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Chassis, Suspension, Brakes, Wheels, & Tires / Re: Do you keep a spare tire i...

Last post by Kern Dog - Today at 03:21:19 PM

I've thought the same thing.
Oddly, I've had the great fortune of never having a flat in either Charger.
How lucky is that?
This car has tires dating back when gas was under $2.00 a gallon HERE in California!

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Parts & Accessories Wanted / Re: Piece of headliner

Last post by moparsal7 - Today at 02:59:52 PM

Sent you a text

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Chassis, Suspension, Brakes, Wheels, & Tires / Re: Do you keep a spare tire i...

Last post by Mike DC - Today at 01:57:17 PM

   
 

If you get a flat tire in the rear, do a 2-tire change and put one of your front tires on the rear.  Put the donut spare on the front.  Save the diff clutches. 

 

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Chassis, Suspension, Brakes, Wheels, & Tires / Re: Do you keep a spare tire i...

Last post by Kern Dog - Today at 12:43:50 PM

If you have a Sure Grip, my experience is that yes...the difference in tire diameters will result in some weird tension. the car may want to shift side to side a little. A 14 inch wheel and 15 inch wheel with identical overall tire diameters will act fine since it is the overall tire diameter that matters, not the rim size.
I've had to use spare tires on SG equipped cars and with the speeds low and no heavy throttle, it was okay. Yes, you'll accelerate wear in the differential but unless the diff was ready for the scrap pile, no permanent damage was done.

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Charger Discussion / Re: What has been your longest...

Last post by Kern Dog - Today at 12:36:35 PM

Hey...Are you the guy that I gave a steering box to years ago? I'm in Granite Bay. Didn't we also see each other in Antioch around 2020 when Daryl sold me a heater box for Jigsaw?

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Car Guys Discussion / Re: Dumb traffic tickets

Last post by lloyd3 - Today at 11:45:08 AM

I once got a written warning for "Reckless Driving" back in Bradford, Pennsylvania the mid-1980s. I'd been in the petrology lab all evening looking at slides of different minerals and my eyes and patience were pretty-well shot. I never screwed around on campus (w/my Sublime '70 Bee) but the minute I rolled over the property line onto the county road, it was "game-on". The bigger Holley carb I'd bought to replace the previous iteration didn't have a provision for a choke, so the car was famously cold-blooded. I'd get that 383 started by feathering the throttle and then keep it in 1st gear al the way around the campus to let it warm up, but the minute I was off the school grounds, I'd run it much more briskly to get it to idle better by the time I'd get back to town. This November/December night was exceptionally wet & cold (the windows had a rim of frost) and, of course, it didn't want to idle at all, spitting and sputtering all the way around the quad. By the time I'd hit the county road, I'd simply had it and floored it, hammering all the gears as I headed for my off-campus apartment. Wound it up to whatever the top was for the 3.23 to 1, 8 3/4 set up when I noticed a tiny little flashing red light wayyy-back in my mirror. Townies, I thought, and after thinking about it, I decided to pull over and wait for them (it would be hard to hide a lime-green Super Bee in '80s nowhere Pennsylvania, because rust had claimed all the other examples there by then. This car also had fresh paint, Cragars, & a new tail-stripe & rubber all around, so...it really stood out in that part of the world) besides...I knew he'd not had a chance to lock-in my speed even if he had a radar gun because he was just too-far back from me.)  The townie Police cruiser pulls up and the middle-aged officer walks up to my window, which was already down. He shines his flashlight at me and in my car and he then does a tour all the way around it while it idles (perfectly, now that it was warmed up a little). He asked me to turn it off (presumably so he could hear our conversation as I had turbo mufflers on it by then) and then he proceeds to tells me that my tires "didn't stop spinning until I was clear past the gymnasium". I responded with "I'm really sorry about that officer, but I've had several problems with this carburetor and I was just trying to get it to clear out a little so it would idle". I believe I also mentioned that I'd had a rather long & frustrating night in the geology lab at school. Not sure which story worked, but he went back to his new Mopar cruiser (mid-80s St. Regis?) and returned with my written warning, he also told me then, rather emphatically that "if you have to blow the carbon out of her, take it up on the expressway....but just go 55!".  He handed me my warning, explained the particulars of it, and cut me loose. I saved that citation (and still have it after all these years) as I've never heard of another quite like it. "Reckless Driving" usually had a much-more severe consequence in the world I grew up in.

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Off Topic Discussion / Re: When did you last: Pull an...

Last post by John_Kunkel - Today at 11:34:38 AM

As one ages, sooner or later skill and desire will be trumped by ability.

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Charger Discussion / Re: What has been your longest...

Last post by ca 69charger - Today at 11:13:25 AM

Just last weekend did the longest road trip in the 69. Rio Vista, CA to Fallon, NV. About 500 miles roundtrip. Stopped by Summit Racing in Sparks, NV on the way.

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Chassis, Suspension, Brakes, Wheels, & Tires / Re: Do you keep a spare tire i...

Last post by lloyd3 - Today at 11:01:09 AM

My spare is likely to be an original steelie from back in the day. When I shift over to 15-inch Magnum 500s on the back, will this spare still get me home? The Dana 60 under the car is tough but will the possible size difference between to different height tires be a problem, even for the short amount of time I'd likely need to use it?

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Chassis, Suspension, Brakes, Wheels, & Tires / Re: Question about changing le...

Last post by 375instroke - Today at 09:53:55 AM

Clean the u-bolts before unbolting them.  Use a fine steel brush, and wash with solvent.  Any dirt or rust will jam those nuts up real tight.