finally got the motor! *INSTALL PICS* -its running!-VIDEO * ITS ON THE STREET!*

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in further celebration of paranoia over kill, in addition to the 'polyloc' motormounts I installed a Schumacher torque strap



they supply the bracket and you have to drill your k frame.



I suppose I should be super uptight and weld it on as well, but I have to draw the line somewhere.

at least it looks cool.

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cant resist another big booty shot



I hope the trunk lid comes back from the painters tommorrow, it's needed

omg jackstands

[Steve P.]

Looks great.. I am a firm believer in overkill...


Wish I had that much room in my shop..........   




                   

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of course, I forgot to get a throw out bearing, and..uh..Kargen aint got em for 18 spline transmissions, otherwise we coulda stuck that in as well. o well..at leat the fuel pumps in



view of the polylocs...appaernetly theres interlocking metal inside the 'rubber' so even if it tears it wont come off

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old news to you guys here, but this is my first 'real' musclecar build and today was a really special day  for me. I never thought, after years of fantasizing that I would doing this. I feel really really good right now.



I would really like to thank the people that run this site, and all the people that are willing to post and share info. This site has been invaluable to me in this project.

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more tommorrow night!

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also..for those interested..they way we got the headers in was to unbolt the starter, the brake booster and prop valve and the pitman arm etc. left it all loose,but strapped with wire, nested the starter up in header and then jacked the car waaay up and weaseled em in from underneathe.. then re bolted it all in a big interlocked mass. took about an hour a side.

these tti headers fit nice.

[Harlow]

Nice man.  Looks great. Nice shop too.

[2much2learn]

got one word for you "ghwaghh"

[CB]

got one word for you "ghwaghh"

[Ryan]

looks nice dude. Im going to have those bumperettes shiped to you tomorow, I was sick last week sorry about that.

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no probs! you should try to make it down as the pile of extra parts is growing.....

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

The Schumacher strap is a nice piece...I run one as well.

[Charger-Bodie]

The Schumacher strap is a nice piece...I run one as well.

Diito! ....... I run mine with regular rubber mounts though, not a big fan of the vibration often found with poly mounts. 

[six-tee-nine]

more tommorrow night!

Are these Baer brakes?
If so, hou you like the overall quality of these kits?

About the engine : i'm curious to find out how much  your face is gonna look when you slam the pedal to the carpet.

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the kit is SSBC

the brake lines are a combination of stuff from various parts houses  that fit  and the long lines main lines where made by Classic Tube. the lines in the kit where bunk so we tossed them. all the lines around the master cylinder and proportioning valve we made ourselves from ss tubing. it took maybe 15 hours to get it all done...not counting time spent finding pieces and making calls.

the ssbc kit is decent, just not actually designed to fit oem style steel wheels with regular backspacing on a Charger. It's more of a 'generic kit' that sorta fits. .we had to do a lot of modding to get it to fit with oem steel wheels. It was a real pain and I had to make all sorts of weird brackets and stuff and shave the rear calipers and on and on. . on aftermarket wheels, no problem, they fit just fine on the crappy centerlines I had, in back anyway.  if I had to do it again i would have run the smaller. lower profile brakes on the back same as the front. or gone with disc in front, drum in rear.

theres is an amazing lack of coordination between brake kit companies and wheel companies, no one could answer any of my tech questions, or if they did, they where usually wrong. it was a really frustrating experience, and in the end, I got it to work, but it sucked.

my wheels are 7 and 8  x 15 from stockton wheels, who are themselves an amazing set of ass clowns. i would rather drink bleach than deal with them again.

[Ryan]

no probs! you should try to make it down as the pile of extra parts is growing.....

will do, I'm hoping to have sat. available. I have been slammed latey

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got caught up with work and stuff today so didnt get much done.

stuck on the carb



started setting up the serpentine and found these nifty buttonheads in the kit hardware to replace the bolts i ground down previously



looks nicer

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the March kit is going on pretty easy, I went ahead and got their alt and ps pump to make it easier on myself..however the alt pully doesnt line up,they do supply an alternate one in the kit that does, so I have to send it over to the alternator place to get the pulleys pressed out and in. no biggie



on the other side, one of the serpentine bracket bolts hits the front of the head so in the morning I will grind off that little corner. lot of meat there so it shouldnt affect anything.



...shiny

[yeahitsgotahemi!]

Nice work man. That satin black looks killer.

[terrible one]

they fit just fine on the crappy centerlines I had, in back anyway. 

Yeah so uhhh what happened to those wheels anyways? 

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Bill 'claimed' them for his 55  gasser project.

[terrible one]

Oh, alright. Thanks. 

[Brock Samson]

here's a link for the twist style hood pins..

http://www.metropartsmarket.com/catalog/classicmustangparts-c22s3.html




here's a couple more pics..

[RD]

took me about 10 minutes to realize there was actually a red car in one of those pics.. the others it was easy to find.