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Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival ColsPaul #6480226 05/07/12
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 9,517 Dublin, Ohio C ColsPaul Campfire Outfitter
ColsPaul Campfire Outfitter C Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 9,517 Dublin, Ohio	you gonna use the stock exhaust manifolds? That's the correct way... but such a biatch. everyone put headers on 'em the second week they owned em! "wanna hear God laugh? Tell Him you have complete control now!"

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Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival ColsPaul #6480253 05/07/12
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota N northern_dave OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP northern_dave Campfire 'Bwana N Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota	Yep I'm sticking with the manifolds for now. Something clever here.

Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival ColsPaul #6480493 05/07/12
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,892 Likes: 12 M mathman Campfire 'Bwana
mathman Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,892 Likes: 12	Quote everyone put headers on 'em the second week they owned em! Easy horsepower.

Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival Beargrease #6480817 05/07/12
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip T tzone Campfire 'Bwana
tzone Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip	Originally Posted by Beargrease Mopar guy here, so I just couldn't bite my lip. BTW, a SRT8 392 cid Challenger has a top speed of just over 180 mph. They are not electronically speed limited. No, they're speed limited by the trans. falling out the bottom of the car. Camp is where you make it.

Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival northern_dave #6480827 05/07/12
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip T tzone Campfire 'Bwana
tzone Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip	Really looking good Dave. Refresh my memory, are you running the stock mainfolds or 'upgrading'? Ma should get extra flowers on Mothers Day for doing all the engine bay work. That is tidious work right there. Camp is where you make it.

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Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival tzone #6480837 05/07/12
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,892 Likes: 12 M mathman Campfire 'Bwana
mathman Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,892 Likes: 12	I think he's staying stock. If so, get them extrusion honed.

Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival northern_dave #6480839 05/07/12
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip T tzone Campfire 'Bwana
tzone Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip	Originally Posted by northern_dave Yep I'm sticking with the manifolds for now. Never mind... I've been refreshed. Camp is where you make it.

Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival tzone #6480881 05/07/12
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 10,437 Likes: 1 The Treasure State Dave_Skinner Campfire Outfitter
Dave_Skinner Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2003 Posts: 10,437 Likes: 1 The Treasure State	Dumb question here, but why not yank the mill/tranny and slap it on a stand, would be easier in my thinking for buffing out the engine bay.... Free labor? Up hills slow, Down hills fast Tonnage first and Safety last.

Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival Dave_Skinner #6480939 05/07/12
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota N northern_dave OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP northern_dave Campfire 'Bwana N Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota	Yeah I know it looks like the thing to do Dave. But you'd have to know me better to understand. I'm on a deadline of sorts that I am not sure is possible (dont know if I'm going to make it) Here's the thing, in my mind, if that engine comes out right now... I can just as well tack another year on this project. I'll try my best to explain what I mean. I'm building a driver, I want it to be nice, but it won't be a trailer queen. I have a basic budget type plan for this car, budget on money and budget on time. I know what things I want to do to the car and I know what things I want to leave alone for now. If I take that engine out of the car, I'll have it apart in no time and I'll be blowing cash on new engine guts etc. And with the engine out, might as well drop the K-frame, and then since it's such an empty shell at that point... might as well drop the rear axle and springs too. Stick it on a rotisserie, make the belly as pretty as the top side, pull the dash out, leave no bolt unturned... That's where it would lead to. And I might someday, but right now I just want to drive it. It's sort of a line I've drawn in the sand. Something clever here.

Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival northern_dave #6480955 05/07/12
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip T tzone Campfire 'Bwana
tzone Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip	With the engine out, it would be a great time to put the tunnel ram on. Just sayin'. Camp is where you make it.

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Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival tzone #6480964 05/07/12
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota N northern_dave OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP northern_dave Campfire 'Bwana N Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota	Stop it! Something clever here.

Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival northern_dave #6480973 05/07/12
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 982 Wyoming hamr56 Campfire Regular
hamr56 Campfire Regular Joined: May 2008 Posts: 982 Wyoming	Originally Posted by northern_dave looking a little more car shaped today. Doors are on and adjusted. Body panels like that have been known to break a less capable body man's spirit. Very nice work Dave! Always like seeing what you are fixing up.

Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival northern_dave #6481037 05/07/12
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 18,215 OK Deerwhacker444 Campfire Ranger
Deerwhacker444 Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 18,215 OK	Originally Posted by northern_dave I have a basic budget type plan for this car, budget on money and budget on time. I agree,..smart man you are.... Scrimping $$$ isn't what you want to do,...especially since you still have to put the hydraulics in.. Have you thought about wheels and tires yet...?

Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival northern_dave #6481040 05/07/12
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip T tzone Campfire 'Bwana
tzone Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip	I love spending your money. Camp is where you make it.

Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival Deerwhacker444 #6481375 05/07/12
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 23,319 Oklahoma OrangeOkie Campfire Ranger
OrangeOkie Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 23,319 Oklahoma	Originally Posted by Deerwhacker444 . . . Have you thought about wheels and tires yet...?[/b] . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9k2CUZJDp0 "All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee

Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival northern_dave #6481647 05/07/12
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 10,453 north central PA S shootinurse Campfire Outfitter
shootinurse Campfire Outfitter S Joined: May 2005 Posts: 10,453 north central PA	In case you want to save a bit of work on the manifolds, here's the link to Summit Racing's headers. http://www.summitracing.com/search/Year/1969/Make/PLYMOUTH/Model/ROADRUNNER/Part-Type/Headers/ Just tryin' to help. "Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." Robert E. Howard

Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival shootinurse #6481937 05/07/12
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 16,428 Likes: 1 Las Vegas NM M mark shubert Campfire Ranger
mark shubert Campfire Ranger M Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 16,428 Likes: 1 Las Vegas NM	DW444, years ago, I lived outside of Espanola - you can't even begin to believe what a PITA it is to get across that town, during the weekend, in summer! Car-hoppers, and low-riders, side-by-side @ app 1 1/2 mph, conversing with each other, traffic be dammed (literally)! I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival OrangeOkie #6482073 05/07/12
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota N northern_dave OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP northern_dave Campfire 'Bwana N Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota	Originally Posted by OrangeOkie Originally Posted by Deerwhacker444 . . . Have you thought about wheels and tires yet...?[/b] . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9k2CUZJDp0 Oh if you only knew how I have reserched and measured for wheel/tire combo lol!! I figure for the rear, american racing torque thrust polished aluminum 15x8.5 with 3.81" backspace. 5-4.5" conical seat, 275/60R15 tire, blackwall out. Front, same wheel in 15x7 with 3.76" backspace, 215/70R15 up front. Something clever here.

Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival northern_dave #6482079 05/07/12
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota N northern_dave OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP northern_dave Campfire 'Bwana N Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota	PS, I love the cragar SS, I just don't want to run uni - shank lug. Something clever here.

Re: 1969 Roadrunner revival northern_dave #6482540 05/07/12
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,067 Likes: 1 B bcolorado Campfire Tracker
bcolorado Campfire Tracker B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,067 Likes: 1	American Wheels Rocket were popular in the day a couple friends ran them on their Runners with N50's on the rear. I ran ET Slots on my 72 Challenger.

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