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here my baby....getting close.....thanks to all the help from people on this site thats gave me good advice and guidance

Wow after nine years..I salute you sir!!

yeah after nine years of pinching pennies and scraping u dollars....takes alot of cash to put one of these together.......as alot of people know on here

Wow! I like the colour. It is not the most regular... Please post more pic's if possible. Looks nice!

Looks nice, love the color also. That is one dedicated effort you have put together.

Looks very nice

thanks guys......appreciate it.......havent really ran it yet....just breaking it in.......

73challengerguy wrote:thanks guys......appreciate it.......havent really ran it yet....just breaking it in.......

you must be a little nervous after 9 years,looks real clean, nice car man,kinda like the 70,s all over again huh?!

That is a very nice car, good luck, John

Man, that is one gorgeous Car! Can you give any specs on the engine? I see you run a single plane and big Holley with spacer and milled choke tower, cool billet vacum canister on there too.. Flat tappet cam? Roller, stock or worked heads? It looks brutal!

thanks guys.....its a 400 low deck with a 440 steel crank....hence a 451 stroker.....10.5 comp......568 lift cam motion roller.....comp promagnum roller valvetrain..eagel h beam rods, diamond pistons.....custom flowed 452 steal heads. (285 flow)......single plane m1 with a 850 quick fuel tech carb,...aluminum water housing, march pulley system,.carter strip fuel mech pump......msd igintion, mech billet dist........didnt dyno it cause i ran out of cash.....lol.....but a non roller setup like this makes 500hp....so im figured over that with the roller factor.......83/4 with 391 sure grip......proffesionally built 727 bolt in sprague, with a custom built dynamic 3500 stahl........

73challengerguy wrote:thanks guys.....its a 400 low deck with a 440 steel crank....hence a 451 stroker.....10.5 comp......568 lift cam motion roller.....comp promagnum roller valvetrain..eagel h beam rods, diamond pistons.....custom flowed 452 steal heads. (285 flow)......single plane m1 with a 850 quick fuel tech carb,...aluminum water housing, march pulley system,.carter strip fuel mech pump......msd igintion, mech billet dist........didnt dyno it cause i ran out of cash.....lol.....but a non roller setup like this makes 500hp....so im figured over that with the roller factor.......83/4 with 391 sure grip......proffesionally built 727 bolt in sprague, with a custom built dynamic 3500 stahl........

Very Very Nice! I bet it makes 500+ H.P. EASY! I bet it makes well over that mark! I also bet traction is you're biggest or will be you're biggest 'problem! Thanks for posting your build! Eddie

running super stock springs with pinion snubber, and 11.5 wide nittos rear tires????????

That is a great combo.

yes now you gotta learn how to put the power where the rubber meets the road, if so mid 12, to low 13 secs. should be no problem

Im confused

But it does sound great!!

Very Nice, Beautiful car, 73 Challenger Guy!!!

What colour is that? Looks bit like Sienna Tan Metallic (KT5) that my '74 was from factory. There's still some original colour left under back seat, other than that it's blue nowadays.

it better run better than 13 or 12's with that hp.....cripes my v6 grand national ran high13's out of the box.....ill be disapointed if a 500+ car doesnt run low 12's high 11's
the color i believe is burnt bronze mettalic

It should run 11s. Probably has more than 500hp too.

well like i said the guys that puts these together says....the 451 is a 500 hp motor.....then i went roller?...his number is flat tappet.....so i dont know how much i gain goin with the roller....anyone know?....

At least 50 H.P. especially past 5000 RPM"s cause your roller springs give much better control but the real advantage comes from that huge and wide roller cam intake lobe. It can be ground much more aggressive than any flat tappet. ANY!

Yep. I was going to say about 25 to 50hp.

Hello 73......Looking good............

awesome job thats just incredible im extremely jealous right now
cheers ian

I cant wait to hear the update once he gets the spark curve the plant needs for max performance. it's gonna take a lot of lead, quick curve to 2800-3000, all in by 2800 or so. 34-38 total. NO vac. advance!