Fire Recovery 69 Charger- TKO600, EFI, Rack&Pinion,etc

[sublimegtx]

Welcome and NICE WORK!! :icon_thumright:

 

[MonzterMtrSprt]

thought id share some updated pics as of today. got the steering box back in. cleaned and painted. running hydroboost hoses too\

 

[747mopar]

Very nice

 

[kdtjb]

Awesome

 

[benno440]

billet rear lights? possibly for a 68 charger?

 

[MonzterMtrSprt]

billet rear lights? possibly for a 68 charger?

yea anything is posible. be easier than mine. still in progress. let me know if you are interested thanks

 

[Donny]

Very nice work, extremely talented!

 

[kevin403]

By chance off topic but anyone have a Dakota? I make big brake kits just finished these up.

You make brake kits eh... Can you fab up something with my first gen viper calipers on 13" rotors for my Alterkation?

 

[MonzterMtrSprt]

bad news... primed the engine oil 2 nights ago...

cause im paranoid about the engine sitting for 3 years.... acually went smoothly. didnt think id get that oil drive shaft out that easily... anyway went to start it for the first time in 3 years last night and it cranked a few times then all of a sudden a sudden metalic thud!!

proceeded to put a ratchet on the crank and no movement at all. then rotated the engine backwards and i think i heard something fall within the engine... like drop into cylinder... not for sure. after that noise i was then able to hand crank the engine over without issue... but.... i a scope and that i was gonna stick in each spark plug hole to verify FM or not. but camera to big. just ordered a smaller one to hopefully get inside each cylinder with out pulling the heads... F!!!!

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all i can see is the top of the pistons...

new camera on the way



pulled the manifold too

 

[snakeyes]

looking very good thanks for sharing and keep us updated:icon_thumleft:

 

[roadrunnerman]

I hope it's not anything too serious.

 

[Budnicks]

interesting build...

 

[Mr.SpeedFreak]

Wow really cool build you've got going man. The custom dash and console look sharp, and lo and behold.. cupholders!! :beavisnbutthead:

Keep us updated!

 

[MonzterMtrSprt]

Well found the problem!!! Luckily its not internal!! Still going to scope the inside to be sure....

So anyway I was under the car working on hooking up the steering again... and thought about looking inside the scatter shield... I knocked on it and heard something inside... so I pulled it and this is what I found...

So my next fear was I cracked or knocked teeth off my new flywheel!! Rotated it 360° and it just scored the back side....

Needless to say this is a relief compared to something inside the engine...
If all goes well she will awaken this weekend for the first time in 3 years!

Should I post a video? ;)

 

[bigmanjbmopar]

Is that a de-burring or cutting bit? I see those when working heads....wtf? hope it all works out. :headbang:

 

[MonzterMtrSprt]

yes somehow that son of a b got caught in there....?


anyway the idiot's at the part store screwed me and sold me a pan for a B block and not a RB block when i told them i had a RB 440! grrr!

so since the store was closed i worked on other things to prepare her for power tour!!

TIG welded some -AN fitting onto the bulk head i got.


then i polished her up

not to shabby i think for some beer in me and super SLEEPY!

bed time!



oh and here is a peek at what else i was doing today

 

[tallhair]

Well found the problem!!! Luckily its not internal!! Still going to scope the inside to be sure....

So anyway I was under the car working on hooking up the steering again... and thought about looking inside the scatter shield... I knocked on it and heard something inside... so I pulled it and this is what I found...





So my next fear was I cracked or knocked teeth off my new flywheel!! Rotated it 360° and it just scored the back side....


Needless to say this is a relief compared to something inside the engine...
If all goes well she will awaken this weekend for the first time in 3 years!

Should I post a video? ;)

Are you kidding? You don't have to even ask that around here.

 

[Mr.SpeedFreak]

Are you kidding? You don't have to even ask that around here.

x2 That's a given on here lol. Like what you did with the AN fittings, hopefully I can make it to powertour in the next couple years. You should post another thread following your time there if you make it! Looks like a lot of fun

 

[Budnicks]

Nice detail work, it's looken really good...

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good thing you found the source of the noise, easy fix there...

 

[benno440]

very interested, only when you have time to do it though