@@jerodwolford2743 I had a 1968 Super Bee that weighed in at 2,300 lbs. Built in Canada & mostly aluminum & with a Nascar prepped 413 was a beast like this Charger is. That car scared the shit out of people. It had a gear drive that whistled. Drove it on the street for years back when the good gas was priced right. A lot we can do in this State that others can't. It's great.
At 54 years old, this is the sound of my youth. Let's see here. Jeff Gordon is leaving NASCAR full time next year. His wife is Belgian. "Hey Mr. Gordon, you want a chance to take one of these old school cars around Le Mans for a few laps?"
Damn, that old Dodge sounds nice. Mmmmm Hmmm....Turns out I was born in the "right decade" after all...It sure seems like we got outside more and did more stuff (went places, like to dirt track races, roller skated, etc...) than current generation(s)...I wonder sometimes what the "good ole' days" will be like for today's youth...fond memories of playing X-box? Those funny snap-chat-able moments from the mall (at least getting out of the house...)?
forget about that little VW race beetle aka porsche 935 being eaten by this mean Charger, 7:58 look at how that 512 BBi is being molested and passed. left for dead. poor nimble italian track athlete being intimidated and mauled by an American heavyweight bare knuckle Brawler. :))))
Crazy how you can recognize the brand by the sound. The Ford sounds like a shy Cobra, the monza reminds an angry Corvette C2 and the Dodge rumbles like a Mopar classic.
One of the best auto racing videos I've seen yet. In a Dodge Charger too! I sure would like to see this class running in today's Sebring, etc. Go Mopar 😁💪🏽
@@jasonrhodes9683 Dude, the original Rain-X Was and Is a hydrophobic compound for glass, 'been using it on my road race and street cars since the early 80's... They now have waxes, etc. in their product line buy they are known foremost for windshied coatings. I actually love their waterless wash detail spray which also works great for windshield water beading...
That charger is the meanest looking and sounding and probably to drive, race-car ever at le mans. Must have balls of tungsten to drive this in the rain. Absolutely awesome
✔️ Finally...... Someone with a good enough grasp of the periodic table to choose a more suitable metal _other_ than "brass" to describe someone with lotsa balls. Tungsten was an ideal choice.
Jeff, through the corners maybe, but not in a straight line, remember, that Charger is geared for 180 mph+, I'd be surprised if the Porsche could hit 140
THE BRAIN SPECIALIST The 935 was hitting well over 200 at LeMans back in the late 70s early 80s. The long tail "Moby Dick" version was hitting 228. I saw these cars race. No offense but you have no idea what you are talking about
I understand that when the Charger was starting-up in the pits, a female reporter walked too close to it... And when those pipes barked, she fell-over like a Hyacinth!😁
Love the vid Guys, Richard Petty would be proud, he ran a Charger like that, and you're runnin' today, that is Beautiful, runnin' that Mopar, BLESSINGS TO YOU, MOPAR OR NO CAR
I really like how older race cars are modified factory variants with original parts. Not like new cars which are all made out of a fiberglass shell missing lights, bumpers etc... NASCAR is a perfect example.
Good Stuff.....Christophe Schwartz don't sound like one of them there "Good 'Ol Boys" His onboard lap was good, at least he had a good go at it and didn't just Tool around like plenty of others.
Hab ich schon gesehen :) Nachdem ich den live gehört habe, bin ich süchtig nach dem Sound geworden. Eigentlich klingt jeder Rennmotor auf seine Art geil :D
Do you have a 'press card' so to speak? Seems like you had access to the pit area when the cars were racing. Same goes for the Spa Classic video, wonderful footage by the way!
These cars can have only four gears because of torque from the huge 7.0L engines. A lazy, unrefined OHV V8 will never make much power relative to its size because it cannot breathe at high RPM. I have an old small block Ford and it stops making any more PS at 3750 RPM! It will spin to 5K, but it cannot do anything. The valves and pushrods bounce around and damages itself. But, because of the displacement, they will always have the torque to overcome long gears and heavy weights. This is why lazy eights do well in pickup trucks, even today. The relatively simple design can be assembled with inexpensive parts and run with considerable variations in tolerances, and yet, they'll happily run at low outputs for decades with maintenance. The scary part is when they *are* refined. Crazy OHV eights have heads made to breathe very well, and the valves, cams and pushrods to behave even at 7~8K RPM. Assembled with exacting tolerances, and race-proven parts, the same V8 design transforms into greatness. That way, these engines can reliably leverage the large displacement to make a lot of PS, while keeping its natural ability to make a lot of torque. www.hotrod.com/articles/ccrp-0810-302ci-small-block-ford/
I can never get over Chevy racing the Monza. You didn't have to take the engine out or even unbolt it to get the last two spark plugs out. I worked with a guy that had a very nice 76 Monza, I never could get him to sell it.
I was always a fan of high reving 4cylinder engines below 2 l, having driven a NSU TTS with 1300 cc, a Golf GTI 1 with 1600 cc and a 2-seater R5 turbo1 with 1400 cc. But after owning a V8 powered Triumph Stag I am totally hooked on the Sound and relaxed torque of V8's. So please send more. Regards Harry
No replacement for displacement. I miss the guttural roar of 4 litre+ N/A V8s. something primal in it. I wish they shifted at a higher rev range. They really make the hair stir under your cap when they get up higher.
There is a 7.0L, 850HP wrecking ball under that hood... www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/videos/a4763/videos-1976-850-hp-426-hemi-charger-rain-and-le-mans-better-than-coffee/
Loving this video- Just need a longer clip... some night footage would also be epic! Now change those slicks for rain tires and then do some proper hot laps with that beast!
At least they're trending in the right direction. IndyCar has cut back on their rain racing, and Petit Le Mans has been called early for rain twice. There's no excuse for a ten hour endurance race to be called early. The clock should keep rolling, and anyone who wants to log laps should be allowed to log laps.
The problem is trying to get a race where it actually rains. Mid Ohio Xfinity race was the last race I know where they pretty much ran full wet conditions
You could play the audio of the charger and I would know its a dodge. I assume the car has either a 426 or 440 maybe a 383 or somewhere inbetween because racecar.
Anyone wondering what NASCARs are doing at Le Mans: In 1976, the popularity of Le Mans was declining, so they decided to allow NASCARs to join the race. Sadly, none of them ever finished the race but it was an amazing thing to see!
I thought it was a presentation of different era motorsports until you see the 24Heures Le Man on the side of the car..."What?!?...really?" It reminds me of the Le Man's film in the 70's...missed this sound
It's a good story to read up on. Both cars suffered from what I'd call "overseas teething issues." The Torino ran a few laps in competition but the Charger only completed a small handful. Supposedly this was due to the Dodge team not being able to acquire their desired fuel grade at Le Mans. This caused the premature failure of every engine they had brought from the United States. I believe the failure for the Ford may have been the transmission, but I'm not sure. If they had been given another chance the next year, I'm sure they would have done far better since they would've better known what to expect.
They changes the octane for the fuel for the race and the motors built for the gas originally in the rules, melted the pistons.they didn't have time to send new engines with different piston s and valves before the race
They both had to de tune the engines with double head gaskets as they came to France with NASCAR ENGINES after blowing up in practice they found out the French gas was junk octane! So they raced with just 9.5 to 10-1 compression!!
