Re: after 46 years - finally getting at it
[Re: Stanton]
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03/21/19 07:54 PM
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What about the drivetrain? What's it going to get?
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Re: after 46 years - finally getting at it
[Re: Dave Hall]
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03/22/19 05:38 AM
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Sounds like it is one heck of a powerful fun car done up exactly how you want it. very nice.
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Re: after 46 years - finally getting at it
[Re: Stanton]
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Re: after 46 years - finally getting at it
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Re: after 46 years - finally getting at it
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That is cool! hope you get it done in good time and done right. then you can have some fun!
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Re: after 46 years - finally getting at it
[Re: Stanton]
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What's up with the HUUUUGE intake ports on the tops of the firewall?
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Re: after 46 years - finally getting at it
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What's up with the HUUUUGE intake ports on the tops of the firewall? twin turbos !!!
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Re: after 46 years - finally getting at it
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Good for you. Sounds like its going to be done right and the combo sounds like its going to be a blast to drive. I'm more a fan of the factory orange, if our votes count at all Keep us posted on the progress
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Re: after 46 years - finally getting at it
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Very nice. Can’t wait to see it finished
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Re: after 46 years - finally getting at it
[Re: Stanton]
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A few tried and true suggestions from personal experience...
* Full US Cartool Chassis stiffening kit. * Run a 5 or 6 speed and 4.10's * Keep the car up off the ground enough so it can be driven on the open road at speed. * Make sure it can run on pump premium with a larger than stock fuel tank. * Run Nitto Drag Radials out back and at least a 149mph rated front tire. (you won't be as nervous when you stretch it up over 150mph on occasion.) *spend a bit more now instead of regretting saving a few bucks here and there. Besides, once it's done, you have no car payments.
Mine took just shy of 4 decades and 5 years for restoration. It seems a while back now, but I learned some of the above lessons along the way. It still keeps getting better each year.
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Re: after 46 years - finally getting at it
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* Full US Cartool Chassis stiffening kit. have their frame connectors and torque boxes. Haven't decided on the other front end pieces yet. * Run a 5 or 6 speed and 4.10's Hemi 4-speed and probably a 3.54 gear. Motor is cammed for bottom end. * Keep the car up off the ground enough so it can be driven on the open road at speed. Yeah - nothing done to lower the car substantially. Stock style front end. Caltracs out back. * Make sure it can run on pump premium with a larger than stock fuel tank. Stock style EFI tank. * Run Nitto Drag Radials out back and at least a 149mph rated front tire. (you won't be as nervous when you stretch it up over 150mph on occasion.) Good tip - wheel/tire combo to be determined BUT will NOT be running big rims with rubber band tires - I like the look of a big tire wall on these older cars *spend a bit more now instead of regretting saving a few bucks here and there. For the past ten years of building the motor, trans and accumulating parts I have not cut corners (other than the 440Source stroker kit - which I have complete faith in). Money is no object. Wasted enough and got ripped off enough in the past. That's one reason its taken so long, seeking out the right qualified people to do the work I can't. This won't be a million dollar trailer queen but it won't be a cobbled together piece of crap either.
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Re: after 46 years - finally getting at it
[Re: Stanton]
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10/01/19 09:43 PM
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UPDATE:
So I got the car back last Friday after 6 months at the sheet metal guy's place. I pretty happy with the work. Last night I decided to answer two questions that have been on my mind ... 1) car the engine be installed from below with the headers attached (Dougs 452's)? and 2) will everything fit under the 6-pack scoop (RB with Indy single plane and a '70 air cleaner. Well, the answers are YES and YES . The scoop is 3" tall and it looks like I should have about 1" of clearance. The biggest hangup for the engine install was the dipstick tube but there was enough flex in it to go.
Last edited by Stanton; 10/01/19 09:45 PM.
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