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Offline SirRalliart

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Re: What are you doing with your ebody this weekend?
« Reply #3225 on: March 02, 2016 - 12:56:38 PM »
Installed a new cabinet for our oil in the garage:


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Re: What are you doing with your ebody this weekend?
« Reply #3226 on: March 02, 2016 - 01:03:35 PM »
Nice!  :2thumbs:
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Re: What are you doing with your ebody this weekend?
« Reply #3227 on: March 02, 2016 - 01:06:02 PM »
Now that the motor is out of my Challenger, I'll remove the brake booster so a friend can come by and patch the firewall.  That booster is staying off in favor of a hydroboost that is going on later. 

That, and a lot of thinking about which direction I want to go in with the new salvage yard 360.  Build it or drop it in as is.  Just depends on how much $$$ I want to spend.   :money:

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Re: What are you doing with your ebody this weekend?
« Reply #3228 on: March 02, 2016 - 01:13:38 PM »
Not an E-Body, but I fancied up the front spoiler on the '78 Street Kit Car:


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Re: What are you doing with your ebody this weekend?
« Reply #3229 on: March 02, 2016 - 02:28:13 PM »

Interior, interior and more interior

Then maybe drivers and passenger side glass soon.
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Re: What are you doing with your ebody this weekend?
« Reply #3230 on: March 02, 2016 - 05:37:24 PM »
Not an E-Body, but I fancied up the front spoiler on the '78 Street Kit Car:




A Volare? I had a '79 back in the day. Mine only had the old slant-6 with a 2-barrel carb. It was actually called a Duster.

     

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Re: What are you doing with your ebody this weekend?
« Reply #3231 on: March 03, 2016 - 01:27:40 PM »
Not over the weekend but my son and I installed a new firecore50 ignition system. Fires up a lot easier now.

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Re: What are you doing with your ebody this weekend?
« Reply #3232 on: March 03, 2016 - 02:16:12 PM »
Excellent  :2thumbs:
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Re: What are you doing with your ebody this weekend?
« Reply #3233 on: March 03, 2016 - 03:06:43 PM »
How would you rate it over a standard Mopar electronic ignition?

Not over the weekend but my son and I installed a new firecore50 ignition system. Fires up a lot easier now.
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Re: What are you doing with your ebody this weekend?
« Reply #3234 on: March 03, 2016 - 04:33:15 PM »
Not over the weekend but my son and I installed a new firecore50 ignition system. Fires up a lot easier now.
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Re: What are you doing with your ebody this weekend?
« Reply #3235 on: March 03, 2016 - 05:06:47 PM »

A Volare? I had a '79 back in the day. Mine only had the old slant-6 with a 2-barrel carb. It was actually called a Duster.

Yep - It's a 1978 Plymouth Volare Street Kit Car, 1 of 247, 34K original miles, survivor, E58 360 Cop Motor, cop suspension, 727 Auto:



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1972 Plymouth 340 Duster (TX9 Black)
1974 Plymouth 'Cuda360 (Deep Sherwood Metallic)
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2015 Dodge Charger SE (Granite)
2015 Dodge Callenger Hellcat (Phantom Black)

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Re: What are you doing with your ebody this weekend?
« Reply #3236 on: March 03, 2016 - 09:01:24 PM »
Does Richard Petty know you bagged one of his cars?  ;)

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Re: What are you doing with your ebody this weekend?
« Reply #3237 on: March 04, 2016 - 05:45:25 PM »
A Volare? I had a '79 back in the day. Mine only had the old slant-6 with a 2-barrel carb. It was actually called a Duster.

Yep - It's a 1978 Plymouth Volare Street Kit Car, 1 of 247, 34K original miles, survivor, E58 360 Cop Motor, cop suspension, 727 Auto:





Very cool Volare Street Kit Car!
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Re: What are you doing with your ebody this weekend?
« Reply #3238 on: March 12, 2016 - 07:39:41 AM »
After using the porting templates on my 452 heads and installing new seats and stainless steel valves I hope to take the car for a ride this afternoon! I was surprised that the valves were sunk into the heads. I thought 452's had hardened seats.
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Re: What are you doing with your ebody this weekend?
« Reply #3239 on: March 12, 2016 - 10:30:49 AM »
I went out on a limb and decided to rip the hack job wiring all out due to the risky ammeter and bulkhead connections. I'll be replacing the bulkhead plastic connectors and sticking with the Packard terminals except for the power wires, which will pass straight through. Re-designing the charging system also. Eventually I'll rebuild my gauges and do a voltmeter conversion on the rallye dash.

I'm trying to figure out a way to install switched and constant power modern fuse boxes under the dash to replace the original one.  Eventually I'll put a relay box in the engine bay for headlights and an electric fuel pump too. 
Custom braided nylon looms will be used to make it all look nice.  My car will be a mostly stock-appearing, pro touring kind of project (with a patina look until I start body repairs). A drive it as I fix it kind of thing. Wiring is fun for me, but tedious!