Recent content by gzig5

I won't be much encouragement on that front. While the stock steering box is significantly lacking, the Stage 3 rebuild or the Borgeson unit are supposed to be significantly more precise. My 2000 BMW M5 is the best handling car I've personally driven and it's a big girl at 4000lbs and uses a...

I'm doing essentially the same thing with my 73, with a few different component selections. I like the round tailights and will be using an A833 and stock front/rear suspension designs with better components. I don't think that the aftermarket coil over suspensions perform significantly...

Good luck. There seemed to be dozon or more PNs for the heads and different casting numbers as well. Problem is that the PN is often times not on the head so you have to slueth out the features (valve angle, exhaust port pattern, rocker mounting, etc) to figure out what PN a head actually is...

Normally the cam manufacturer will have a recommended spring spec for each of the lobes they grind. Max intended rpm will go into the equation as well but some lobes are more aggressively ramped than others and need a stouter spring. I would suggest starting with a call to the cam grinder and...

There are only a few parts of the substructure that aren't re-popped and those are hidden so don't have to be recreated exactly if needed. My car will be new from firewall back on the underside and only original panels will be the Dutchman and trunk lid if I can can rebuild the lip on it...

Ambitious project but should be super nice when done. Looks like you are using a tinted bed liner for a sound deadener on the interior structure? That is something I have considered but haven't looked into how effective it is.

Entire Challenger running gear, suspension, and interior into a 70 Cuda. Looks seamless. No idea how to contact the builder. A Very Special Hybrid

Where are you located? I'm interested but shipping something that large for very far is starting to get really expensive.

Looking great! Any way to show how you are moving material on the front of that driver's fender? Mine is bent in a similar manner, and I was thinking I would need to remove the headlight framing to access the back of it to pull out the crease. You obviously didn't do that, so I'm curious.

That is an A-body tailshaft on the transmission and won't fit correctly in an E-body. You might want to make that clear, selling on the E-body site.

Who was the source for the frame rail/inner fender sub-assemblies? I'm almost positive there wasn't an engineer involved in the welding decision. Probably the minimum someone thought would hold it together in order to save time and material.

I would (and did for my area) put a post in the regional section on FABO asking for engine builder references in your area. If you are willing to drive a couple hours I am sure you will find someone. link to FABO NE regional forum section North East

I don't know about export purposes but unless that part of the support is really bad, I'd try to keep it intact. The VIN stamped in it is important to some people for resale, even if it isn't a numbers matching car it. The VIN is only stamped two places that I know of, in the cowl and on that...

Looking good! That gauge cluster is sharp. Not happy to hear about the backup at the machine shop. I need to get off my duff and get my block in if I'm going to have it running in the fall. Can you share who is doing the machining? I've talked to a couple local shops but always looking for...

That sounds like a great experience, and I would attend if I wasn't going to be on a plane that day. Thanks for posting this Mitch, I'll look into the club this spring. I plan on doing a bunch of track days as soon as my car is ready, but that probably won't be until this fall at least due to...