Sorry to hear about your engine issues. Hang in there! Happenned to us. Thanks to Chuck @ Best Machine in Detroit. You would not believe all the crap he found wrong with the engine. A big name in the business did our motor the first time. My mistake was taking it back to the first shop just like you did. A waste of time and money. Have someone else DO IT RIGHT and forget about it. At least your problems are only with the motor. We had issues with the tranny as well. Thanks to Brewers in Ohio for cleaning up the mess another big name in the business did/didnt do! In both cases the business that mess things royally had a great pitch over the phone. Beware of this. Good luck! Use the winter months to get it all sorted out so you can enjoy your car come the driving season.

PUT A REAL HEMI POWER BRAKE UNIT..IT WILL COMPLETELY TRANSFORM THE ENGINE BAY...WALK UPS....SEE SHAKER...VALVE COVERS...AND THAT BIG OLE HEMI POWER UNIT

FINALLY found the last missing piece for the car, an air cleaner element! it is an original, was used, and needed a little tlc, here is the link on what i did to clean it up. https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...c=1#Post7503443

i think it will make a nice addition to the project, and make it look proper.

boy, i hope someone, some day, starts re-popping these things! it's craziness what people are getting for them on ebay right now. (hell, it's crazy what i paid for a used one! at least it's an original.)

update: new air cleaner assembly project! i found a stage V 2x4 spaced intake fiberglass aar style pan, from http://www.hybrid-fiberglass-solutions.com/ to put on the car. i never thought i would find something for my mishmash hemi 2x4 (oddspacing) aar application, but low and behold, i guess i am the second person to order one......

just got it, here are the basis of parts for the new setup: new fiberglass base that will be cut to fit, rubber seal, gently used but original six pack filter, and an aar lid with new sticker(s)......

some more shots, one part removed at a time......

some more shots......

some more.....

underside.....

trimmed as much as i could before hitting carb tops.....

STILL had to grind like mad on the bottom of the base, actually had to remove the resin enclosed nuts, (for hold down brackets, i won't be doing it that way. holding it down with the lid alone.....), to clear the carbs. i am as low as i can possiblby go, and she sits TALL in there. fellow AAR guys, how high does your air filter sit? i think i am just barely grazing the hood with the air cleaner lid. yi have yet to measure with clay or the sort, but i feel it slightly as i close it. i am hoping when i get some new all thread for studs, that when this is tightened down, it will suck it down another 1/8" inch or so........ thanks for any replies on stock air cleaner height.......

here is the clearance grinding i had to do. carbs just barely fit, and on the car everything just barely fits......

passenger side, there is an optical illusion here, it looks like more space than there is. i'd say i have about .100" clearance to top of carb bulge.......

driver side, accel. pump linkage just barely clears!

my dr. suess looking carb studs. maybe not the prettiest, but they function perfectly! i had to favor them both leaning a little forward, the hood was hitting the back of the lid once fully assembled. the pic makes them look like the tops are crooked, but the part where the wing nut goes is nice and straight from the top view........

now off to the parts store to figure out the crankcase breather......

here is what i came up with. the parts guy was nice enough to let me drag the base and breather into the back area, and try some on for size. this one came in black, i think it will work out perfectly for this modded base.......

measured it out, used a step drill to bring it out to size, and viola! fits like a dream....

all fabbing work done! all hooked up, bolted down, everything fits, BARELY.

now, i will have my body work friend clean up the sides a bit, (remove the 'glass' texture a bit, smooth it out.) give a decent coat of gloss black, and have him match the AAR lid to the engine and paint that as well.....

all major projects complete! now, onto the TA motor we are going to sell.......

any updates on this? i've been following it for a while. it's a great car, can't wait to see it finished!