Does anyone have a link to Ron's Valiant Build?
No the engine the car.
Looked at his post and they don't go that far back.

You can find him on facebook. He is very meticulous and quite the perfectionist so when guys on here questioned or bashed his ideas he basically said he has had it with Moparts and decited to stay away. Ive contacted him a few times on Facebook picking his brain on certain things he had done. Headers were one thing he did VERY WELL and I contacted him on them. Great great guy to talk with..

I'm getting the phone book on Ron Silva on Facebook.
Any help?

I'm sure the threads on his car are still around since I don't think anything gets deleted off of Moparts. You just have to search for them.

Ron did a killer job on his car builds. If I was rich I'd hire that guy full time to build cars for me. I think his car building skills are as good as anyone in the industry. I've seen a couple of his cars up close and they are exactly the way I would build cars if I had any skill.

It only goes back 50 pages!!
ARRRRRRRG. LOL
Searches them all

A few things I found

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/904060/ron-silvas-valiant.html


http://www.hotrod.com/articles/mopp-0309-1971-dodge-demon/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ0GAw7HHlM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdVh_kHg5qk

We hung out a bit last time I raced at Irwindale and he was there beating on his late model Mope. His attention to detail is awesome and a great guy who did leave because of the experts confronting him on certain bs and he has nothing to prove to anyone that hasn't already been proven...........

I know he is not coming back! LOL
Trying to get in touch with him or better yet has someone saved his build somewhere?
Pictures, info,!
Thanks Matt

Have you tried the Google custom search bar at the top of the screen?
Probably find it that way.

The search engines only goes back 50 pages.
His build is beyond that. Unless someone saved it as a favorite?
Matt

Crackedback Photobucket Silvaliant

Sweet work...
Builds like that make me want to cut my junk up with a torch...

Rons Valiant is actually for sale locally here in Upland California. The car is super nice. If I had the cash Id buy it for sure. $35k with the crate motor. I believe the 501" Indy engine is an extra cost. Its all fresh and ready to install. The guy that bought it from Ron, bought it for his daughter. She doesn't like it. Yeah, there was some genius(S) on this forum that thought they were a lot smarter than Ron and were overly critical of him, so he basically blew this forum off. Its a shame really. Too many keyboard heroes out there.

The car was very light. The bumpers and hood were all that was fiberglass. The side windows were a very high quality lexan still mounted on the factory regulators. The rear end was a NO EXPENSE spared Mark Williams 9", gun drilled axles, titanium studs, aluminum spool, aluminum 3rd member, lightened gears, Cromoly housing, lightened flanges on the axles, Mark WIlliams Brakes. The front suspension was still a factory k-member and torsion bar setup. I believe he installed some kind of Multileaf spring called a "Launcher" spring...not Mopar stuff and not Calvert stuff either. Although the car did have them at one point. Ron did a lot of little things to keep the car from looking like an all out race car. The interior was very stock appearing. He always ran a ProTrans 904 transmission that had the best of the best and a Turbo Action 8" converter. The car drove really nice. The 501" was a R3 Block that was CNC lightened and I believe had a 4.5" stroke Bryant crankshaft. Indy 360-1 heads also. Pump gas car that ran 9.70s. It was awesome.

Like I said before, its really ashamed that some people cant refrain from criticizing other peoples stuff on these forums. Good people like Ron don't have time for such games. Guess what, those people probably are still active on this forum and contribute little or nothing at all and Ron which helped a lot is now gone. Sucks.

I saw that car in Woodburn, Or. years ago and it was mint!
Talked to Ron for a bit seemed really nice. too bad
the trolls were in force back then

Always loved that car. I saw it at Woodburn too and it was perfect. I think he had a crate motor in it when it was at Woodburn. I don't remember why Ron got upset and left the site. From what I recall people always loved his car. His build skills are top drawer. Not sure why anyone would run down his stuff, it is basically perfect.

My friend Jim owns the car the last couple years, along with the 501 motor.
He has several cars, he built a nice Hemi Dart a few years ago, not sure if he still has it.

If the car is for sale is there any contact info for it????

FWIW I talk to Ron about once a year. He is a great guy and still out there having fun with his new hotrod. He is getting close to retiring and just living life and having fun.

If I recall correctly, the issue he got upset about was a discussion over main studs on an aftermarket block or something like that. Didn't seem like a big deal to me (I wasn't involved in it), not worth getting upset over from what I remember. His rides were/are super nice and badazz, sucks he has such thin skin.

I know someone on here got quite snotty with him about his 501. Something about certain things he did and that they were wrong. The dudes work speaks for its self. Personally I could never critique someone elses work unless I can back it up with a trump card. I personally don't have the shop to build that quality of car, but Ive come close in my mind. But I would never tell anyone they did something wrong on a car like that. Ive talked to him a few times when I was building my 408. He pointed me in the right direction on headers, but I never finished my set. He can remove his entire header at the track if needed in under 15 minutes!


Just amazing work forethought