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First drive w/512 stroker after 13 Months of Resto!

Started by joflaig, October 18, 2008, 04:52:11 PM

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joflaig

Lesson #1, it always takes much longer than you thought!

The last three weeks were spent sorting out the Wilwood disc brakes. We finally ended up using a Hydroboost setup. And after doing a pressure bleed they finally got them working right. The guys at XV were a great help.

If you followed my engine build from last winter:

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,36197.180.html

then you know part of the story. But aside of that, literaly every system in the car was completely replaced, rebuilt or restored in the last 13 months. I have to thank everyone here for their feedback and advice as just about everything I did to the car came from somebody on this forum, especially Firefighter Ron! Thanks!  :2thumbs:

Well, anyway I picked it up from the shop in Milwaukee this morning. It was a nice sunny fall day here today. Unfortunately, I am walking around with crutches because I had knee surgery two days ago so this whole thing was going to be interesting. Just getting into the car and strapping on the 5-point harness was tricky. It's good it's an automatic or I wouldn't have been able to drive it.

Now just a warning, I drove it 140 miles today (19 gallons burned), but because the engine has just a few dozen miles on it and everything else is also new and it was my first drive I never really dropped the hammer and pretty much kept it at 3k most of the time so I don't have much exciting to declare about the stroker just yet. The guys at the shop did a drive test and took it up to 100 mph and were able to smoke the tires pretty much at will even at 40 or 50mph. They said when doing a panic-stop brake test the car stopped so fast that the engine stalled. I'm not sure why that should happen, though it only seems to be a problem when slamming the brakes as hard as possible until you stop.

I've taken some pics, so enjoy. It's a little difficult for me to get around right now, the timing was such that there could have been a better time for me to finally receive the car than this week. And in a few weeks it will probably be snowing here! I'm too tired right now to list all the mods, you would have to search many threads to get an idea, but feel free to ask anything.

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68 Charger R/t white with black v/t and red tailstripe. 440 4 speed ,black interior
68 383 auto with a/c and power windows. Now 440 4 speed jj1 gold black interior .
My Charger is a hybrid car, it burns gas and rubber............

joflaig

Quote from: 1hot68 on October 18, 2008, 05:23:03 PM
Congrats!!! Did you atleast have SOME fun??

Yes, some, but it's a bit like bringing a newborn infant home. I was kind of nervious something would break since so much was changed -- so I was perhaps too conservative. I'll take it out again tomorrow now that I have some more confidence.

The ESPO springs with the QA1 shocks and the slide-a-link give a real nice modern ride and the stage II Firm Feel steering box is great. Depsite everythng it's not as hot in the car as before and even quieter thanks to the lead septum under the carpets. And those Corbeau TRS seats are super comfortable. I was shocked I got such "good" fuel economy, which is what I wanted to begin with, though I was taking it pretty easy.

I want to see what it will do with slicks on the 1/4 next spring.

Rolling_Thunder

mind telling us the fix for your hydroboost unit ?  I have one myself I plan on using - just want to know of any issues before hand
1968 Dodge Charger - 6.1L Hemi / 6-speed / 3.55 Sure Grip

2013 Dodge Challenger R/T - 5.7L Hemi / 6-speed / 3.73 Limited Slip

1964 Dodge Polara 500 - 440 / 4-speed / 3.91 Sure Grip

1973 Dodge Challenger Rallye - 340 / A-518 / 3.23 Sure Grip

joflaig

Quote from: Rolling_Thunder on October 18, 2008, 07:43:42 PM
mind telling us the fix for your hydroboost unit ?  I have one myself I plan on using - just want to know of any issues before hand

As I understand it from the shop they had to use special equipment to put extra pressure into the brake lines when bleeding the system. I don't know if this was something unique that happened to me or if it is common.

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Back N Black

Very nice car, clean and great attention to detail.  :2thumbs:

FLG

Awesome...i plan on doing a 512 for my charger so i really want to see how it is when you finally romp on her.

The only thing i can think of with them stalling when they stopped is if they mashed the accelerator from a stop then jumped right on the brake, suddenly the engine has a large amount of fuel but since you went off the gas it dosnt have enough air to mix with causing the mixture to be too rich and stalling. Might want to make sure the carb is adjusted fully.

Congrats man and enjoy her!

68coronetGLwannabe

Awesome car :drool5: I cant wait till my GL is done :'( Its taking alot longer than expected
I pointed to two old drunks sitting across the bar from us and told my friend
"That's us in 10 years".
He said "That's a mirror, dip-shit!

joflaig

Quote from: 68coronetGLwannabe on October 19, 2008, 02:58:15 PM
Awesome car :drool5: I cant wait till my GL is done :'( Its taking alot longer than expected

Thanks, I took out again today on a scenic road and immediately got stuck for 20 minutes behind a Model T! People are nuts, one guy pulled into the oncomming lane in the middle of a town just to take pictures, it was almost an accident.

Hemidog

I have the same master cylinder, and I also have the exact same leak! Crappy-ass caps...
Nice motor BTW!

firefighter3931

Congrats John....that is one Bad Azz General !  :2thumbs:



Ron
68 Charger R/T "Black Pig" Street/Strip bruiser, 70 Charger R/T 440-6bbl Cruiser. Firecore ignition  authorized dealer ; contact me with your needs

Finn

 :drool5:
Looks amazing man, very clean!
How deep is that tint on the windows? My 68 is going to be black on black and out here in SoCal that's a formula some major seat burn without tint lol.
1968 Dodge Charger 440, EFI, AirRide suspension
1970 Dodge Challenger RT/SE 383 magnum
1963 Plymouth Savoy 225 with a 3 on the tree.
2002 Dodge Ram 5.9L 360
2014 Dodge Dart 2.4L

six-tee-nine

Congratulations on your enginebay.

It looks neat and clean!    :2thumbs:

Greetings from Belgium, the beer country

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joflaig

Quote from: Finn on October 19, 2008, 10:14:36 PM
:drool5:
Looks amazing man, very clean!
How deep is that tint on the windows? My 68 is going to be black on black and out here in SoCal that's a formula some major seat burn without tint lol.

That tint is pretty dark, though from the inside there is not much negative effect. Not sure how to quantify the degree exactly. I've never had to wear sunglasses in the car.

Marck

I'm looking forward to hearing about how the car performs when you step on it, since I'm building a 511 stroker for my charger..
Your Gen Lee looks awesome by the way, good job...  :2thumbs:

68RT4ME

My God that car is nice. I'm not a big GL fan but if I were going to own one, it would definitely have to be this one. What kind of seats are those. They look comfortable.
'69 Charger R/T, T5, Tan Top, Tan Interior, Black Stripe. Complete numbers matching 440 4Spd

PocketThunder

Damn that is a very nice General..  Where are you from in Wisconsin?  I lived there for 25 years.
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joflaig

Quote from: 68RT4ME on October 20, 2008, 10:22:05 AM
My God that car is nice. I'm not a big GL fan but if I were going to own one, it would definitely have to be this one. What kind of seats are those. They look comfortable.

Corbeau TRS seats. They are extremely comfortable, so much better than the old stock seats.

SFRT

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