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    Uncle Tony Finds an Unrestored '63 Dodge Max Wedge!

    Bit of a late response but Uncle Tony is/was a journalist and founded the magazines High Performance Mopar and Mopar Action.
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    Electric fan to supplement stock fan?

    Haha.. confession time... we only have the stock temp gauge, in the dash :( It's only when the needle goes over to the right, near the double-line at the hot end that we start to worry. Even if we just had the electric fan on a switch to enable us to bring the temp down when it starts getting...
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    Electric fan to supplement stock fan?

    I had a look at the fan / shroud overlap and the back of the fan blades are approx 5/8" behind the back of the shroud. So maybe a bit more than 1/2 way inside the shroud but certainly not fully covered by the shroud...
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    Electric fan to supplement stock fan?

    Thanks, The trans cooler is not plumbed ino the rad as our rad doesnt any connections for a trans cooler. It's just mounted there to get max airflow. Yeah, I realise the 22" is a bit small, prob too small for a 440 let alone a 493! We should have changed the core support years ago when we had a...
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    Electric fan to supplement stock fan?

    Hi Don, do you mean the depth of the fan inside the shroud? I'll see if i can get a measurement this evening but I think it's about the recommended 'overlap', ie about 1/2 way inside the shroud. Will check tho. I know the shroud doesn't fit that well where it mounts up against the rad. Its...
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    Electric fan to supplement stock fan?

    Hi Jerry, no, it's the same spec rad as would have been fitted in a 69 b-body with a 440, auto, no a/c. When we bought the car it had a 22" c-body rad - similar but 'square' top tank (as opposed to round) and the hoses in the wrong corners.
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    Electric fan to supplement stock fan?

    My brother and I have been thinking of fitting an electric fan at the front of the radiator to help with cooling when stationary or in slow moving traffic. Quite a simple and obvious solution to an occasional overheating problem, but asking around and looking on the 'net, it appears everyone has...
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    Edelbrock equivalent for Carter 3447 AFB?

    Thanks, I think you're right. We were looking for a quick fix while we get the Carters looked at by someone who knows what they're doing. We'll try and get that done first - I'll post back on here when I have some progress...
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    Edelbrock equivalent for Carter 3447 AFB?

    Thanks. Looking into it a bit more though, it looks like the fuel inlet points on the 1405 are on a different corner to the 3447s... not ideal :rolleyes: Our engine bay (from a few years ago, but the carbs and related items are the same): Comparing it to this pic, pinched from 'Snook's'...
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    Edelbrock equivalent for Carter 3447 AFB?

    Hi guys, sorry if this has been asked and answered before - I'm sure it has - but couldn't find it without spending another hour searching... My brother and I have a 63 Polara 500 with a 63 Superstock MW 426, which has been in there since the 80's we think. We had it rebuilt back in 2005...
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    Dynamat / sound deadener, or Line-X? - pros and cons?

    Maybe a bit late to the discussion but I just wanted to add... We (brother and I) considered whether to use Dynamat or similar a few years ago when redoing our Sport Satellite's interior. We decided against it solely because we had noticed that in our 63 Polara, which has a transparent rubber...
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    1969 Satellite/roadrunner style speedo problem

    Case in point... :wtf: "...that speedo will stick a little bit but it does work... the more you drive it, the better it'll get"! Been using ours for a couple of years and it hasnt sorted itself out :( https://www.southernmotors.com/Inventory/Details/5189#gallery-9
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    1969 Satellite/roadrunner style speedo problem

    Hi all, A couple of years ago, while the car (69 Sport Satellite) was off the road having the engine replaced, the speedo needle somehow managed to move from being at rest at 0 mph to being at 25mph when stationary! Consequently it's now indicating that we're doing approx 25mph more than actual...
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    Rolling Road - simple question?

    Thanks Darter, I'm puzzled why he thought 2nd would be the right gear to use for an auto. I explained it had 1,2 and Drive, so if they need to go into neutral straight after the pull, I'd have thought it obvious that they need to use Drive. Even with a manual trans, I'd have thought they'd know...
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    Rolling Road - simple question?

    Well i thought it was a simple question... We've (brother & I) been thinking of taking our 69 Sport Satellite to a rolling road / chassis dyno just to check hp/torque, now we've ironed out a few 'teething' problems with our 493 stroker. And to see if the figure we were given from the engine...
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