They closed down the guys restaurant the day before St Patricks day in south Boston! He's going to take a big hit! He probably has a few hundred pounds of corned beef,cabbage and green beer,with no customers allowed in his establishment!
Project Rat Rod V code 70 Charger R/T is about to begin.
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I will go back to plan A,and build it and drive it as was previously planned!
MoparDanMan
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Looking forward to watching your rebuild.
I bumped this up to the top so another member could see the thread.
Well after several people expressing interest in the car, but Corona virus, and people backing out on deals on other prospective buyers cars, which in turn caused them to back out on my car, I am going to get back to work on the car. Today I pulled out the 68 440 hp engine that I am going to put in the car to make it run and drive, until I get around to rebuilding the matching numbers 440 sixpack engine for the car. The 68 engine is rebuilt with flattop pistons and a Comp cam . It will eventually become the engine for my other 70 Charger R/T project car. In the meantime I can break it in and fine tune it in the white car.
So I spent a couple hours working on the 440 engine today. Before I assemble an oil pan with a windage tray,I like to put the gaskets on the windage tray first, one on each side and let them dry completely in place.this stops the gaskets from moving around while you are installing the oil pan.
I got the timing chain, and gears installed, lubed up the chain and gears with assembly lube,and installed the timing cover with a new gasket. Then I installed the oil pickup tube,windage tray and oil pan. Then I installed the harmonic balancer. Not a bad day.
I got back to work on the engine today. I got the block cleaned up, and the head gaskets installed, then the 915 heads installed. It was so humid, I called it quits before I torqued them down.
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Since it was a post in your thread (good job and great progress on the non#s motor) I just had the factory leaf springs that were in when I bent the round Mancini pinion snubber on my first run replaced with the Calvert split mono leaf springs. I'm also using sliders in place of the shackles, and that usually lifts the rear about a half inch or so. Well I know it needs to "settle" but the rear came up 2½" so I'm further convinced the old springs were worn.
Your non#s 440 looks good with the 6bbl intake on it. Is that the one that came with the #s matching motor?
I have not set the car on the ground since I changed the springs,but the original springs were shot,so I am sure it will sit higher than before. Let me know how you like the Calvert setup. I bought that intake for the 70 V code Road Runner I used to own. When I sold the car,the guy already had a complete six barrel setup for the car,so I kept it. The original setup is still on the matching numbers engine.
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I sure will!
Just to be clear, I went with Calvert split mono leaf springs and Calvert sliders, BUT I decided to go with the Smith Racecraft Assassin traction bars. CalTracs would have been my other option, but the Assassins have a few more holes at various points for greater adjustability, the pressure they exert on the front of the spring is done a little differently, and Mr Kim Smith was very helpful when I first called them, although I hear good things about Calvert tech support too.
Not fully installed, but:
It's hard to believe that the monoleaf setup will work better than the heavy factory leaf springs, but it does. It looks well engineered.
I got my fuel lines and linkage for the sixpack setup yesterday.
I am slowly but surely piecing together an entire sixpack setup for the car. I got the cast iron sixpack intake manifold, new sixpack carbs,fuel lines and linkage, and the air cleaner lid. I still need a sixpack base plate,a filter,a coil bracket, and throttle bracket.
Got some more parts out of the loft to prepare and paint.
Doing her up look's good. 
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Happy 4th of July to everyone. Today I exercised my American rights to torque down my cylinder heads on my 440! God bless America!
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