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Parts & Accessories For Sale / Re: FS Edelbrock 60175 heads f...
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Car Guys Discussion / Re: Dumb traffic tickets
Last post by 426HemiChick - Today at 12:35:19 AMHi Folks, 27 April 2024
April is almost finished for another 12 months. Kind of glad to see it go. Hasn't been the best April we've had here in Phoenix; did get a bit of rain.
1968 was a good one in that's when we bought the Hemi RR. The day we bought her, the sky was clear, warm and sunny. Asked the dealer to have her ready by 1730 EDT / 5:30 PM. About 5 minutes before we were handed the keys, rain took over. Got her nice, wet and dirty (Akron Ohio). Barely saw the sun until sometime in June. 29 days of May were rained out. Weekends we no better, nine in a row rained out.
By August it was so cold you needed a jacket most days. At that time the "crazies" were wailing about Global Cooling. When that didn't work they went to global Warming. That didn't go over too well so they switched to "Climate Change." Gotta give them credit, the climate changes 4 time each year, except here in Phoenix. We have two seasons, Hot and Hotter. Not complaining, we do like it.
If you use YouTube look for "Friday's With Frank," He's a Sheriff Deputy in Pinal County AZ. He drives an unmarked white Charger. He does traffic only. They record his stops and put the good ones together to make "Fridays With Frank." He's originally from Long Island. His name is Frank Sloup. He's just a neat cop doing his thing and has become a fairly big YouTube star. Advice: If you have dark tinted windows, "Stay out of Pinal County." Since this a Mopar site, we think you'll enjoy his shows.
As soon as our Interceptor is finished, we are going to go down for a visit with Dena's Race Red Mustang Dark Horse and our Interceptor, speaking of which the Ford dealer thinks they have finally located the guilty part causing the "Check Engine" light making unwelcome appearances.
Take care folks
Best Always
426 HC's
April is almost finished for another 12 months. Kind of glad to see it go. Hasn't been the best April we've had here in Phoenix; did get a bit of rain.
1968 was a good one in that's when we bought the Hemi RR. The day we bought her, the sky was clear, warm and sunny. Asked the dealer to have her ready by 1730 EDT / 5:30 PM. About 5 minutes before we were handed the keys, rain took over. Got her nice, wet and dirty (Akron Ohio). Barely saw the sun until sometime in June. 29 days of May were rained out. Weekends we no better, nine in a row rained out.
By August it was so cold you needed a jacket most days. At that time the "crazies" were wailing about Global Cooling. When that didn't work they went to global Warming. That didn't go over too well so they switched to "Climate Change." Gotta give them credit, the climate changes 4 time each year, except here in Phoenix. We have two seasons, Hot and Hotter. Not complaining, we do like it.
If you use YouTube look for "Friday's With Frank," He's a Sheriff Deputy in Pinal County AZ. He drives an unmarked white Charger. He does traffic only. They record his stops and put the good ones together to make "Fridays With Frank." He's originally from Long Island. His name is Frank Sloup. He's just a neat cop doing his thing and has become a fairly big YouTube star. Advice: If you have dark tinted windows, "Stay out of Pinal County." Since this a Mopar site, we think you'll enjoy his shows.
As soon as our Interceptor is finished, we are going to go down for a visit with Dena's Race Red Mustang Dark Horse and our Interceptor, speaking of which the Ford dealer thinks they have finally located the guilty part causing the "Check Engine" light making unwelcome appearances.
Take care folks
Best Always
426 HC's
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Charger Discussion / Re: What has been your longest...
Last post by 496polara - Yesterday at 08:10:06 PMIn 1995 I bought my 73 Charger SE 440 out of Mankato Minnesota. I flew in to Minneapolis and the seller picked me up at the airport.I hopped in and started driving.Made it to Cincinnati Ohio before stopping for sleep.Got a few hours and drove the rest of the way to just south of Raleigh NC.
440/727/3.23 gears. Car did fine the whole way. Never checked any mileage. Snow on the ground and road from Mn to the Tennessee/NC line.
Passed the Oscar Meyer Weiner mobile in Iowa.
440/727/3.23 gears. Car did fine the whole way. Never checked any mileage. Snow on the ground and road from Mn to the Tennessee/NC line.
Passed the Oscar Meyer Weiner mobile in Iowa.
#4
Charger Discussion / Re: What has been your longest...
Last post by taxspeaker - Yesterday at 06:03:30 PMDrove yellow dqytona from Indiana r/t mobile alabama for mopars at battleships. 700 miles down, no issues. On drive back left headlight door would not stay open, jammed a pine cone under it, worked fine. Blew throwout bearing 15 miles from home but ran in 4th gear and alran 3 unoccupied traffic lights and coasted all the last mile to shop.
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Charger Discussion / Re: What has been your longest...
Last post by Kern Dog - Yesterday at 04:26:29 PMI've never had a flat in this car....
It is a good thing but I do have a spare that is close in diameter to both the front and rear tires.
I've kept a small floor jack in the trunk since 2003 but never used it. I pulled it and replaced it with a lighter scissor jack a month ago.
I've looked at ways to shed weight from the car without sacrificing any function or comfort.
Lighter improves just about everything.
It is a good thing but I do have a spare that is close in diameter to both the front and rear tires.
I've kept a small floor jack in the trunk since 2003 but never used it. I pulled it and replaced it with a lighter scissor jack a month ago.
I've looked at ways to shed weight from the car without sacrificing any function or comfort.
Lighter improves just about everything.
#6
Charger Discussion / Re: What has been your longest...
Last post by Nacho-RT74 - Yesterday at 04:14:14 PMIf Venezuela was larger, maybe I could have driven more miles quite often, but Venezuela is about the size of Texas.
About trip incidents... waterpump/steering wheel belt broken on one of the trips with my former GF at the moment to Porlamar (Margarita Island), while riding at maybe 75-80 mph at highway. Had to call a tow service up to the closer city to buy at shop and replace it.
And riding to my former GF home city (same one with I had the belt broken), the exhaust to manifold flange coming loose couple of times and had to get underneath the car at his home to tighten up the flange. This was a constant deal I had to keep working on still daily driving around Caracas, causing leaks on driver side.
Mileage? In Venezuela that was never a problem paying maybe 5 cents by gasoline liter (around 18~19 cents per gal) so I never took care of that and nobody did... untill maybe 2016~17 when the gasoline crisis by "goverment" negligence and corruption floated on, but when that happened my car was already dissasembled (once more) for the new resto job... and still now dissasembled. But I used to get the tank filled up on halfway of Caracas-Maracaibo trips (when arriving to Barquisimeto on both ways)... it's on maps I posted.
3.23 open and last trips with 3.55 SG, but always on 255/60-15 tires.
About trip incidents... waterpump/steering wheel belt broken on one of the trips with my former GF at the moment to Porlamar (Margarita Island), while riding at maybe 75-80 mph at highway. Had to call a tow service up to the closer city to buy at shop and replace it.
And riding to my former GF home city (same one with I had the belt broken), the exhaust to manifold flange coming loose couple of times and had to get underneath the car at his home to tighten up the flange. This was a constant deal I had to keep working on still daily driving around Caracas, causing leaks on driver side.
Mileage? In Venezuela that was never a problem paying maybe 5 cents by gasoline liter (around 18~19 cents per gal) so I never took care of that and nobody did... untill maybe 2016~17 when the gasoline crisis by "goverment" negligence and corruption floated on, but when that happened my car was already dissasembled (once more) for the new resto job... and still now dissasembled. But I used to get the tank filled up on halfway of Caracas-Maracaibo trips (when arriving to Barquisimeto on both ways)... it's on maps I posted.
3.23 open and last trips with 3.55 SG, but always on 255/60-15 tires.
#7
Charger Discussion / Re: What has been your longest...
Last post by Kern Dog - Yesterday at 03:23:01 PMTo me, the 10 mpg number was a bare minimum.
My first trip down south, I had the 440/493 with the MP 509 cam and 3.23 gears. I barely got over 10 mpg.
Now, fuel economy wasn't a major consideration but it did matter some. When you have long distances between gas stations, just having more range makes a big difference.
My 2022 trip to Van Nuys was my first with the Tremec 5 speed. In overdrive, my final drive is 2.27. Even with the almost 500 cubes and A/C, I got 15.1 driving between 65 and 70. I could have probably squeezed 16 or better if I had a Thermoquad and drove around 60.
That wasn't the main point though. I wanted to drive a classic on the road and see the sights. My last trip, I had readings between 10.9 and 12,5 but I was with a group that wanted to do 70-75 with some blasts up to 100 just for fun. I was fine with that....I didn't build a big block for hypermiling!
My first trip down south, I had the 440/493 with the MP 509 cam and 3.23 gears. I barely got over 10 mpg.
Now, fuel economy wasn't a major consideration but it did matter some. When you have long distances between gas stations, just having more range makes a big difference.
My 2022 trip to Van Nuys was my first with the Tremec 5 speed. In overdrive, my final drive is 2.27. Even with the almost 500 cubes and A/C, I got 15.1 driving between 65 and 70. I could have probably squeezed 16 or better if I had a Thermoquad and drove around 60.
That wasn't the main point though. I wanted to drive a classic on the road and see the sights. My last trip, I had readings between 10.9 and 12,5 but I was with a group that wanted to do 70-75 with some blasts up to 100 just for fun. I was fine with that....I didn't build a big block for hypermiling!
#8
Charger Discussion / Re: What has been your longest...
Last post by John_Kunkel - Yesterday at 03:15:42 PMDrove my '70 Charger RT to Las Vegas and on to Boulder Dam...a little over 1300 miles in a long weekend. Averaged 10 mpg with the A/C running almost continuously.
#9
Charger Discussion / Re: What has been your longest...
Last post by Kern Dog - Yesterday at 01:22:22 PMNacho has me beat!
For me, I've taken the car to Los Angeles 6 times and that usually means just shy of 1000 miles for the whole trip including driving around while down there. The only breakdown I've had was the RH tailpipe bracket has broken a few times. No water pump/radiator hose failures, no alternator/starter problems, no coil/distributor issues. I expected something and was ready for it with spare parts stowed away but nothing broke.
My last trip was last week...I did drag the exhaust when going over a speed bump and I knocked a muffler loose but the car was still running !
For me, I've taken the car to Los Angeles 6 times and that usually means just shy of 1000 miles for the whole trip including driving around while down there. The only breakdown I've had was the RH tailpipe bracket has broken a few times. No water pump/radiator hose failures, no alternator/starter problems, no coil/distributor issues. I expected something and was ready for it with spare parts stowed away but nothing broke.
My last trip was last week...I did drag the exhaust when going over a speed bump and I knocked a muffler loose but the car was still running !
#10
Movies and TV Shows / General Lee / 69' Charger Tail...
Last post by Captain D - Yesterday at 09:34:35 AMHi all,
To ask please:
On the General Lees' and/or the factory 69' Charger tail-pans that were black, what was the most prominent - flat or satin black, just out of curiosity?
Also, which of the two (flat or satin black) actually looks better and any pics for good comparisons?
Thank you for your time and info!
To ask please:
On the General Lees' and/or the factory 69' Charger tail-pans that were black, what was the most prominent - flat or satin black, just out of curiosity?
Also, which of the two (flat or satin black) actually looks better and any pics for good comparisons?
Thank you for your time and info!