Ever heard of the Factory Appearing Stock Tire Racing Series? If not, you must have been living under a rock for the last decade or so. The series title says it all, really. The series is focused on stock-appearing vehicles, but there are two classes – one for basically stock, unmodified vehicles, and the second, called the race class, which requires stock appearing vehicle exteriors but permits internal engine modifications.
It’s this second class that the gorgeous 1970 Road Runner you see here was constructed to compete within. The rules are very specific on what is and is not permitted, and as you might imagine, it takes a wheelbarrow full of dollars to build and compete successfully in this class.
This particular Road Runner was built by series regular and Mopar fanatic Dave Dudek, and has a stroked 426 HEMI engine installed between the framerails that puts out an estimated 650 horsepower, according to the seller. It achieves that power level via the use of a stroker kit and overbore (remember, stock appearing), an LSM custom camshaft, and a set of Modern Cylinder Head CNC-ported OEM castings.
A built TorqueFlite transmission and 4.10 gears help to motivate the beast to ten-second quarter mile times, but the fun doesn’t stop there. In addition, the car shows quite well – the owner says it just won a Silver award at the Florida Mopar Nationals last week. That’s the kind of all-around performance car we can live with.
As always, the question becomes “is the juice worth the squeeze”, and in the case of this gorgeous Mopar the “squeeze” will set you back almost sixty large. As of this writing, there are fifteen days left in the auction; are you a buyer, or an admirer?
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