1971 Superbird

[mopar 3 B]

Same husband and wife (Gary and Pam) also built this and took it to over 200 mph...I believe they know what they're doing...View attachment 1037999

That is a far cry from the one in post #32.

 

[PolyJon]

That’s a great story if she did go 200+!

Thought about doing that in my 69_Charger500 but folks said it was was too hard with a street car…

I take my cap off to anyone who achieves that tremendous milestone.

 

[chargervert]

The 71 recreation got well messed up!
I have a great love of fuselage cars especially 71/72’s.
I saved a 71 Gtx from the crusher back in the 90’s because folks just don’t understand them...
So what went wrong with the 71 birdie?
The nose is way too high, as anyone that knows about AERO will tell you!
They just followed the original lower body line upwards to form a ‘snob-nose’...
How stupid!!!
Take it off and start again lol...

Forcing air under the front at 200+ mph would lift the front wheels off the ground, just ask Bob Riggle what that feels like...

The car was built from the original wind tunnel test report. This nosecone configuration was one of the ones tested in the report.

 

[butterscotch71]

That is a far cry from the one in post #32.

not really...same basic shape with an added lower spoiler

 

[Triplegreen500]

That report is pretty cool, but I agree that the ones pictured above in the thread would shove too much air under the car. And, the report agrees:

The minimum change 1971 Plymouth nose, like its Dodge counterpart, was convenient from a design standpoint but didn't offer suitable aerodynamics when compared to other more radical snouts tested. (Figure 118).

As you can see in the report, it appears they were planning a much more radical (lower) nose:

 

[chargervert]

Pam went 203 MPH with that nose configuration,so it didn't work too badly.

 

[moparmarks]

I met and talked to Gary a few times at Carlisle. Super nice guy. I think that the setup fits and looks so much better on the 71 Plymouth than the 70. Just flows with the lines on the 71 better.

 

[chargervert]

Gary really liked that it retained the lower valence with the grille and parking lights. He liked that the nose allowed some of the cars original appearance identity to remain on the front of the car,unlike the 1970 Superbird.

 

[manes]

So if they did, then what is a 305 engine decal mean?

Dodge entered the Trans am race circuit
In 1970 with their challenger T/A and Plymouth AAR cuda which limited the CI.D for the size of the motor to be used(305) so dodge and Plymouth took the 340 magnum and destroked it to 304cid to meet the engine displacement required to run in the series. 305 was the rounded off number. And now you know the rest of the story

 

[chargervert]

One of those 305 engines that was built for the Trans Am circuit by Keith Black,was installed in the number 22 Mario Rossi Daytona due to Nascars new rule changes that were designed to handicap the aero cars,nearly won the race,the car led the race for several laps,and would have probably won the race if not for a crash. Richard Brooks was the driver who nearly pulled off the impossible task of winning the race in a Daytona with the engine limited to 305 cubic inches.

 

[Dibbons]

Wasn't the driver Dick (Richard) Brooks?

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/found-last-wing-car/

 

[chargervert]

You are probably correct,the memory isn't what it used to be! I stand corrected! I knew it was some Dick! Lol

 

[odcics2]

Same husband and wife (Gary and Pam) also built this and took it to over 200 mph...I believe they know what they're doing...View attachment 1037999

1 - How much horsepower did they have? Baker ran 200 in the #88 Daytona with 600 hp.
2 - The front spoiler size for 1971 was limited to the width of the frame rails. This front spoiler pictured is a 1970 version.