Mopar-Charger
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I have a 1973 charger, bought it about a year ago. Been working on it ever since.
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A-727TF Professionally rebuilt by Rincon Transmissions - Great job they took my father and I in the back and explained to us what we did wrong when we tried to rebuild it (June 1st, 2013)
Headers
Eddelbrock performance dual plain intake
550 CFM Eddelbrock Performer Carb (Plan on buying a 650-750 Holley DP
Purple cam - .509 lift I believe?
All original interior
Cooper Cobra Radial G/T tires - Plan on getting new ones, not enough grip and crud for cornering. Makes the detroit lean even more extreme.
18 x 10 Rear Tires
17 x 8 front
8 1/4 One tire fryer (limited slip) with .323 gear (I believe) Threw the drive shaft 4 times before breaking and taking the car to shop to find out i need a new yoke which would cost me $200 in parts. Shout out to Landspeed automotive for the awesome job they did.
Lastly dual exhaust bent down just behind the tire
This is what she looked like:
I don't have an engine shot other then these. Which were after we took it out.
Getting Started (pulled the engine and tranny):
Engine Compartment:
With a can of Paint remover and a bunch of steel wool I got started on the engine compartment:
Brake Cleaner to get the buildup off the K-Member (dad wasn't to happy to have it all over the garage floor - "Amateurs mistake"
Found a good chunk missing under the battery tray.
Rebuilt the whole front of the car while I had the engine out (shocks, added disk brakes, ball joints, etc)
After pretty much rubbing until my fingers were nubs this is what the whole compartment looked like
Sand blasted and fresh paint on the valve covers. Brought the engine outside with a power washer and hosed it down.
This video is right after we put everything back. It was January 1st 2013!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgbZhopj2Js&feature=youtu.be -
We couldn't figure out what the smoke was coming from. Then like 10 minutes later believing it was the header gasket burning it ended up just being a towel on the headers.
Tomorrow i'll upload a new video of the car during idle. This one the carb was out of tune and had a really high idle.
Since I'm not made of money and my paychecks are underwhelming I've mostly done the cheap, free stuff. Other then the tranny.
I have plans to have the body work done and it painted Sublime green buy the start of winter. Then I'll head into detailing. Since the car is already non-original I might as well make it my own.
360
A-727TF Professionally rebuilt by Rincon Transmissions - Great job they took my father and I in the back and explained to us what we did wrong when we tried to rebuild it (June 1st, 2013)
Headers
Eddelbrock performance dual plain intake
550 CFM Eddelbrock Performer Carb (Plan on buying a 650-750 Holley DP
Purple cam - .509 lift I believe?
All original interior
Cooper Cobra Radial G/T tires - Plan on getting new ones, not enough grip and crud for cornering. Makes the detroit lean even more extreme.
18 x 10 Rear Tires
17 x 8 front
8 1/4 One tire fryer (limited slip) with .323 gear (I believe) Threw the drive shaft 4 times before breaking and taking the car to shop to find out i need a new yoke which would cost me $200 in parts. Shout out to Landspeed automotive for the awesome job they did.
Lastly dual exhaust bent down just behind the tire
This is what she looked like:
I don't have an engine shot other then these. Which were after we took it out.
Getting Started (pulled the engine and tranny):
Engine Compartment:
With a can of Paint remover and a bunch of steel wool I got started on the engine compartment:
Brake Cleaner to get the buildup off the K-Member (dad wasn't to happy to have it all over the garage floor - "Amateurs mistake"
Found a good chunk missing under the battery tray.
Rebuilt the whole front of the car while I had the engine out (shocks, added disk brakes, ball joints, etc)
After pretty much rubbing until my fingers were nubs this is what the whole compartment looked like
Sand blasted and fresh paint on the valve covers. Brought the engine outside with a power washer and hosed it down.
This video is right after we put everything back. It was January 1st 2013!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgbZhopj2Js&feature=youtu.be -
We couldn't figure out what the smoke was coming from. Then like 10 minutes later believing it was the header gasket burning it ended up just being a towel on the headers.
Tomorrow i'll upload a new video of the car during idle. This one the carb was out of tune and had a really high idle.
Since I'm not made of money and my paychecks are underwhelming I've mostly done the cheap, free stuff. Other then the tranny.
I have plans to have the body work done and it painted Sublime green buy the start of winter. Then I'll head into detailing. Since the car is already non-original I might as well make it my own.
