another 70 with more pics • 2 • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **drewcrane** » 26 Sep 2010 3:48

jimbob 440 wrote:10 years 7 dont seem to bad for me now, i bet though drew if you hadnt got the challenger the cuda would have been on the road a long time ago

yes indeed :s024:

by **Tim** » 28 Sep 2010 15:40

jimbob 440 wrote:
dave-r wrote:What Jim has not shown is how bad this car was before he rebuilt it. There was a lot of metalwork done to get it to that standard.

spot on there dave heres a couple of pics to get an idea, heres the link to a lot of my pics on the build up, as dave has pointed out it needed a lot of sheet metal work, thank god i,m a welder/mechanic by trade http://www.moparuk.com/forums/viewtopic ... highlight=

Bloody hell Jim, that's even worse than I remember it. You've worked wonders with it since then. :s002:

Did I see your car on a show field over Stourbridge way in the summer?

by **jimbob 440** » 28 Sep 2010 18:33

yes you prob did mate, would of been at kingswinford rugby club, i live just round the corner, they of must of liked my car as i got a top 5 trophy :roll:

by **Tim** » 29 Sep 2010 11:49

jimbob 440 wrote:yes you prob did mate, would of been at kingswinford rugby club, i live just round the corner, they of must of liked my car as i got a top 5 trophy

Nice one, and well deserved. :s017:

The car's looking beautiful.

I did look out for you, but you must have gone walkabout while we were there.

Next time mate. :wink:

by **dave-r** » 29 Sep 2010 11:54

You can't miss him Tim. He's twice your height and his hands are like shovels. :lol:

by **Eddie** » 30 Sep 2010 17:55

Sweet car JimBob, you do excellent work, it's wicked fast and looks terrific! :thumbsup:

by **patrick** » 01 Oct 2010 6:31

airfuelEddie wrote:Sweet car JimBob, you do excellent work, it's wicked fast and looks terrific!

I definately second that quote! :s003:

by **jimbob 440** » 14 Oct 2010 8:16

once again fellas thank you for your kind comments just got back from the states (florida) picked up some edelbrock performer rpm ally heads while i was there, was going to get the stealth heads but by the time you replace the keepers and retainers the eddy,s are only $250 extra and stuffing them in the suitcase saves on postage so worked out at Â£1100 with gaskets etc. i,m in the same situation as dave robbo regards water leaking from cyl heads, only i,m on my 2nd set of heads which have cracked under the centre exhausts ports hopefully the eddy heads will put an end to it

by **dave-r** » 14 Oct 2010 8:55

You are going to make more power with the Edelbrocks over the Stealths but you will need 11:1 or maybe 11.5:1 compression ratio.

Nice though. Should work out well for you. :wink: