new owner • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **1219** » 17 Nov 2005 19:42

hey all been checking this site out for a while but didnt register till now. just bought a challenger this week, get it on tuesday so cant wait! lookin fwd to contributing to the website where i can.

by **1178** » 17 Nov 2005 21:28

tell us more!!!year, eng, model........ we NEEEED more :twisted:

welcome to the site :thumbsup:

by **Jon** » 18 Nov 2005 1:24

That's the spirit! :nod:

by **dave-r** » 18 Nov 2005 9:27

Post some photos in the "photoss" section as soon as you can so we can share your excitement!

Where are you getting it from? Where in Ireland do you live?

by **1219** » 18 Nov 2005 12:24

i live in northern ireland in a village bout 10 miles outside belfast.
the car i bought is a 1970 challenger t/a in yellow, used to belong to a guy called pete who rebuilt the engine then more recently a guy called james. getting it on tuesday so looking fwd to it.

by **dave-r** » 18 Nov 2005 18:38

Oh well in that case I know the car. In fact I gave it a quick tune at the Mopar Nats this summer. It ran better but needs a couple of holes drilled in the throttle blades because of the bigger than stock cam. I don't know if James got around to doing that.

The holes will allow the idle circuits to work correctly. It is not optimum at the moment. I can talk you through it if you need me to.

by **Alaskan_TA** » 19 Nov 2005 0:32

Cool, this is the first I have heard of a T/A in Ireland, be sure to check out www.challengertaregistry.com

We recently had T/As register from Japan and Australia. :thumbsup:

Welcome to the site!

T/Ake care,
Barry

by **Major Kong** » 20 Nov 2005 16:07

Heres your T/A at the Pod v my Mach1 :lol:

by **dave-r** » 20 Nov 2005 19:17

So have you bought another Mopar Major Kong Sir?

by **Major Kong** » 20 Nov 2005 19:32

Ah Ha.... once again Dave you have confused The Commander with The Major :lol:

I believe he has re-armed again though :thumbsup:

by **dave-r** » 21 Nov 2005 9:46

Doh!!

You even said it was YOUR Mustang!

I've not been well you know. :cry:

by **Alaskan_TA** » 21 Nov 2005 22:56

Uh oh,
What ever it is Dave, get well soon! :nod:

Barry

by **dave-r** » 22 Nov 2005 8:41

Just a pain in the neck Barry. But you knew I was one anyway.

Almost better. One more trip to the osteopath should do it. :nod:

by **Alaskan_TA** » 23 Nov 2005 1:40

Oh, THAT!

Ok, best of luck with it. You might consider wearing a neck brace while racing? It would be a shame for all that torque to snap you neck. :nod:

T/Ake it easy,
Barry

by **Jon** » 23 Nov 2005 3:32

Looking at the competition picture it must have been a bracket race. With the ford getting a deserved advantage off the line. :lol:

Say .75 seconds.

by **Phase4** » 23 Nov 2005 11:40

Major Kong wrote:Heres your T/A at the Pod v my Mach1

Worth seeing again.

by **dave-r** » 23 Nov 2005 12:24

Phase4 wrote:Worth seeing again.

Mmmm.

Now I am sure that was before I gave the engine a little "tweek" and it was a lot faster (like a second and a half?) the next time out. :nod:

by **Alaskan_TA** » 23 Nov 2005 16:16

I have to wonder why the back of the Mustang is cropped out? Was it being pushed maybe? :biggrin:

by **Ade70** » 23 Nov 2005 19:56

If that mustang is being pushed, I am really glad that the guy who rebuilt the motor in that T/A does not do any work on my car.

by **Chrippa** » 23 Nov 2005 21:20

Ade70 wrote:If that mustang is being pushed, I am really glad that the guy who rebuilt the motor in that T/A does not do any work on my car.

by **Major Kong** » 24 Nov 2005 0:34

Jon wrote:Looking at the competition picture it must have been a bracket race. With the ford getting a deserved advantage off the line. Say .75 seconds.

Standard side by side race- The Commanders reaction time of +1.526 sec is what made the photo look so spectacular :lol:

Funny old thing my reaction time of +.755 hardly set the world on fire either :oops:

The photo doesn't really show the whole story, The Chally T/A with its 4:10 gears was a quicker car on the strip, my Mach had a fairly pedestrian 2.79:1 ratio, I've got a 3.55:1 diff to try for next time.

Great fun though :thumbsup:

by **Ade70** » 24 Nov 2005 15:46

So what time did the T/A run then.

by **Major Kong** » 24 Nov 2005 21:38

Ade70 wrote:So what time did the T/A run then.

think the Cmdrs best was a mid 14sec in the T/A

by **Jon** » 25 Nov 2005 1:40

Major Kong:

Would you please explain this recent thread for us new comers. Did you own both cars.

What does Major Kong and your slogan mean? I have seen the cowboy on the rocket in a movie. Looks cool !

Jon

by **Major Kong** » 25 Nov 2005 14:33

Jon wrote:Major Kong:

Would you please explain this recent thread for us new comers. Did you own both cars.

What does Major Kong and your slogan mean? I have seen the cowboy on the rocket in a movie. Looks cool !

Jon

No John I only own the Muzzy, James (Zogg on this board) owned the Chally up until recently. We've known each other for a number of years & I do a lot of work for/with him on his cars, as he lives in the next town to me & we drove up to the Mopar nats in convoy.

Major Kong, my avatar, the slogan, Burpleson AFB & even Zogg all came from the Movie "Dr Strangelove"

Appropriate as we both work in the defence industry :lol:

When I got the photo back that Sally took on my camera of our first race at Santa-Pod the temptation to post it on here was too great.

Anyhow- back on topic (ish) Lightning has a great car there, its the best handling American car I've ever driven & with a little bit of extra work will be a show stopper :thumbsup:

by **dave-r** » 25 Nov 2005 14:55

On the run pictured the T/A ran 15.6 secs.

I don't think it improved very much on subsequent runs.

Then I gave it a bit of a tweak and it ran 14.4 A gain of 1.2 seconds. :shock:

Nothing like blowing your own trumpet is there? :wink:

I think 14.4 is pretty good even taking into account that the engine has a hotter than stock cam in it.

To put it in perspective. The first time I ran my 440 Challenger up the strip it had a "284" duration cam and I thought it was pretty fast. But the tickets were low 15s. Best of the day with practice leaving the line was 14.8.

James had a much better day than that first time out and with an engine 100 cubic inches smaller.

Mr Lightning has a very good car there. :nod: