Yaro's 1973 Challenger

by **yaro** » 27 Oct 2004 9:41

Hi,
Finally after almost four years of hard work I finished my Challenger.
The Car was born in 09.Jan 1973 as a non-Rally 318 ci in Bright Red colour. In 2001 I imported her from Canada
Now she has 440 with ported heads, big valves, Hughes camshaft (HEH 2330), Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, Edelbrock 750 cfm carb, headers, and KB pistons.
Automatic transmission 727, rear axle 8 ¾ - 3.55 with locker.
Body was sandblasted and painted in VW red, interior redone in black leader and black “velvet”.
Dyno results: 388HP @ 5046rpm and 661 Nm @ 3067 rpm

by **yaro** » 27 Oct 2004 9:44

Of course order of photos is wrong .....

by **dave-r** » 27 Oct 2004 10:42

That looks like a pretty flat torque curve between 2K - 4K on that engine! That is where most of your driving will be with those gears.

I take it this was a "chassis dyno" so those figures are rear wheel HP?

661 Nm is about 488lbs/ft of torque I think? It must feel really strong on the street?

Are you happy with it?

by **Christer** » 27 Oct 2004 10:57

yaro wrote:Challenger and bulldozer......

Reminds me of the Vanishing point movie!!!! That was what you had in mind, wasn´t it? Great car!

by **yaro** » 27 Oct 2004 11:49

Car is very strong from low rpm and this constant torque is like in modern diesel, it pulls like h....- and, yes I like it !
Unfortunately winter is coming so I can't enjoy the ride...

by **insuranceguy** » 27 Oct 2004 15:42

Very Nice! Your hard work show's!

by **challeng73** » 15 Dec 2004 23:09

Very nice did you replace door panels and if so from were? I will post some old pic. of mine soon the before tear down. ps don't wear her out before I get mine on the road! ha ha Gary

by **x_nerve** » 01 Jun 2005 9:44

it's big thing to make such a beast here in Poland. I'm impresed
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pozdrowienia z poznania!

Re: Yaro's 1973 Challenger

Wow... real beauty...