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After a long waiting finaly the 528 mopar hemi has arrived to sweden.
now its time to "grab it in the car" a 70 Challenger
in the same time we gonna fix the chassie with front suspension from magnumforce and repaint the body.
so its gonna be a funny winter..
Will put up some pics when it starts

Mike (duster)the mechanic.
Lasse the Owner.

Hemi =

That engine gives me instant wood. I'm getting my keyboard all wet and slimy. Keep it coming!

Hey eddie................think my 451 roller stroker would have any thing for this MONSTER......LOL......

.............Love that motor!!!

73challengerguy wrote:Hey eddie................think my 451 roller stroker would have any thing for this MONSTER......LOL......

You would be surprised! That 451's rotating assembly is very light. He has over 636 H.P. out of the box! If he can put that torque down,(650 ft. lbs.), and hook it up, you would be seeing his DODGE emblem between his taillights. If no hook then he would be seeing your's! I would be psyched from the rattle that thing puts out! His Hemi heads flow over 375 CFM OUT of the BOX!! That Hemi has the potential for over 750 H.P. with just a cam change,( solid roller cam)! You can tell I know the GODS of Hemi power!(Or at least I think I do)

Here's an excellent article on the mighty Hemi's buildup straight from Hemi-Master himself Ray Barton who builds all the Gen II Hemi's for Ma MoPar.

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Great looking motor and chally. I know that you will stay busy getting it put together. It's like having an early Christmas

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Thanks a lot for the pics airfuelEddie it was nice reading.

Now the car is soon "clean" and engine and front suspension is gone.
Next we gonna sandbasting the body.

Great! You have a nice shop! Keep the pics coming!

You're going to need a bigger hood...............

i wish i were you now ,with a sweet project ,nice

The brand new Magnumforce Tubular K-Member Suspension Conversion
And the four link came also with this shipment.
Now can we start with front and rear suspension..
Moore pics when i unpack the stuff..

Mike

Awesome Duster! What type of brake system are you going to utilize? Does this crossmember use a motor plate or OEM mounts? Keep the pics comin!

Its gonna be Wilwood discbrakes front and rear. shipped later.
But have seen on some pics that many dont use powerbrakes, does it not fit with the Hemi? have lerned that you should use it with discbrakes.
we order the motorplate but it also uses the standard motor mounts that came with this kit.
So next to do is the fourlink attachment.(my weekend is saved)
will order moore body parts and got connection with Yearone think they are good.

//Mike "Duster"

I don't know what you plan to do with the car, but you're going to love the steering (and hate the brakes if you go unassisted). I have the same steering rack.

For the brakes, you may also consider a Hydratech system, if it fits. I have just installed one last Sunday, and the initial tests are, well, surprising. I can brake with one toe (using the whole foot is a little touchy right now, it brakes real hard).

The brake setup is :
- a Wilwood master cylinder (8556 - 1 1/8" piston)
- Wilwood 6-piston calipers
- 13" rotors

some pics below.

I think fbernard is on to something. He know's, what he's talking about.
I like what, your doing with your car!

Ok this look really nice.
Where did you buy these? cant find partsnumber to E-body on hydratech homepage.
How do you connect to the powersteering pump?
does it fit on the Magnumforce steeringpump.

//Mike

duster wrote:Ok this look really nice.
Where did you buy these? cant find partsnumber to E-body on hydratech homepage.
How do you connect to the powersteering pump?
does it fit on the Magnumforce steeringpump.

//Mike

I just ordered through Bill Reilly, and told him what MC I had.
Here's the connection :
- From the PS pump high pressure output to the brake booster high pressure input.
- From the brake booster high pressure output to the steering box/rack input.
- From the brake booster low pressure output to a brass tee.
- From the steering box/rack output to the brass tee.
- From the brass tee to the PS pump return line.

All high pressure connection are made with stainless steel braided hose, supplied with the kit (ends already installed on one end, cut to length and install the other ends). All ends are steel AN or NPT fittings.
The low pressure hose is supplied too (reinforced rubber hose good to 1000 psi!), as is the tee. I just plugged the existing return line (coming from the steering rack) into the tee, and added a small piece of hose from the tee to the pump return nipple. The rest of the hose I installed from the booster to the tee.

It was pretty easy, all was done in under 4 hours (half that time was accessing the nuts from the two upper firewall bolts - attempting to remove the brakes without removing the dash is not fun).

My Master Cylinder to distribution block lines are flexible and kind of long. I had them made by Goodridge when I changed the MC last year, and I had them made just a bit longer than required since I did not know how I was going to fit the distribution block. Seems like it paid off, I did not even have to bleed the brakes. I just losened the banjo bolts (barely enough to rotate the ends) and that was all.

On the majority off applications, the MC will have to be completely removed, new lines will be needed, the MC will have to be bled again. So that's a one-day job.

Ok, thanks it look really nice. think its gonna be one of these.
Reminds me of Citroen type of brake system The cars that is my work on daytime..

//Mike

After working with the car over the winter, mostly waiting for parts and realized that the car must go thru a big restoration, so now the "last" parts have arrived (floor).
Now we could replace the body parts.
Here i some pics from the winter and later, more to update later.

Mike

Those magnumforces look nice...but I do NOT like the way they are designed. Show car only, I think. With coilovers instead of torsion bars, it is placing the entire load on the stamped sheetmetal shock towers. I would reinforce those quite a bit if you haven't done so already.

Its more weight on the frontshock towers, but it would not be a problem when using the Forward Strut kit.
see pic from Magnumforce

So after a warm summer its up to work with the car
are mounting the rear parts on car now, trunkfloor,quarter panels,wheel houses,tail light panel,crossmember and the rear frame rails. well everything in thre rear.
got the parts where i want them(after many hours work) ,now its time to welding..

Here is the old 440 engine. and i did the engine totally remote controlled, start, running with gas throttle and stop from remote. have been on events this summer and people did not understand how the engine could gas for him self,, i was standing a bit away..that was fun.