Recent content by Racer Dave

Will the front ones support an original elastomeric bumper? I'd be interested in a set of those and ones for the back steel bumper.

I'm sure the OP has already painted the engine, but for anyone else wondering, here's a T/A block that has never been repainted and a piece of Lexan with VHT SP120 Hemi Orange applied for comparison. The first photo is without flash and the second two are different areas of the block taken with...

It's hard to say what the Chrysler engineers had in mind, but from my perspective the ball-stud arrangement would have only been for cost-cutting, not performance. The best (only?) reason to use a ball-stud setup is so you can have canted valves like a BBC with wedge chambers. The Hemi doesn't...

More than likely the absence of a cell phone is why we survived.... we were not distracted drivers!

Welcome Dave, from another Dave. Fine looking Challenger you have there!

'65 Chrysler 300L to be exact. My dad had a '65 Newport and I remember seeing these at the dealership where the lines through the headlight lenses stood out to me.

Welcome from down San Diego way! Cruisin' Grand in Escondido has a themed show/cruise every Friday, April through September and has a Mopar Night each year where Mopars are the theme (already passed for this year). Even when it's not Mopar Night there are some fine Mopars to be seen on a weekly...

Yeah, I probably wouldn't worry about it. While it's a non-standard arrangement, the respray is a plausible explanation with the body shop having likely lost the original screws and grabbed whatever was laying around to reattach the tags - albeit reversed. The TRANS AM tag should have witness...

Welcome from So Cal, down San Diego way. Nice 'Cuda! From that second photo it looks like you live in the jungle area of Thousand Oaks 😀

Likewise :-) Good point on the oils. Many modern oils lack the ZDDP (Zinc) that is necessary for flat tappet cams (solid or hydraulic). It's not needed in most modern engines since they have roller tappets; thus much less friction. There are some oils that have high ZDDP (search the web) and one...

I would never start a fresh engine without priming, so that is number one. As far as the springs, you might get away without removing the inners....or not. Think about it like this: .513" lift x 402 lbs/in spring rate is 206 lbs PLUS the seat pressure of 115. So at full lift the springs are...

Wow. Amazing collection of Hemi 'verts. I don't think I've ever seen any 'Cuda in Y4, much less a HemiCuda!

While you are waiting for parts.... This is a good mod to complement the HV pump. Fluids don't like sharp turns and this softens the transition somewhat. The "vents" in the Milodon pan appear to be intended to emulate a scraper and that makes it a better design, but the lack of coverage would...

While you're in there.... this is a good mod to the oil passage to complement that HV pump. BEFORE assembly of course :-)

Welcome from SoCal. Nice Challenger! Hopefully the Mopar Brotherhood won't kick me out, but I always thought the '69 Mach 1 was the best looking Ford ever.