What about the diff ratio? Wouldn't you have to include that in the formula if you are taking
tire circumference into account?
justin

Where can I find some pics of these Austalian Valiants? They sound pretty cool. Were/are they part of Daimler/Chrysler or did they just use Mopar engines? Sorry to
perpetuate the non-Datsun ramlings, I'm just a car nut.

I have posted the table to show time in seconds to go one mile to find MPH. It is in the Photo Album by mareospeedwagon1. This may be of use to a lot of ya'll. The times
and speeds are estimated but very close.

How to find your speed in MPH by your RPM.

Multiply the RPM times the Tire Circumfrence and divide that by the Gear Ratio, multiply that by .0009469 to get Miles Per Hour. I hope this formula below works out right when I
post it, the lines have a bad habit of not staying in the correct relationship as written.

RPM X Tire Circum.
____________________ X .0009469 = MPH

Gear Ratio

I will post in my club photo album, the schedule for matching seconds to Miles Per Hour, like to go a mile in 60 sec is 60 MPH.

The 440 has the most potential of the Chrysler motors except the 426 Hemi, of course. The 440 has a humongous bore and a short stroke that makes it rev quicker than Earnhart can hit a
wall. The factory just didn't put the horsepower to it. The 440 has a 4.32 inch bore and the stroke is only 3.75 inches. When you guys mention Vals, does that mean the Chrysler Valients?
I just figured out that Val and Datto Dude meant Vals were a car, not a girl. LOL Sorry about that Jesse, I thought you were meaning your girlfriend.

Yeah i know a fair bit about Vals. My best mate in QLD had 4 of them so naturally i allways helped him out with stuff. I know a fair bit about most cars but a Charger would be the only big
car i would ever think twice at buying. I if i were to own a big car, the big cubes have got to come into the picture. A supercharged 440 like the one in Pacer "WAR 440" would do the trick :
) Just a big grunty cruiser that could smoke the bags for 1/2 a mile. Plus, Chargers just look heaps better than any other big car from that era. Fastback like datto coupes and just look
tougher than GTHO's and HQ Monaro's.

Mareo, the American Dodge Chargers are a completly different car to the Australian Valiant Charger. Chargers in OZ only had the option of a 318 mopar V8, 265 or 245 hemi. (correct me if im
wrong) Alltho if would have been mad if we did have the option of a 440!!

Scott
Davo

Jesse, In America, Dodge Chargers started in 1967 having 440 Magnums. I am not sure what years Chargers went to Australia but the 440 was definately an option. The Charger body started
in 1966 as a fastback Coronet and had a 383 as standard and the 426 Hemi as the optional motor. I never had a 440 run with my 1965 Pontiac GTO with the 389 Tri-Power motor, let along
beat it. The 440 had a lot of torque and they would spin a set of tires off of it real quickly but the Magnum motor was only rated at 375 net horsepower at 10:1 compression ratio. Net
relates to around 200-225 brake horsepower. Not a lot considering the displacement. I have the 265 BHP - 350 CI in my truck. My GTO had a 390 net HP motor but that was soon upgraded too
around 550 to 600 Net HP, which was about 350 BHP. Now that little GTO (George Of The Jungle) would run.

davo,

I agree nearly 100% with you. 265's are the best 6's made to date. Even the new Z3's cant keep up with them, sheeesh, and thats 30 years of technology they have on their side.

440 magnum's 'eh? See, now your changing the whole scheme of things =) 440's are american, and were never put in chargers. 340's are good. They had the right balance of weight
to power, but still couldnt keep up with the 265's.

You seem to know alot about vals? whys that?
Oh yeh, and centura's arent better than charger bodies. You'd think that putting a 265 in a centura would be the way to go, but it's not. Yes they are lighter, but the shorter
wheelbase and other things on the chargers made them way better on the track.

dattos and vals are both good, and thats that =)

byez

If we're going to talk about Chrysler colors, I have to put in a vote for Plum Crazy. I also like the purple that Ford had a few years back on the Escort GT. The Ranger purple
is a little too lavender for my taste though. I'm sorry, am I going on and on about purple cars? Please don't shun me!

i also agree a rt charger orange datsun coupe would look hot to me. i know aguy with an immaculate rt and i think with nice paint, shined up oldstyle kidney wheels (like the chargers came
with) black bonnet, low stance, it may look hot(although ive never seen a 1200 done this way,so i may be wrong) it could be abig gamble ,but it would be different. but the real advice that id
have is to look in car yards ,wreckers,and on the street at diferent model cars, and use your immagination ,seeing the car in real light is the best indercatin because magazines never seem to
do justice to pain colour. a sunny day seems to be best because cars with pearls come alive. apart from that its all just personal....geeze this letters long and drawn out...oh
well...goodluck