Mopar Muscle Association UK

is there a clutch fan from another year that'll fit the '70. it only bolts to the water pump same as a solid fan so.....
neil.

rock auto in the states do a stock replacement tank, galvanised mild steel of stainless steel. also a stock looking tank with an in tank pump for late model efi conversions. good prices and cheap shipping too.
neil.
https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/dodge,1968,charger,7.2l+440cid+v8,1078859,fuel ...

yes mate and it's cheaper than i remember at £12.49 inc' delvery. :thumbright: it compresses those uprated 428 cobrajet springs easily so better than the price would suggest too. don't forget a length of 'cotton' rope to fill the cylinder at bdc so when turned over it jams the valves up in place ...

an ally rad can be 'stealth' if painted satin black. also it's hard to beat a stock style mechanical clutch fan with a decent/original cowling.
neil.

it's getting better every time i look in
will you waxoil or similar inside the subframe, sills etc once all the painting's done?
neil.

today we pulled the 'top' off of ashley's engine so we could go through the lifters to find one more 'good' one. we only found 2 out of 10 that had the slight crown on their base that they should have, 6 wouldn't even pull out of their bores! the 2 were stripped apart, cleaned and rebuilt so we now ...

parts are already arriving from rock auto, very fast delivery as always
neil.

that's the engine stripped to the bare block and the bores honed. we also honed the lifter bores with my brake cylinder hone to make sure the lifters can spin freely when it's running. we're not taking any chances this time. the lifters from cam' number 1 have been stripped, cleaned and reassembled ...

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that's right up my street
neil.

rings ordered now. just got to finish stripping the engine and give it all a good wash 'n' brush up ready to reassemble it when we have parts.
neil.

today we turned the 'dead crank' engine back up the right way and took the inlet and heads off. at the stage we're at it's worth popping the pistons/rods out and fitting new rings too so.... the bores are good as were the other 2 and all are standard. now it can upside down again to finish the strip ...

ok, so 3rd time lucky with a new camshaft. i just ordered a camshaft (2 steps up from stock 428 cj this time) a set of core plugs, a pair of head gaskets, big end and main bearings and a set of valve guide seals. should be here mid next week. we're going to build a basic engine run stand this time ...

both times i've done jury service i asked on the first day if i could be put 'on call'. both times i did a couple of days at court and that was it. i got loads done on my own cars as work was not expecting me in, lol.
neil.

today we got the spare short block out of stock to check the crankshaft. from what we found on taking it apart this one was/is a1960 352/360hp engine, cool. anyway the crankshaft journals are all good and standard so that's the one we'll use. the bores are good too so a nice spare block to keep in ...

yesterday we got my fe engine up on the engine stand and turned over to open up the bottom and investigate the crankshaft's excessive end float. well the engine must've come from a manual galaxie i reckon as the thrust part of the main bearing has worn into the crank' almost 1/8"! so although i ...