Herbold Racing!

The chronicle of my adventures with a 1973 Plymouth Duster 340 drag car.

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Entries from October 2009

Dart Alignment

October 31st, 2009 · No Comments

I took the ‘65 Dart in for an alignment to see if it would improve the steering.  That thing is a little bit hard to steer especially when making 90 degree right or left turns.  It is very easy to steer when driving backwards!  So I took it down to a nearby alignment shop.  They [...]

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Bought W5 Heads & W7 Intake

October 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The same guy (Pete) who sold me his R1A race block also had a really nice set of W5 heads and W7 intake.  Ryan Johnson at Shady Dell Speed Shop sold them to this guy.  I asked Ryan about these and this is what he had to say about them:
“Those W5’s he has are KILLER….I [...]

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Steering the Dart

October 28th, 2009 · No Comments

The Dart is pretty hard to steer going forward. A lot harder to steer than my Duster. Both are manual steer cars. So I’m trying to figure out why the Dart is so hard to steer. Driving in reverse, the Dart is very easy to steer. It is only going [...]

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1965 Dodge Dart Walk-around Video

October 28th, 2009 · No Comments

I decided to do a walk-around video of my 1965 Dodge Dart to show what the car looked like before I really start getting into fixing it up.  Enjoy!

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Average Age…

October 25th, 2009 · No Comments

…of cars in my garage… 40!

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ADRA Race #10 (Final Points Race!)

October 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Well… I got eliminated in the first round again.  Due to a red light of course.
I think I am still in the top 10 which was my goal from the beginning.  I looked at the points and stayed at the track until the finals before going home.  Nearly everybody close in ranking below [...]

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