Those critics are nothing next to your knowledge Jamie!

Good luck on your race with the Slag hammer and I will be routing for you and your car. Great day to you from the Farm and Rust Belt of Western Pennsylvania!

The black interior in that car is gorgeous. You could just about eat off the underside of that car! Kudos to Dale for being consistent with maintenance over all these years.

The third pedal can be mastered. Example 1. Herb McCandless Example 2. Ronnie Sox. I have faith you can become Example 3. Automatic transmissions may be a slight advantage but they will never be cooler or more fun. 4 speeds forever for this old school guy. 👍🇺🇸

Originally Dodge 4 speed shifters were made by Hurst, when Hurst was a very young company. The Hurst "Super Shifter" (not Competition Plus) was used for 64 and 65, but Dodge switched to Inland shifters for 66, because they had a reverse lockout. The inland shifters turned out to be terrible for performance shifting and in the middle of the 68 model year Dodge went back to Hurst shifters. Because they lacked a reverse lockout, a reverse gear light was added to the dash. Most of the factory installed Hurst shifters have 0.500" shifting rods, while aftermarket Hurst shifters have 0.375" shifting rods. Mr. Gasket shifters have 0.430" shifting rods. Hurst was bought by Mr. Gasket in 1987. Even with the large diameter factory Hurst shifting rods, many racers weld reenforcement rods along the lengths of the shifting rods, to stiffen them up, especially with the long E-body rods. The early, pre-1970 side cover shifts better and faster than the newer side covers on the A833 4 speeds. The old transmissions used bronze shifting forks with the early cover and the newer 4 speeds use stiffer steel shifting forks in their covers. To get the "good" steel shifter forks to fit the "good" early side cover, the nipples on the steel shift forks have to ground off and can be compared to the older bronze forks for comparison. Racing with an A833 4 speed, use the early, pre-1970 side cover and the modified to fit, late steel shift forks. Replace any nylon shifter rod bushing washers with steel ones and grease them. Note the two Dodge bucket seats are heavier than a bench seat. Some lighter weight buckets can help trim weight.

I absolutely love this car. So freaking cool 😎. Please keep us posted on your progress 👍🏻

When I retire I will move from my home to the great north west. Looking forward to it and the happiness of your neck of the woods.

Love your vids. My first car was a 70' Duster with a 225 slant six. Slow, but indestructible. Next a 74" Charger SE, then a 69' Roadrunner, and then a 73' Challenger // now I am a Jeep guy, a different kind of affliction, but still similar. :)

Gonna be a great race and fun road trip. Looking forward to seeing it. Best wishes in your endeavors.

Eastwood has a close match to that color, called Burnout Blue, and that's what I'm painting my '82 Mirada. I love B5!

I never missed the sway bar on my 67 B body, but it it did help with the front end rise. After a few years, the rubber discs in the sway bar are so beat up the lost motion cancels any benefit. I had long travel Mopar rear drag shocks, if you get good traction and the rear rises to the point where the shocks top out, it’s ugly. Adjustable front shocks worked really well together with the missing sway bar, the weight transfer was fantastic

everybody has an opinion anymore, you know what your doing and you got this Jamie,

Glad you are schooling these people who are know it all's with facts.

We’re rooting for you!Practice with your tire pressure and you got this.

I love every bit of that car!

The Great Paint Challenge... Also .. the RACE for the CAKE Also... Mopar A Bodies Forever 🇺🇸

I love that paint color and the minor wear it has, I would take that over fresh paint 👍

I wish you all the luck you can carry, your channel is awesome, dont care for that other guy. Go kick some ass !!! Ps. Saw my first Demon when I was eight, got a picture and taped it on my bedroom wall.

Love the Demon. Its like the Dodge guys were sitting at the bar one day and they go hey we can take that Plymouth Duster and slap a Dart front end, change tail lights put some Dodge badges on it and voila the Demon was born😂👌

I wish people would grow up and keep their keyboard shut! Keyboard warriors are passive aggressive children. Keep doing what you do, very entertaining and informative Jamie!

Was feeling lonely...🥺 went to Jamie's playhouse on YT for some brevity and sadly, learning. But I do have a black hole, knowledge wise, concerning drag racing suspension setups. Thank you for the lesson, gramps.😎 Have a ball racing Tony!

Make sure the rear shocks are long enough so that they do not fully extend. Good on removing the sway bar. Good on back off the snubber. 90/10 shocks. Six cylinder torsion bars. SS springs Classic Direct Connection set up. I had SS springs, long shock and a snubber that hit so hard in ripped the bottom of the floorboard where the snubber snubs. This combination put the original LO23 Darts and Cudas into the 9's.

UTG is always looking for an edge Jamie go full throttle and hope you win but in the end of the day you both win you have great channels. 👍👍👍

Count me among the people looking forward to your matchup with Uncle Tony. The banter between you two will probably be equally as entertaining as the race itself. Good luck on your cross country travels!

From your videos, Dale was a savvy and successful racer. The car is basically good. Trust Dale, fix what you gotta fix, and find your 4 speed groove. Eat Cake.

Jamie- being as prepared as possible in this life is always a great thing; but the stress and anxiety over details isn’t worth the trade off. The car was born a badass, and we just watched you ripping gears all through the video 🤷🏻‍♂️… sure-(the u-joint…don’t forget) 😂.. point is that-both of these cars are badass Mopars. All of the people involved are real genuine salt of the earth Mopar people. The simple fact that you’re going from one corner of the country-all the way across the entirety of the rest of it-meeting Mopar legends every step of the way…is in itself a huge deal! Once you leave Washington don’t spend another minute fretting about the intangibles. Live in the moment, enjoy the journey! Remind some kid who might be watching…Dreams happen every day brother! That kid was you..🤷🏻‍♂️see what happened! 😊

Jaime, I like how you explained things in simple terms that novices can understand. As for the office chair experts complaining about the paint having been touched up in a few spots, ignore them.... They are jealous that you have a car that nice and that it is 85% original paint. There will always be whiners who will try to pick apart any car that is not theirs.

From what I saw your shock mod and a little more height in nose with the way you have the leafs and snubber set should do the trick. Way back when mopars leafs would open and almost touch the track on launch to half track. Coolest thing to watch. U joint,don't forget. Luck to you.

First thing I wanna do to my Hornet when I revive it is subframe connectors. Many years ago I had it on a 2-post lift..... we opened the driver door and it made a fairly loud "POP" noise, and then we couldn't get it closed again. You'd think a car that is a 2-door post would be relatively stiff. Considering I wanna swap to 3.73 gears, yeah.... gonna have to strengthen the old girl up. On topic, my old Swinger was a PIG with no Sway bar. In a hard turn, it would lean over, hit the bump stop and the rest was left up to the tires. Compared to my V8 Valiant with a Sway bar.... it was literally night and day. The Valiant was tight and nimble. Factory 727 and 3.21 Sure Grip, too! Are you gonna take those tow hook / tie downs off, too?

the advantage you have over Slaghammer is, Slaghammer has a truck rear suspension. It's never going to hook unless Tony does something about it. Now, you with your Demon suspension, (and the new U-joint you need to get), will hook just fine.

Short but fast(hi rev) burnout. Btw thanks for posting 833 rebuild video on Fb post. That was me 👍🏼

Dude you are absolutely killing me...back in 1980 when i was 19 i got my first car, a73 340 dart 4sp 3:55 ls (yes i swapped an 8 3/4 in it) (bright yellow). Watching you drive that brings back some awesome memories unfortunately it brings back the memory of leaving the car in california when i moved to arizona got nothing for it and found out a towing company took it. So enjoy that baby!

Whether you win or loose to Tony you will have a great time. BTW your car really sounds strong!

Great vid! Exited to see the progress on the track! I ditched the sway bar too, better 60 and not too bad on street 👍🏻

I put the KYB gas a just shocks on my gm a body’s (70-72) and it made a world of difference. When used to go watch NMCA races, the mopars would just track straight, whereas the gm’s would shake rattle and roll. It was quite noticeable.

What I usually found is that people would way overthink Mopar suspensions and add junk that doesn't do any good, and of course the aftermarket vendors were only too happy to sell them all that useless junk. Basically, they are designed quite well stock, and just a few simple zero dollar tricks is all it takes (like removing the rear spring clamps on the back side, and adding clamps on the front). Anyway, I am looking forward to see the race between the Demon and Slaghammer. I am rooting for the Demon, I just like the screaming small block with a stick in one of the coolest A-bodies ever built.

Such a sweet car

Go get'em dude! Good luck!

Neat. Looking forward to hear what it weighs, I’m always curious on fully equipped muscle cars.

I'm getting excited.

This will be a good race an you have a nice car an a amazing channel im fan of your content an tony you guys are keeping these older hemis going an alive

I run my MT's at 16psi on the strip, 81 Z28 355ci TH400 3:42 posi

I think you can get him if you keep the practice of the smooth shift. Perfect

Beautiful Demon 😈

Hay Jamie, if you happen to make it to North East TN on your trip, give me a shout. I'm look forward to your upcoming videos of your road trip, & race with Uncle Tony. Oh...and don't forget to change that U-Joint. ; )

Nice A-body...good luck tweaking the suspension...hope for the best for you...good content and thanks 🔧👍

Uncle Tony's going to have you for lunch!!! It will be entertaining😂

Watch out. Tony know all those old sneaky racing tricks.

An old Hurst Ram Rod shifter would help a lot at the track, that's what i used to run in my 69 Swinger. Don't forget to get a U-Joint😄

Pulling for you Jamie ,but I’ve got the feeling you’re bringing a knife to a gunfight . Have fun!

I’m excited for this race

16:39 I commented the other day, thank you for shooting the 64 bel air.

thanks for for the ride along sir

Also this makes me miss my 71 Plymouth Duster 225 slant six, 3 speed on the tree, and manual everything, also same colour of blue 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

LOL.... Paint guy... I love it when you put these kooks in their place..... Sit Down Paint Kook!!!!

Nice walk around. As far as the front sway bar, I just take off the left front end link for Drag Racing. Of course it is worth taking the whole bar for weight reduction, but if you want to make back to back runs and want to check it quickly, the end link alone helps. When road racing I do that to the rear bar to keep it from swapping ends, but leave on for Auto-Crosses. BTW cool car.

We drilled out the front shocks back in the 70's. That and no sway bar really aided front end rise.

I'm excited about this race it's gonna be awesome I can't wait

Nice looking Demon

Take Dale with you. Technical advisor.

I thought you said you were going to remove those tow bar brackets under the front end. I hope you Win every race against Tony! Good luck- from the Wet & Green state. Kick his Ass Seabass!

more over stated suggestion. The weight of front sway bar removed and the 2 tow hooks, we see them we know they are old and are on car. now remove for less weight way up front. hehehe. also the factory rims and factory lug nuts up front would save maybe 40#s .UTG Would do that lol

This Demon is vicious!

Cool Blue and fun

I pick up a 1971 Plymouth Swinger / Demon ? For my wife to drive in 1986 while in Florida. I think someone was being Quit after the white body over blue interior give a way. It was sport Slant 6 and the 80's Ford Ranger II's wheels really made the look better and cheaper lighter than those Creager's. Front lower control arm adjustable was great. You might changing it and see if it helps. Sounds prefect.

If I could afford one of those beautiful old Mopars I would have one but I am slowly getting to where I would be able to get one.

Yeah, torsion bars are springs. They are just a different form of spring. Some people just don't get it.To make a '68 Fury3 handle better you take the front roll bar off. How do I know? Testing by others and myself. It worked wonderfully.

I trust your mechanic expertise and Mopar mathematics ⚙🏁 Grampa Jamie 👨‍🎓 Oh please !! 4 dr bel air vlog 💙

I think you have the edge over Tony’s Billy Cart . But it be fun . Maybe AL could give Tony some tips . 😬🤫.

Dang it. Now I am jonesin really bad for a 4 speed car. Great.

What a bummer. She can be rebuilt. I'm happy it didn't happen to me.

Arkansas? Right down the road!

Good luck with your trip/race!

Tony is really good out of the hole, you should get some runs in locally before you head down there. I like you both, but my smart money is on Tony. Age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.

That would sound killer (and breathe a little better) with some single chamber mufflers. And they're only 40$ on Amazon. Delivered.😊

Mission raceway in bc just across the border on the 24th is street legals

Qlispé Raceway Park, formerly Spokane Raceway Park (It's a long story), has "No-prep street racing" whatever that is, on the 24th if you want to make a very long trip over the mountains. Doesn't seem worth it to me, but it would be a test for the ramp truck. It is right next to a tribal casino so there's that.

I was trying to remember some of the tips and tricks from the Mopar Bible. It's been missing for a few years now. This will boil down to traction, or mechanical breakage, my humble guess..

Damn nice car!

Corey here from Ottawa Canaduh! And I'm here to admit when Jamie says his name to open the video,I say hi Jamie Corey over here..😂😂😂 man I gotta stop smoking so early in the day 😅

18-22 psi in those drag radials, hot. Polyurethane front leaf spring bushings. My 69 360 Dart goes 1.64 60ft w/o snubber, w/HD 6 leaf spings, poly bushings and DOT 26x10.50 slicks. 1.7X 60 ft should be enough to pull UTG Valiant, but it will likely take you years to get to that type of 60 ft. Either way a Mopar will win.

I used to run 18 lbs. When i ran Drag radials on my Challenger at rhe track but its automatic and weighs 3500 lbs. So its heavier than the Demon Im sure! I switched to slicks a few years ago tho

It sounds so good!!!! #ABodyGoals

Nice sounding. Get the blood stirring a bit lol

Change the torsion bars, use a pair from a slant 6 car, it's an old drag racers trick.

In the old days. It wasn't a classic Mopar. Is it race day yet? :⁠-⁠)

12-17 PSI in drag radials, typical pressure 😊😊😊

Time to play with the Demon(s)... Said The Dodge Wisperer...

On a 3rdgen Firebird with those tires, I started at about 20 PSI and never much went below 16. Altogether different suspension but I noticed below that pressure really didn't help 60 foots but made it skate around like Tonya Harding with ball bearing skates on the big end so let your "testicular fortitude", (a real quote from one of the MANY crooked governors we've had in my lifetime here in IL), be your guide.

Money on the demon!!¡!!¡

👍👍

Your car will out handle UTG and that’s a win 🥇 🏆

Seen Slag Hammer in person, not impressed. Definitely team DDG. You have a great plan. Sure you’ll find what works for you. I ran no snubber (automatic) 3000lb SS springs. Got those crappy turn click comp engineering shocks. Set 50/50 back, 90/10 front. 1 solid engine mount . 1.49 best 60ft in a B body.

Please put in on a track asap!

He had more power thats a big reason it worked.

The great cake race...go go go.... grandpa D

Jamie, don't forget the u joint! And don't pay any attention to the trolls, not their car!

Haha the troll voice you use when quoting the douchebags is hilarious, I suggest doing a calling out the trolls special

Thanks!

Hmmm , do what ever you want here , how ever here are some easy ones . Any lighter wheels will go a long way …. Rotating mass is a killer , the crude pinion snubber still created anti squat , just like slapper bars or cal tracks , you now have removed that feature ? Put a set of flogged front shocks or drill holes in the bottom and let the oil out , or maybe you have some 90/10’s around , raise the back lower the front , if you don’t know ….. put it back the way the original owner successfully raced it ….. your racing against an Auto so your 60ft needs to be as good as it can be . That said good luck , and I am enjoying your channel ….