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Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: AndyF] #2621633
02/15/19 12:52 PM
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JcodeCharger,

Thanks for the updates and please keep us posted on your future progress.

Also, thanks for your work as a first responder.

Bill

Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: AndyF] #2621656
02/15/19 01:51 PM
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You should be very proud. Good luck at the track.
Doug

Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: AndyF] #2621667
02/15/19 02:14 PM
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Nice work Chris.

People that KNOW you understand what you did to build the car. Well done.

Get that license and a bunch of arrow straight passes!

Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: AndyF] #2621702
02/15/19 03:15 PM
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Will it be at Drag Week this year?


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Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: AndyF] #2622031
02/16/19 08:36 AM
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Very cool car! Good luck with it!


1970 Challenger, all aluminum 528 Hemi, HDK suspension, Tremec 5 speed manual
Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: ProSport] #2622692
02/17/19 09:03 PM
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Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy
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Awesome... bow


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Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: AndyF] #2623204
02/19/19 03:01 AM
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Thanks again guys. We attempted to run it Saturday and it lost second gear on the way to tech. It passed tech easily but unfortunately couldn't run it. Spent the morning trying to fix it but the trans had to come out. Yesterday I pulled the trans and found the second gear band lever broken. Turns out that it has an adjustable line pressure regulator and the pressure was about 75-100 psi too much and that caused the lever to break. The parts are coming and I will adjust the regulator and get it right. Hopefully the weather will hold out and we can get to the track this weekend. Come hell or high water I will be at drag week this year, hopefully with a sorted car that will last the week.


68 twin turbo Dart 8.19 so far
70 Swinger 360
69 Roadrunner 383 4 speed
69 Mod Top Satellite 383 auto
69.5 A12 Super Bee 4 speed
70 T/A Challenger
70 FC7 Duster 340 4 speed
70 FJ5 Superbird
68 Hemi 4 speed Roadrunner
71 Duster W2 340
Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: AndyF] #2623284
02/19/19 01:11 PM
02/19/19 01:11 PM
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W. Kentucky
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Very nice car! Interesting that you chose a 727 instead of a Powerglide with the power you have available. If it hooks it should be a beast off the line.

Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: justinp61] #2623647
02/20/19 12:10 PM
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Very nice Dart! Two thumbs up!

If it were my car and I was going to street drive it, particularly for Drag Week, I'd put some screens over those turbo inlets. Wouldn't want to get a pebble or any other road debris sucked into them.


Gone to the dark side with an LS3 powered '57 Chevy 210
Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: JcodeCharger] #2624120
02/21/19 11:24 AM
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any chance its coming to MATS?

Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: AndyF] #2624205
02/21/19 02:31 PM
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I kinda regret not putting a Lenco in it. I chose the 727 because I truly believe they are strong enough and I like using the stock mopar stuff. A turbo 400 or glide would cost double of what I have in the torqueflite. Oh, and the reason for a 3 speed is that we thought it would be 3300 pounds or more and guys who are that heavy really benefit from the low gear in a three speed. Now that it’s done it weighed 2869. We were kinda off I guess haha.

For the street I use turbo guards on the turbos and we have had street cars set up like this before and haven’t had an issue but for safety I use to use a piece of house screen with a hose clamp 😂 but now I’m high tech because the turbo guard has a screen and a larger wire mesh to provide protection for larger rocks or trash.

I’m 50/50 on going to the MATS, it would be pretty expensive for me to go and it would have to depend on if I can get some solid passes before then. I’d hate to drag my stuff out there and break a small part.

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68 twin turbo Dart 8.19 so far
70 Swinger 360
69 Roadrunner 383 4 speed
69 Mod Top Satellite 383 auto
69.5 A12 Super Bee 4 speed
70 T/A Challenger
70 FC7 Duster 340 4 speed
70 FJ5 Superbird
68 Hemi 4 speed Roadrunner
71 Duster W2 340
Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: AndyF] #2624406
02/21/19 09:42 PM
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Nashville, Tennessee
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Love it.

Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: Just-a-dart] #2637649
03/27/19 10:12 AM
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Hey guys, after quite a few ups and downs I think we have the car ready for the track for my license passes. Tomorrow we are heading out to Irwindale and if all goes well we will be at Fontana Saturday. The list of problems have been quite comical but one by one we have gotten it close. Between rain, transmission issues, brake issues, a rebuild of the wheelie bars, and finding a track thats open on a day I don't work its been frustrating. Also, the magazine came out and I am stoked, man what a dream come true. I hope to see some of you guys out at the track or at CPW's Spring Fling.

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68 twin turbo Dart 8.19 so far
70 Swinger 360
69 Roadrunner 383 4 speed
69 Mod Top Satellite 383 auto
69.5 A12 Super Bee 4 speed
70 T/A Challenger
70 FC7 Duster 340 4 speed
70 FJ5 Superbird
68 Hemi 4 speed Roadrunner
71 Duster W2 340
Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: JcodeCharger] #2637764
03/27/19 03:04 PM
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Good luck!

Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: justinp61] #2637830
03/27/19 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by justinp61
Good luck!


Yep! Get after it! up

Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: Dave Hall] #2637963
03/28/19 08:04 AM
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NIce ride!

Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: JcodeCharger] #2640262
04/02/19 03:46 PM
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Went to Irwindale last Thursday and had a great night! 6 passes with no breakage. It drove smooth and straight but the converter is still way too loose. We killed as much power as possible and it allowed the converter to work better but still had 45% slippage. I was able to finish my license! So the converter is back out and a new one is being built. We are heading out to Irwindale next week to see if it'll turn a decent number. Its a process as most of you know, brick by brick.

https://youtu.be/Bli8WX1RMQ4

https://youtu.be/sKshYDhGMxA


68 twin turbo Dart 8.19 so far
70 Swinger 360
69 Roadrunner 383 4 speed
69 Mod Top Satellite 383 auto
69.5 A12 Super Bee 4 speed
70 T/A Challenger
70 FC7 Duster 340 4 speed
70 FJ5 Superbird
68 Hemi 4 speed Roadrunner
71 Duster W2 340
Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: JcodeCharger] #2640484
04/03/19 12:41 AM
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It was good to see the car, nice ride. There will be a test and tune Saturday 4/6 afternoon/evening after the Summit series race, if that makes it easier for you.

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Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: Just-a-dart] #2640573
04/03/19 10:40 AM
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up up A very impressive ride. One quick question, tell me more about the oil-less turbos. That little detail popped out to me, I'd rather here(read) from someone with actual experience rather than marketing hype or uninformed speculation. Thanks wave

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Re: Pro Street '68 Dart in Hot Rod [Re: Skeptic] #2640752
04/03/19 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Skeptic
up up A very impressive ride. One quick question, tell me more about the oil-less turbos. That little detail popped out to me, I'd rather here(read) from someone with actual experience rather than marketing hype or uninformed speculation. Thanks wave


Thank you very much for the kind words. I originally took my T60 Turbonetics turbos in for a rebuild to Comp turbo because I had oil leaking out the exhaust side of the turbo. They sold me on the idea of oil less because of the location of my turbos and the fact that the scavenge pump didn't do the trick and the tubonetics turbos weren't in that bad of shape. So it was either relocate my turbos or use the oil less ones. These things are triple ball bearing as well and spool up fast. I don't do any tricks to spool them on the brake and it'll make 8 pounds on the brake in 1.5 seconds. So far I have been really happy with them. The response time and re-spool time when you pedal it is instantaneous. They use grease for the bearings and use coolant to cool the turbo.


68 twin turbo Dart 8.19 so far
70 Swinger 360
69 Roadrunner 383 4 speed
69 Mod Top Satellite 383 auto
69.5 A12 Super Bee 4 speed
70 T/A Challenger
70 FC7 Duster 340 4 speed
70 FJ5 Superbird
68 Hemi 4 speed Roadrunner
71 Duster W2 340
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