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Re: 71' Challenger Progress
« Reply #45 on: April 09, 2007 - 11:15:18 PM »
Wow, you're moving along nicely!!  The car's looking awesome!!! :cheers: :2thumbs:
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Re: 71' Challenger Progress
« Reply #46 on: April 09, 2007 - 11:19:08 PM »
One question though, I dont mean to be picky.  Why not a Rallye cluster, if its a clone?   ???
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You are doing a great job, keep it up  :2thumbs:
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Re: 71' Challenger Progress
« Reply #47 on: April 10, 2007 - 01:27:27 AM »
Looking good Stacked..... where did you get the nice gasket for your steering knuckle?  :naughty:



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Re: 71' Challenger Progress
« Reply #48 on: April 10, 2007 - 10:22:14 AM »
Took your advice and made them out of a kraft foam sheet from Michaels :2thumbs:  Thanks a bunch!  And about the rallye cluster, mainly didn't do the rallye because of them being 300-400 bucks for a not so complete or non-working one.  AND, I couldn't find one :smilielol:  I did get a Redline Gauge works non-rallye tach for the clock spot :thumbsup:
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1973 Duster - 5.7L Hemi swap project

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Re: 71' Challenger Progress
« Reply #49 on: April 11, 2007 - 11:41:44 AM »
Man I have been watching this one and I am probably getting more excited about it then you. Wish that I could jump in with a wrench to speed things up. Although, you are making great progress on your own.  :cheers:

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Re: 71' Challenger Progress
« Reply #50 on: April 12, 2007 - 08:23:31 PM »
Got the calipers all good lookin and the aircleaner now has the correct "Dimples" to fit over my carbs float adjustment screws, with the new pie tin! :thumbsup:
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1973 Duster - 5.7L Hemi swap project

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Re: 71' Challenger Progress
« Reply #51 on: April 12, 2007 - 09:55:36 PM »
Beautiful progress! That is some looker of a car  :worshippy
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Re: 71' Challenger Progress
« Reply #52 on: April 13, 2007 - 08:48:59 PM »
Good progess you're making. But do you really like KYBs? IMO they are a little harsh of a ride.
Mike, Fremont, CA.


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Re: 71' Challenger Progress
« Reply #53 on: April 13, 2007 - 09:41:29 PM »
Well...it was KYB's or stockers, I wanted a little bit better performance out of the shocks I guess :bigsmile:
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Re: 71' Challenger Progress
« Reply #54 on: April 15, 2007 - 06:50:14 PM »
Its kind of hard to say who makes a good shock at a decent price. I like the Edelbrock ones. but now those chrome carreras look awesome   :money:
Mike, Fremont, CA.


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Re: 71' Challenger Progress
« Reply #55 on: April 19, 2007 - 10:34:32 AM »
Wow wish I was able to moved things along that fast.Your kicken_ _ _.Looks great...

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Re: 71' Challenger Progress
« Reply #56 on: April 19, 2007 - 11:14:13 AM »
I need to take more pictures, I've just been so busy with work/school lately.
-Kyle-
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1973 Duster - 5.7L Hemi swap project

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Re: 71' Challenger Progress
« Reply #57 on: April 22, 2007 - 10:39:08 PM »
Well...today we made a "little"  De-progress on the challenger.  After we ran it and found out after it made a nasty sound that the oil pump drive-gear shaft has been sheared off, meaning no oil in the motor...more info tomorrow I guess...fairly bummed out at the moment but trying not to loose the fighting spirit to get-er-done...just a little less...happy about it. :walkaway:
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1973 Duster - 5.7L Hemi swap project

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Re: 71' Challenger Progress
« Reply #58 on: April 23, 2007 - 03:54:21 AM »
On my T/A build, the engine went in and I siezed an intake valve on startup. The head came off and it turned out both heads had to be redone. It cost me some bucks but I got lucky and no damage to the engine itself.

Hang in there!

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Re: 71' Challenger Progress
« Reply #59 on: May 08, 2007 - 12:11:01 PM »
Sorry about lack of pictures, been very busy on the car.  I'll try to post pics either later today or later in the week when I get a chance.  Headliner is in, carpets in, plastic panels on passenger side are in and speaker is mounted in kick panel.  Only thing left is ducting under the dash and a few wiring issues that need to be troubleshot, and seats.  I'll have to get some pics of the plastic panels.  People have said to use the SEM system on the panels.  But I washed my panels, wiped them down with dupont prep-sol and then painted them with satin black Krylon Fusion plastic paint.  They look PERFECT and at 5 bucks a can,  You can't go wrong, I was very surprised.
-Kyle-
1971 Challenger R/T clone 440/5-spd
1973 Duster - 5.7L Hemi swap project