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1966 Plymouth Valiant By Terje Ulven

Oslo, Norway

This is my 1966 Plymouth Valiant v-100. I found this car for about 12 years ago. The condition was very bad, so I decided to build a street/strip car out of it. The first rule for me was to build a very low-cost budget race car. The engine is a 440 +0.30 with forged TRW pistons. Crankshaft and rods are stock forged sixpack parts, fully balanced. A hydraulic camshaft from crane lifts my isky rocker arms 0.51 inch @ 312/322 degrees duration. The heads are stock 452 with some porting. The trans is also stock TF727 with manual valve body. The rear-axle is a shorten 8-3/4 equipped with cone diff brake and stock 3.23 gear. The axle is mounted in my home made 4-link/coil over suspension. I have done absolutely everything on this car by my self except for boring the block. With 150 hp help from some nitrous it runs the 1/4 at 10.6 sec @ 126 miles. I think maybe I could write a hole book of this car. The hole thing has cost me about $ 6000. Some very strange parts have been used, and everything is used parts except the pistons.