My name is Tylar Gilman and I am from Scottsbluff, Nebraska. I acquired
this car when I was 15 years old because my father had one when he went to
college. My family has owned a Dodge dealership since 1931 so parts
connections and collections we of great help. We had so much new old stock
for it that I used almost every bit of it, including a Weiand Super Stock Tunnel
Ram 6-pak manifold. It took me 2 1/2 years to restore it to the condition
it is in now. I have put a fuel cell in it this summer as well as a 4 Bbl
carburetor to see if the car can run a little more consistant. The block
is out of a 73 newyorker bored .030" with Keith Black Hyperutectic
Silvolite Blower type pistons to yield a compression ratio of 11:1. The
heads are a set of "915" castings off of the shelf new with 1.88
exhaust valves and 2.08 intake valves. The heads were cleaned up and
pocket ported and gasket matched. It has a steel crank in it with polished
factory 440-4Bbl rods fully balanced, MP oil pump, and a deep sump(9 quart) oil
pan with hemi pick up tube. I have Hooker headers to dispose of the
exhaust and a straight 3" exhaust all the way out the back. The
tranny is a fully race built unit with the following: deep aluminum pan, full
manual valve body, Hibster 4200 stall converter, polished and lightened drums
with 1/4" holes in the sides for excess relief and cooling of the clutches,
kevlar bands and Raybestos red race clutches. I use the factory driveshaft
hooked to an 8 3/4 with 4.56:1 gears and a posi. Inside is a completely
all black stock interior, hurst shifter, full autometer instrumentation, and of
all things a factory radio that lights up and everything else but has no
speakers hooked to it. To me the sound of the car is all the music I
need. The car has run a best of 12.64 at 106 mph at Douglas International
Raceway in Douglas Wyoming. I have never won a carshow but have won 1
class championship and 6 other miscelaneous 2nd and 3rd place finishes.
College put a small damper on racing for the past 2 years so it doesn't see the
track much more than 4 or 5 times a season.
Tylar Gilman
70 Super Bee -> 440-6 Pak 12.64@105
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