A Proper Intro

[68sprtsat383]

Great work and an awesome car you should be proud

 

[nuteguy]

I love the look

 

[Budnicks]

Nuteguy your doing a great job, especially for a youngster, 1st timer
the work you've done on the car looks awesome so far too....

 

[nuteguy]

When I drive my car I feel warm air blowing at my legs. Since none of my heater controls work (the linkages are missing) I assume that the heat is coming off of the engine and somehow entering the car. However, I'm wondering if it possible that the heater is working and somehow pumping out heat. Is there an effective way to cap all of that off?

Also, I could probably figure out a way to prop all of the vents open. Do you think that would draw in more warm air or give me some cool air? Keep in mind, my car came out of the factory with A/C and no longer has it so there are no vent doors in the kick panels which I can open up.

 

[MrJLR]

When I drive my car I feel warm air blowing at my legs. Since none of my heater controls work (the linkages are missing) I assume that the heat is coming off of the engine and somehow entering the car. However, I'm wondering if it possible that the heater is working and somehow pumping out heat. Is there an effective way to cap all of that off?

Also, I could probably figure out a way to prop all of the vents open. Do you think that would draw in more warm air or give me some cool air? Keep in mind, my car came out of the factory with A/C and no longer has it so there are no vent doors in the kick panels which I can open up.

Bypass the heater.....easy to change back.

Jeff

 

[nuteguy]

A quick update. I parked my car yesterday and then realized I could have backed up a tiny bit more. When I went to put the car back in reverse, nothing happened. I could feel the difference in the shifter (prior to buying the car someone installed a B & M Shifter). Today I pulled the cable out which melted though the insulation against the headers. It must have shifted around quite a bit from where I "secured it."

Anyways, the old cable is out and parts are on order. I'm going to look into capping off the heater like Jeff suggested (thanks!).

 

[Bb70charger500]

Fantastic work your doing. I'm glad there's other young guys getting into the old mopars . And for a first timer wow you do very nice work. Keep it up and keep up the picture s

 

[moparedtn]

Bypass the heater.....easy to change back.

Jeff

Yep, just did this myself. With headers and big-assed exhaust especially, a lot of heat comes into the cabin as it is and mine isn't a winter car anyways.
I capped off the heater core with some of those oversize vacuum port caps (1/2" in my case) and actually went as far as pulling the two heater pipe nipples out of the engine, plugging the threaded outlets with stainless 3/8" NPT plugs.
Probably would have been easier just to loop a hose between the outlets, but I went for the cleaner look of removing all of it.

 

[moparedtn]

Fantastic work your doing. I'm glad there's other young guys getting into the old mopars . And for a first timer wow you do very nice work. Keep it up and keep up the picture s

I'll second this. I'm VERY impressed with not only your fearlessness in tackling this at such a youthful/inexperienced age, but with your insistence on doing things right.
It's readily apparent you're a natural at this stuff, Nute.
The hobby sorely needs more like you; us old guys need y'all to keep these cars alive when we're gone, after all.
Good on ya!

 

[Chargerjase]

Awesome work nuteguy. I am looking forward to more of your posts. Keep up the great work.

 

[nuteguy]

Yep, just did this myself. With headers and big-assed exhaust especially, a lot of heat comes into the cabin as it is and mine isn't a winter car anyways.
I capped off the heater core with some of those oversize vacuum port caps (1/2" in my case) and actually went as far as pulling the two heater pipe nipples out of the engine, plugging the threaded outlets with stainless 3/8" NPT plugs.
Probably would have been easier just to loop a hose between the outlets, but I went for the cleaner look of removing all of it.

I'll look into doing exactly that when I get back up and driving.

To everyone else, thanks! It means a lot!

 

[nuteguy]

The new shifter cable came in today. Looks pretty good. I'm waiting on a heat shield type of sleeve to come too otherwise I'd install it right now. I'm going to wrap the cable in heat tape, put the sleeve over it and secure that with more heat tape. Then strategic zip ties will be put into place to keep the cable away from heat. The zip ties, of course, will also be away from that heat.

 

[nuteguy]

New cable is in. I love driving my car so much....

In other news, I went to Musclepalooza on Sunday which was an amazing time. That was my first time at a drag strip and needless to say I just want to go back. The whole time I was wondering what my car would run. I like the number 12 (even if its a high 12) but I really have no clue how it would fair. All I want to do is run down the strip right now. Anyone have any guesses as to what I would run?

Anyways, a happy Memorial Day to everyone and a thank you to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

 

[nuteguy]

Yesterday was a good day. I went to a Mopar focused birthday party and then we all cruised to a bar. I watched over the cars while the adults partied. My pay was getting to drive the black 1971/1972 Roadrunner GTX in the pictures I'll post below. The car has the side markers of a 71 but the rear bumper of a 72. Its a curious car. I loved the experience though.

Its a completely different machine from mine. The whole car is essentially stock save a repaint. The pedal feel and kickdown was totally different from my car. I like it because it all worked perfectly. The car handled like a dream too because of the front and rear sway bars. Those are now bumped way up on the list of things to do.

I squeaked the tires accidentally off a stop sign with just a little bit too much throttle. With my car I have to be on the brakes to do that.... My best guess is that the torque curve on a stock motor is a little different. That combined with a properly tuned carb probably has the biggest effect since both cars have 727s and 3.23s.

If anyone has any questions about options or any of these cars, I can talk about most of them so ask away.

 

[nuteguy]

On the topic of sway bars....

I'm looking at either ADDCO reproductions from Classic or the more expensive but a little beefier Hellwig Motorsports tubular bars also from Classic. Does anyone have any experience with either of those/advice in terms of sway bar thickness?

Another concern of mine is that I have an aftermarket 7qt oil pan. It hangs down lower than stock. On the pictures on the first page you can see it peeking under the car. Will the sway bar interfere with that at all?

Here are the links:

ADDCO Front: http://www.classicindustries.com/product/mopar/b-body-satellite/parts/fsb186.html

ADDCO Rear: http://www.classicindustries.com/product/mopar/b-body-satellite/parts/rsb236.html

Hellwig Front: http://www.classicindustries.com/product/mopar/b-body-satellite/parts/md7060.html

Hellwig Rear: http://www.classicindustries.com/product/mopar/b-body-satellite/parts/mb2659.html

 

[Car Nut]

Looks good, love to see mopar's come together like that.

 

[drobertson]

Damn Son! You have been busy! How are the 3.23 gears on the highway?

 

[nuteguy]

3.23s are a dream on the highway. I can kickdown a gear and pass anyone without a problem

 

[drobertson]

Nice. I have 2.71 gears in my car right now, and I'm getting ready to swap in an 8 3/4 rear I'm rebuilding. Just trying to decide whether to go with 3.23 gears or 3.73 gears. I think I'll go with the 3.23's!

 

[nuteguy]

Everyone I spoke with said that 3.23s are the perfect gear. Personally, I would like to go to a 3.50 something gear but only if I get a gear vendors overdrive as well.