Brad's 1970 Challenger, living the dream! The evolution continues!

[tommyg29]

wow...
looks really good.
Congrats on finally getting er to the point where you can start feeling
confident she wont break down.
The first few months I had jumper cables and a spare fuel tank in my trunk!

[whitesatinmopar]

  Hey Brad.............           

[E-Body Products]

Brad...  Look awesome...  You must be on cloud 9.

[brads70]

Yep there is a big check mark on my "bucket list" Thanks for everyone's help and setting me up with parts ,advice and encouragement!  Love this site!  But more than a car it's the life long friends I've made that are the most valued! 
Thanks Mom!!...where ever you are! 

[sprecks]

Congrats Brad, glad to here you're on the road. Enjoy the ride!!!!   

[Topcat]

Congrats Brad. I bet it must feel really great to be jammin down the road in your Challenger.

[mojavered]

Good looking ride there!  A lot of hard work and dedication to a job well done.  Well, you are right, they are never done!

[brads70]

Thanks Jason, ....yep never done! I'm heading down to PA this weekend to pick up 3 grand worth of parts! Hotchkis suspension parts, firm feel fast ratio arms& brake pads, and some custom lighting parts, and possibly a pair of Viper calipers.
It NEVER ends does it!    

[brads70]

Well I pulled the trigger on the Viper caliper swap. I got a pair of real nice clean low mileage  Viper calipers from a buddy here in town.


I also have just ordered pads from EBC brakes ( yellow pads)
Also I just ordered a pair of brake lines from a local distributor of Goodridge here in Canada. $155 custom made.They will be DOT legal as well. That #D3300317 off the ARE site( http://arengineering.com/instructsheet/index8.html)
is no good with Goodridge? Actually none of the part #'s quoted from the ARE link jive with Goodridge? So I had them custom made as described from ARE. 17" ,20 deg. banjo and banjo bolts and washers. The ARE site says they are 10mm x1 threads but I tried to run a 10mm X 1 tap down them and it started to cut so I ordered both sizes (10mm X 1 and 10mm x 1.25) banjo bolts to be safe! The guy I ordered from said Brembo is usually 10mm X 1.25?
Now I have the calipers,pads, and hoses, and just have to machine some brackets to adapt to the spindles. I'm still deciding what spindles to run( see link below)C-body , B-body or E-body, so that will determine how I machine the caliper adapter brackets.
http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=72437.0 
 If I can make the C-body spindles work I'd rather go with them as I believe they will help with the front end geometry and the rotors are thicker( 1.250") and that's what the Viper calipers are designed for ,so I wouldn't need pad spacers.
This thing BETTER stop and handle now! LOL $$$$$$$$$$!!!!!

[Topcat]

When you get your brakes all done, it would be great if you could find a place with a skid analyzer. When I was a diagnostic tech back in the 90's we had one. Machine was really cool since you could see how much PSI was at each wheel. 3 tests and it would give the average. If you had rear drums, you could adjust them spot on. Or adjust front to rear % with adjustable proportioning. 

http://www.hunter.com/inspection/b400t/3156T.pdf

[brads70]

When you get your brakes all done, it would be great if you could find a place with a skid analyzer. When I was a diagnostic tech back in the 90's we had one. Machine was really cool since you could see how much PSI was at each wheel. 3 tests and it would give the average. If you had rear drums, you could adjust them spot on. Or adjust front to rear % with adjustable proportioning. 

http://www.hunter.com/inspection/b400t/3156T.pdf

Interesting! Does it hook up via the bleeder screws or something? I clicked on the link but it froze up when it was downloading.
 I'd be happy if after all  this my Challenger brakes as well as my 05 Suburban? seriously, I'm really impressed with that thing!
We had a Viper for a pace car one year at the speedway. I spent about 20 minutes with it on the track all by myself and beat on it somewhat. The brakes impressed me the most with that car! That being said I know my car won't be as good as a Viper braking wise, but it will be sweet to have confidence braking!

[Topcat]

Interesting! Does it hook up via the bleeder screws or something? I clicked on the link but it froze up when it was downloading.
 I'd be happy if after all  this my Challenger brakes as well as my 05 Suburban? seriously, I'm really impressed with that thing!
We had a Viper for a pace car one year at the speedway. I spent about 20 minutes with it on the track all by myself and beat on it somewhat. The brakes impressed me the most with that car! That being said I know my car won't be as good as a Viper braking wise, but it will be sweet to have confidence braking!

What you do is there's a stoplight about 25 feet away. when it turns green, you hit the gas and then there's 4 skid plates with metal that grid rough. You slam on the brakes when you are on them and it takes % measurements at all 4 corners. Probably not many around anymore since ABS came around.

[punisher72]

Well done mate. Very good selection of colours and stickers   

[brads70]

Well done mate. Very good selection of colours and stickers   

Hey as they say "great minds think alike" 

[brads70]

And the "evolution" continues..... Just ordered a New Dana 60 from Cass(DrDiff) this morning! 3.54 gears  B-Body length, true-trac upgrade , Timken A-20 bearings, and rear disc brakes.  It's gonna be sweet!
I've been building a 451" stroker during the winter also.
http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=78386.msg792000#msg792000

Next is the Keisler auto OD kit, hope to have it all installed by June!