70 challenger rt resto

[1ownerCuda]

Hi all, new to the forum! Restoring 70 challenger rt. Moving along not a #s car. Owned it for 18 years and always indoors. Car came with a 400 auto on column ran and drove missing nothing with great trim. Also came with a hp1 440 which needed rebuilding and is the motor that was just rebuilt and going in.Needed quarters, trunk floor and front fenders. All amd metal work done and painted g2 frosty green poly. New fresh 440 did 540 on the dyno on pump gas. Motor and new silver sport tremec 5 speed complete kit are onsite and going in soon. New tank, all lines complete poly front end rebuilt with hotchkis t bars , upper arms sway bars drilled, slotted rotors. Looking to get the rally dash rebuilt which is in great shape other then pad. Thinking about aftermarket gauge upgrade along with a definite complete wiring kit, would love some input on the dash resto and which wire kit is best

 

[moparlee]

Welcome to the site from Michigan!
Beautiful paint.

These two vendors seem to get high marks on their quality. Just Dashes for the dash pad and M&H for wiring harnesses.

 

[1ownerCuda]

Welcome to the site from Michigan!
Beautiful paint.

These two vendors seem to get high marks on their quality. Just Dashes for the dash pad and M&H for wiring harnesses.

Thanks for the input

 

[WDO72]

Welcome from Northern California! Cool color! Looks like it's really coming along. Have fun!

 

[Rapidfire]

Welcome to FEBO! Gonna be a nice looking Challenger when you are done!

 

[Chryco Psycho]

Welcome !
M&H is the best for factory replacement , Evans is Good also .
If you are going custom wiring American Auto wire is good but it is a ton of work to redo everything compared to the plug in replacements above .

 

[moparleo]

aboard. Great Car !
JMO But when you paint an engine black that is going into a street car, it is very difficult to see fluid leaks.
Looks great.

 

[340challconvert]

to FEBO from New Jersey
Car is looking good!

 

[fasjac]

Welcome to the site from Arkansas! Nice Challenger.

 

[Mopar Nut]

 

[DetMatt1]

Welcome to the site from the Motor City!

 

[FY1TopBanana]

Welcome from CO

 

[FY1TopBanana]

I'm curious, does Silver Sport Tremec kit give you floor cutting templates?
(I've read Silver Sport is mostly Keisler with new ownership.)
I did American Powertrain TKO600 "Perfect Fit" behind my gen 2 hemi. AP (and I think Keisler b4 them) used same trans mount crossmember and had same E body tunnel clearance problems. Even after their recommended cutting and patching, I could never get the TKO up high enough to have a decent pinion angle. Trans sat 6.5 deg down all the way up in the tunnel. Would have had to cut out the floor pan arch to raise it any higher. Needed a crazy 3rd member pinion setup to match. At 6.5 down the passenger header interfered with the AlterKtion engine mount stand too. Interesting the Hurst TKO kit in my Demon had you hack out the floor pan arch. Their crossmember is beefed to replace the arch structural function. They don't hide the need for tunnel fab work.

I did all of this waiting for the Passon 5 speed years back. I gave up on the 5 speed from my place in line and bought the 833 overdrive. At least I knew it would fit.

YMMV. Love the G2 green.

 

[1ownerCuda]

I'm curious, does Silver Sport Tremec kit give you floor cutting templates?
(I've read Silver Sport is mostly Keisler with new ownership.)
I did American Powertrain TKO600 "Perfect Fit" behind my gen 2 hemi. AP (and I think Keisler b4 them) used same trans mount crossmember and had same E body tunnel clearance problems. Even after their recommended cutting and patching, I could never get the TKO up high enough to have a decent pinion angle. Trans sat 6.5 deg down all the way up in the tunnel. Would have had to cut out the floor pan arch to raise it any higher. Needed a crazy 3rd member pinion setup to match. At 6.5 down the passenger header interfered with the AlterKtion engine mount stand too. Interesting the Hurst TKO kit in my Demon had you hack out the floor pan arch. Their crossmember is beefed to replace the arch structural function. They don't hide the need for tunnel fab work.

I did all of this waiting for the Passon 5 speed years back. I gave up on the 5 speed from my place in line and bought the 833 overdrive. At least I knew it would fit.

YMMV. Love the G2 green

I'm curious, does Silver Sport Tremec kit give you floor cutting templates?
(I've read Silver Sport is mostly Keisler with new ownership.)
I did American Powertrain TKO600 "Perfect Fit" behind my gen 2 hemi. AP (and I think Keisler b4 them) used same trans mount crossmember and had same E body tunnel clearance problems. Even after their recommended cutting and patching, I could never get the TKO up high enough to have a decent pinion angle. Trans sat 6.5 deg down all the way up in the tunnel. Would have had to cut out the floor pan arch to raise it any higher. Needed a crazy 3rd member pinion setup to match. At 6.5 down the passenger header interfered with the AlterKtion engine mount stand too. Interesting the Hurst TKO kit in my Demon had you hack out the floor pan arch. Their crossmember is beefed to replace the arch structural function. They don't hide the need for tunnel fab work.

I did all of this waiting for the Passon 5 speed years back. I gave up on the 5 speed from my place in line and bought the 833 overdrive. At least I knew it would fit.

YMMV. Love the G2 green.

I purchased the tremec tkx 5 speed complete kit and was told that no floor work would be needed as this unit is smaller then the tko 5 speed kit has not been installed yet so I hope all goes well, silver sport installed this same unit in t a Cuda and challenger and said no problem. After install is complete they will send driveshaft after a correct measurement is taken

 

[FY1TopBanana]

Got it. Yeh the TKX is sort of T5 form factor. Main case shorter and tail housing way different profile than TKO.
Look forward to the install notes and pics.
Would be nice to see some perfect fit claim actually work out.