Re: Photo Dump: TKX Swapping My '76 Charger
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You can slice the seam where the floor pan meets the firewall at the 9, 10.5, 12, 1.5 and 3 o' clock positions, and fold it forward until it's flush with the firewall for more clearance. Helps a lot for being able to reach the topmost bellhousing bolts.
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Re: Photo Dump: TKX Swapping My '76 Charger
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First drive has been completed! One 23-mile trip so far, shifts nice, cruises great. Little noisy, but it's a fresh trans and there's still a pretty open hole in the floor I need to patch up. Only found one problem: Does not like starting off at all. First or reverse. 2.41 open 8.25. Can't imagine why... That's all for now. Off to make a post in the Moparts classifieds...
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Re: Photo Dump: TKX Swapping My '76 Charger
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Plans for a rear end yet? Already hunting. At a minimum, I need to step up to a 3.23. This poor boat is hurting starting out in first or reverse. Once moving, it's fantastic, but 5th is only useful well after 70 MPH. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that the window to get anything built before either Power Tour or Carlisle is just about shut. If I'm lucky and find something, it'll have to be drop-in ready. I've got other, even more pressing issues to contend with at the moment, too...rear suspension is too soft and currently too low, need to replace rear tires (see above), need to get the interior back together, need to figure out why my brand-freaking-new gauge cluster's fuel gauge is as useless as a submarine's screen door. Right now, the car moves. As long as I avoid hill starts, I'll be okay. (if anyone has a rear axle ready to go near Kentucky, let me know ASAP! )
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Re: Photo Dump: TKX Swapping My '76 Charger
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