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Re: Hemi, power brakes, and the #7 spark plug
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10/10/23 10:59 PM
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Back when I had my '71 Hemi Charger R/T, I had very little problem doing that plug - I'd put fresh plugs in every spring. PDB car. Different models & years MUST have had different clearances, because mine was not that difficult.
Now I had a buddy with a 1969 Mach 1 with a 390 & there was at least one plug where you had to jack the engine up several inches to get at one of the plugs. That would get old real fast! That engine was shoehorned in.
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Re: Hemi, power brakes, and the #7 spark plug
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10/11/23 12:39 PM
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I converted mine from power disc brakes to manual on this last build. I can do all 8 plugs in less than 5 minutes now. I even have a special one piece T Handle wrench with a built in torque wrench clicker that I use. (Same as the top fuel teams use).
Last edited by 6PKRTSE; 10/11/23 12:41 PM.
1963 Belvedere 440 Max Wedge Tribute
1970 Charger R/T S.E. 440 Six Pack
1970 Challenger R/T, 528 Hemi
1970 Charger 500 S.E. 440 4 BBL
1970 Plymouth Road Runner 383
1974 Chrysler New Yorker 440
1996 2500 RAM 488 V-10 4X4
2004 3500 Dually Cummins 4x4
2012 Challenger R/T Classic.
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Re: Hemi, power brakes, and the #7 spark plug
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10/11/23 02:03 PM
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Back when I had my '71 Hemi Charger R/T, I had very little problem doing that plug - I'd put fresh plugs in every spring. PDB car. Different models & years MUST have had different clearances, because mine was not that difficult.
Now I had a buddy with a 1969 Mach 1 with a 390 & there was at least one plug where you had to jack the engine up several inches to get at one of the plugs. That would get old real fast! That engine was shoehorned in. I used to have a 67 cougar. 390. And yes....spark plus were a nightmare . Especially drivers side
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Re: Hemi, power brakes, and the #7 spark plug
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10/11/23 10:59 PM
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bobby66
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Back when I had my '71 Hemi Charger R/T, I had very little problem doing that plug - I'd put fresh plugs in every spring. PDB car. Different models & years MUST have had different clearances, because mine was not that difficult.
Now I had a buddy with a 1969 Mach 1 with a 390 & there was at least one plug where you had to jack the engine up several inches to get at one of the plugs. That would get old real fast! That engine was shoehorned in. I used to have a 67 cougar. 390. And yes....spark plus were a nightmare . Especially drivers side I had a '67 XR-7 GT with the 390. Sweet car but very tight engine compartment.
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