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    Right Stuff front disk brakes

    Just finished the Right Stuff front disk brake upgrade, has anyone used this on a B Body and found the front hoses are too short? Either way lock to lock it stretches the crap out of them, found this out when I took it for a drive, oopps, was so excited I forgot to look at them before. Anyone...
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    Switching to Ralley dash.....questions

    Hey everyone. I am switching from a standard dash to a Ralley dash in my 69 Coronet. I have a 68 Ralley dash frame and a restored 69 Insert, just need a wiring harness. Does anyone have tips etc for removing? I have the shop manual but it doesn't show this, anyone fill me in on bolt...
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    New electronic ignition install, not working

    So I bought the Summit Mopar electronic ignition kit, this one http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-850005 as the Mopar Performance one was not available. Its got a orange box, I mounted the box to the front passenger fender, by the horn, as the headers create a lot of heat, so I didn't...
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    Advice on a 400 build

    So, I have a 72 400 lying around, and am picking up a 87 D100 with a slant six automatic. Now that's probably a dog of a combination, Wondering if someone has a good parts list together for a 400 rebuild, something that makes 400 or so HP, I would like to build a truck for the street...
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    disk brake conversion on my 69 Bee

    So finally going to have time to do the disk brakes on the 69. I bought the PST kit, which was from Right Stuff. Any thing I should be wary of? Anyone else do this? I think when I read the instructions that sometimes you need to mount the calipers, differently, i belive mopar...
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    FOR SALE 1968 Dodge Coronet 4 dr for sale

    Selling my 1968 dodge coronet 4 door, daily driver, just time for something new. Coronet 440, base model, only code on the fender tag is the heater, radio delete car. Has a new heater core, original 318 car, has a 80s 318 in it with electronic ignition, with dual exhaust. 4 wheel...
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    Don Garlits Museum, RPDE fun

    Hey everyone, just been working a lot and just got back from vacation cruise. Before we left this time we did RPDE at Daytona again, 167mph this time, 20 laps, the instructor kept looking over and adjusting the cars power, since I had done it before I was going full out, I think he was trying...
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    Met Lance Morris today

    Never know who you will meet sitting in a ferry line. A 38 Chevy pulled up next to me in the Kingston ferry line in Kitsap County wa. Got out and started talking to the guy, turns out he was Lance Morris. He worked for Chrysler on the Trans Am program, with Keith Black and Dan Gurney...
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    Pictures from Seattle Mopars Unlimited show

    Some interesting cars this year, Mod top Dart, Gator Grain 71 Cuda, AMX convert, 56 Tbird with a Hemi in it, 32 Plymouth with a Buick Nail head in it, Dealer prepped A12 Bee, fully optioned car, original drivetrain saved with 500 in it now, a good show of Winged cars, 1 87 Shelby Shadow CSX and...
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    So, whats the coolest, oddest most expensive car etc you have sat in, driven, ridden

    Fun thread... what is the strangest, most expensive, oddest car you have sat in, driven, ridden in? Me? I got a ride in Bob Kropp's 70 Hemi, 4 speed, no console, bucket seat Superbird. Sat in Jack McCoy's 69 Winston West Daytona, cant imagine 500 miles in that. Drove a Richard Petty...
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    Leaking transmission, only at random times. weird

    My 68 Coronet 904 has a leak.......somewhere. I had driven the car last week on Mon, then the car sat for 4 days and I went to the gym in the morn on Friday. Backed the car out and there was a huge puddle of transmission fluid on the garage floor. I cleaned it up, but didn't have time to...
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    Manual front disk brake upgrade, (yes another thread)

    So, I am thinking about going manual front disk brake conversion with a kit on the Coronet. There are a bunch of threads, but no one really said, how hard or easy it was, problems, and final results. My options are the PST kit Summit Right Stuff, or Right Stuff itself Pirate Jack...
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    Steet Outlaws, what a joke

    I watched this show for the first time yesterday, gimme a break. The "dangerous" life of the underground world of street racers?? Ummm do street racers take gas powered generators with lights on them to light the road they race on and hang out with 50 people hanging around while the cars...
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    Lol chevy guys

    So I tried joining the Chevelle forums to ask about late 60s Chevelle's, since the 41 Chrysler is sitting on a 68 Chevelle frame. I think I even asked posted a question on there about the front suspension, and this is what I get as a email a few minutes ago. Dear rp23g7, Unfortunately...
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    Help with Frame and front end componant ID (hopefully)

    Hey guys, As most of you know my wife has a 41 Chrysler street Rod with a 38 Chevy nose, with GM subframe. Its time to rebuild the front end and steering box. the original builder built it 30 yrs ago, and doesn't remember what he used to build it. He said 70 Monte or Nova, but the...
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    Dana 60 questions

    Hey guys, wondering how much difference there is between a truck Dana and a car Dana, besides gears. I have a 84 Ram Charger with a Dana 60 rear, I was thinking of getting a after market housing, and changing gears and putting it on my 68 for the 500 I am making for it Are the axles the...
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    What to do with a 400???

    So I acquired a 72 400 from a Dodge Wagon, thinking about stroking it to 500 and sticking it in the Super Bee, or maybe the 68 4 dr Coronet. Who makes the best stroker kit, or, does anyone have a list of components they used for doing a stroker 400. If I put it in the Super Bee, I kinda...
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    Just back From Daytona, and RPDE

    Hey everyone, just got back from our yearly cruise. We went to Kennedy Space Center one day before, and had 16 laps at Daytona with Richard Petty Driving Experience another day. I thought I was ready for this, as I had done 20 laps at California Speedway a year before, NOT. The only way...
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    Rod Run to the End of the World

    Hey Everyone, its Rod Run to the End of the World in Long Beach Wa, this weekend. If you never heard of it, its like the Woodward Ave, Hot August Nights of the Northwest. We have a house on Pacific and 8th St. N, in front of the Fire Station and baseball field. Stop by and say hi, cars cars...
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    newly aquired 400 sitting in my garage

    So a friend brought by the 400 today, free, with a engine stand too. Externally it looks ok, he has had it on a stand for 12 yrs. Doesn't know if anything is wrong with it. But I assume he wouldn't have bought it from whomever and let it sit if it was junk. Haven't messed with it yet...
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