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    Offline thenuke1

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    71 Dodge Challenger R/T 2013 update
    « on: August 29, 2008 - 06:13:33 AM »
    some of you might have seen this over at another section SORRY ABOUT THAT I JUST FOUND THE RESTORATION SECTION !!!


    long story short ... my dad stored it in the back yard in 88 and its been there ever since .... 2007 came along and we decided to bring it back to life .... 2008 ... a dream has come true

    an entire year in the making .....




























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    Re: 71 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 !! A Year In the Making
    « Reply #1 on: August 29, 2008 - 07:24:43 AM »
    Way to go!!   :clapping:   :woo:   :woohoo:


    It looks like you left the engine stock?


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    Re: 71 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 !! A Year In the Making
    « Reply #2 on: August 29, 2008 - 04:44:16 PM »
    Quote from: MEK-Dangerfield on August 29, 2008 - 07:24:43 AM
    Way to go!!   :clapping:   :woo:   :woohoo:


    It looks like you left the engine stock?


      Mike

    nah man... my dad let my uncle barrow the car back in the day and my uncle destroyed the 383 original engine ... so my dad went all out and droped a 440 in it ... the heads are 383 though ... no one believes it when it say it but its true 440 with 383 heads lol
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    Re: 71 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 !! A Year In the Making
    « Reply #3 on: September 02, 2008 - 03:03:35 PM »
    bad experience happend 2 days ago ... as i was driving i started to hear a whistling noise ... not wanting to risk anything i decided to turn back and go home as i went home and put the car in park i started to freak out ... radiator was spitting out antifreeze like crazy ... today we found out it could be one of a few things

    1. radiator could have run its course and we need a new one OR go to a junk yard and try to pull one

    2. i dont have a fan shroud might need one BUT my dad when he drove the car back in the day switched out the fan for a Duster fan ...

    3. might need to replace the dame fan

    since the car IS a driver and not a show car i am considering all options...
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    Re: 71 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 !! A Year In the Making
    « Reply #4 on: September 02, 2008 - 04:34:22 PM »
    Keep the numbers match radiator and get a new bigger core installed on the tanks. That's what I would do :2thumbs:
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    Re: 71 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 !! A Year In the Making
    « Reply #5 on: September 02, 2008 - 05:14:43 PM »
    Was the car boiling over, or was the radiator leaking? A fan shroud will help cool things down. Finding a good radiator for a 440 in a junk yard will be nearly impossible, I'd imagine.


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    Re: 71 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 !! A Year In the Making
    « Reply #6 on: September 03, 2008 - 02:15:47 AM »
    Quote from: MEK-Dangerfield on September 02, 2008 - 05:14:43 PM
    Was the car boiling over, or was the radiator leaking? A fan shroud will help cool things down. Finding a good radiator for a 440 in a junk yard will be nearly impossible, I'd imagine.


      Mike

    the car was boiling and leaking ... as soon as i put it in park i saw smoke thats why i freaked out until i turned the car off and BOOOM spitting out antifreeze like crazy i was like .... wtf ...

    we decided to replace the radiator.... the fan is fine ... but i need to find that dame shroud for it ...
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    Re: 71 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 !! A Year In the Making
    « Reply #7 on: September 04, 2008 - 10:15:58 PM »
    Yeah we ended up just buying a new aluminum radiator better be safe then sorry. We scored a good deal on it 205 with shipping so wasn't that big of a deal I took Jay Lenos advice ... When restoring a classic its better to just get a new radiator rather then taking ur chances with flushing out the old one
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    Re: 71 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 !! A Year In the Making
    « Reply #8 on: September 05, 2008 - 02:07:13 PM »
    You should've  changed the thermostat first. The radiator may not have been bad. Save the old one and look up the numbers. My car was coded for the hemi radiator, when it was built.

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    Re: 71 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 !! A Year In the Making
    « Reply #9 on: September 10, 2008 - 02:35:03 AM »
    no it doesnt have a thermo lol

    we just put the NEW all aluminum radiator and gave it a go ...everything is perfect now ...

    next up is a transmition adjustment and replacing the from windshield
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    Re: 71 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 !! A Year In the Making
    « Reply #10 on: September 10, 2008 - 01:10:33 PM »
    keep that radiator. someone may need one for the numbers. it may have needed more than a flush, but probably is saveable. i always gut the thermostats if i am going to not run one, reason being, is that the outter area of the thermostat slows the flow of the coolant leaving it in the radiator long enough to cool before re entering the radiator. just my  :2cents:
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    Re: 71 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 !! A Year In the Making
    « Reply #11 on: September 10, 2008 - 05:55:56 PM »
    the old radiator is savable but it was gonna be a 350 dollar investment that i wasnt willing to go into ... specially since the car is a driver and not a show car
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    Re: 71 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 !! A Year In the Making
    « Reply #12 on: September 10, 2008 - 09:32:49 PM »
    for some reason the new radiator leaks antifreeze only when its in PARK ....


    any thoughts ??
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    Re: 71 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 !! A Year In the Making
    « Reply #13 on: September 10, 2008 - 11:56:52 PM »
    Quote from: thenuke1 on September 10, 2008 - 09:32:49 PM
    for some reason the new radiator leaks antifreeze only when its in PARK ....


    any thoughts ??
    Did you put a recovery bottle on the end of the hose?  Mopar radiator tags said only to fill the radiator to 1" below the top.  If full, it will puke after shutting it off.     
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    Re: 71 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 !! A Year In the Making
    « Reply #14 on: September 11, 2008 - 04:09:08 AM »
    thanks man ill make sure to try that out 2morrow ...  :working: i did look in and i think my pops did try to fill it to the top ...

    heres the pix





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