules. Apples don't fall far from trees!. As you said, a ratchet shifter takes one thing out of the mix but i know you like the stock look.

[@kevinwestfall2803]

Nice to see you chipping away at it. Awesome car. I need to find a more reliable machine shop so I can get my car back in action. I’ve been waiting 6 months for a 4” stroke crank to get turned for my 360.

[@garryh3126]

Just subscribed 👍

[@michaeledge8905]

Very sweet

[@kevinnobody3052]

Seems like it hits really hard when it comes off the trans brake. And it should squat somewhat when you leave the line but I think I heard you acknowledge both those issues so go to it man. Car looks fabulous. I'm jealous.

[@jgmopar]

Looks like it is launching pretty good.

[@thepowershift]

Looking good Joey! Its trying for sure! From the looks of it, you need to lower the nose of the car so you get more travel. Its trying to wheelie but the track isn't quite there. Also the bouncing typically comes from not enough nose down pinion angle.

[@carlsracingmiami]

Sweet 🏁🏁🏁

[@mikeoswald15]

I think I've seen a Winters shifter mounted in a mopar console, and it looked like there was nothing cut up on the console. Looked like it was made for it. Cope sells a shifter thats supposed to be really good. I would call John to see if his shifter works in a mopar console. I thought too, that on your second run, the rear lifted too much, almost picking tires up off the track. I'm not a big fan of pinion snubbers. My 68 roadrunner would launch that way. This was back in the day before caltracs

[@lavonmcneal3005]

Hey really nice car

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

Hey, thanks 👍🏻

[@kurtpoblenz2741]

A few adjustments & you’ll be fine 👍🏻. Give the cal trac bars a few turns. Great first time out with the new combo. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@brickley2]

I like dad’s reaction time!

[@michaeldeakin4287]

First of all, you have a really nice car. The car is definitely unloading the suspension, if they're rancho 9 ways, I used to run mine between 8-9 all the time, best 60 ft 1.43 on a car that ran 10.1-10.2, front was 6 cyl torsion bars, calvert drag shocks, everything checked for looseness at the front, at least 5" of travel, SS springs all fronts clamped. Changed the rear shocks for afco doubles, 60ft dropped to best 1.36, 69 GTS, 3100# at the line best 10.14 at 132, 440 edelbrock heads 600 hp

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

What stall amd what do you leave the line at????

[@michaeldeakin4287]

@@SimpsonsSpeedShop Ultimate converter flashed to 5000. How long is that track, it's like a parking lot.

[@dwade277]

Every run you learn something. Push the peddle down harder if your not getting full throttle! :)

[@Comet-hn3gm]

True story, a friend that I built a very mild 505 BBM for was running 6.84/6.85 saying he would love to go 6.80 I asked if he was pushing the throttle all the way down ? Well sure He said, You go make a run........6.80 shaking his head, he said what did you do ? I said are sure ........? LOL

[@coleenteabo7033]

Any plans to come to the USA for #NoNameNationals? We'd love to have you?

[@dtruth5769]

Can't wait to see that thing run a full 1/4.

[@ws2664]

Man that motor sounds great, no doubt you will figure out the rear suspension

[@angrygaragemechanic]

Car is bouncing around on the line a ton. Lower the tire pressure and monitor.

[@brianreynoldson1965]

New combos, takes time to sort it out. Going three rounds is impressive, considering you have change your driving style to adapt. It's awesome that your Pops and you race.

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

Thanks man. Ya was feeling good by end of day. Dads old school cool. Thanks for watching

[@SOHN32]

I can't remember but there something you can remove of grind on shift get when it won't look. Try checking tube out or form. I had my roadrunner when I had it with a reverse shift pattern. Basic had a reverse slap stick shifter.

[@Lightning546]

Your car is looking good and it looks like you're going to have a steep learning curve for your setup, love your dads ranchero, but that might be because I'm a little partial to Fords.

[@jarmominkkinen9409]

Fun tou se you Driving the Gts 👋👍

[@Torquemonster440]

Bro.. that's a win right there..! Already where you left off last season.. not getting full throttle, plus the suspension unloading on you. Get that stuff ironed out and and you're potentially knocking on a 10.99 pass. Nice work. 🍻

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

Hell ya brother! Thanks man.

[@lastmilehangon]

You can grind a ramp on the 3rd to 2nd tooth. When you pull second gear it will go without using the button and stop then you only need to push button to get 1st. Works great on the reverse valve bodies you can't miss a gear.

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

Oh sweet! Thanks for the tip!

[@lastmilehangon]

No problem. When you grind don't take all at once. Just do a little and see how it feels. I stuck the shifter in the vice and tried shifting until I got it haw I wanted it. Mine had a bit of a stop so I didn't start off in second by accident, but if I pulled it harder it would jump that 3rd 2nd tooth. So it felt pretty much normal. Back in the 70s my dad even did it to his column shift roadrunner. Mine was a 69 gts dart with the same shifter as yours.

[@alzaidi7739]

You got a plan to fix the hopping and throttle, but what about a plan to get your parents back for the next one? Thanks for letting us go along for the ride.

[@dwaynehagle7445]

Add a brake pressure gauge .You'll be glad you did.

[@amyunger2710]

Great video! you were spinning the tires on the launch. That might have a little to do with your hopping.