MM Muscle - 1971 Dodge Challenger

[Jeff]

Wow so lots of progress and no updates! WTF!

So as mentioned above the engine was running and it had a water leak at the intake manifold to head. Little did we know it was leaking as much in as it was out. I had to drain the milkshake oil and replace that after doing the new gasket. I got a genuine Mopar gasket this time, much nicer. Here is a shot of the leak location.


Electric Fan Install

I eliminated the mechanical non-clutched radiator ran in favor of the no-drag and modern look of an electric fan. This is a 16in fan I got of ebay for $40 shipped...beats the 12in fan I got for the Jeep at Autozone...$75!


Relay is close to the radiator


Custom Accel Super Stock wires




Looks sexy doesn't it? Now for the big mod....

If you recall most everyone bitched about the drum brake front end. Well some quick research showed that many later model Chrysler RWD cars can be donors for front disc brakes. So, this led me to my buddy Phil's house, and to his 1976 Dodge Aspen wagon.





From that I got a decent set of 10.5in disc brakes. Single piston calipers. I ordered new calipers from Advance Auto and after 3 tries got the right ones.

Original drum came off.




Then I noticed the first problem... The black is the drum brake lower knuckle, the rusty is from the Aspen.


However, the bolt holes are the same, so I simply used the nut/bolt combo from the drum setup. The disc setup used a threaded lower knuckle.


Then came the second issue...the brake lines were far to long. We ended up having to order 3 different brake lines to find one that worked right. The source was a 1979 Dodge St. Regis sedan.





Two far off shots just cuz!




It's Bawlin.