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KHYRON'S
69 Dodge Charger
Basically I bought her with a wore out 360 Small block
motor, She had bad bearings. I have the original 318, but lets just say it
sucked a valve and isn't too happy right now. After I pulled the motor and
started disassembling it I found that she needed a bore real bad, also the crank
was shot to hell. So I started with the full teardown.
I started with having the block bored .030 over. A set of
Keith black Pistons, A medium performance cam, and a zero deck job on the motor.
She got a nice chemical bath and all the bearings from cam to crank got
replaced. Set of cromemolly rings <yes, gapped correctly > I didn't take many
pics, but here she is before the shop cleaned her up, you can see the years of
paint are starting to get stripped off .... By me and then by the machine shop.
now that everything Is back, I cleaned the block one last
time, set in the crank <nice and turned .010> Cam, pistons, double roller....
time to get er done
After much conversation. I decided on the Gold, Black, and chrome look. With a
black engine compartment. I think it will look great. Here she is as she sits
now. The heads where just on while paint was being applied. They are getting
ported and new springs, ect, ect...
The transmition has been stripped, cleaned, and sanded.
Ohh, I pulled out the old oil sump..... I think I know why the motor
went bad. There were metal shards, glass, and plastic in the motor
Finished painting the motor ... being the anal jerk I am, I
decided to put a few logos on the oil pan...
When I got done with that. I
mated the trannie and engine together. I figured everyone tells me this is the
easy way to do it... it wasn't too bad
and here is the engine and the nice clean engine going in her
new home
Another busy day, took the day off because it was so nice, and
to spend time with family and do house chores��������..
NOT!
Well, we�re about 1 hour away from her running. I�m still short on the headers,
I have to go pick them up and the person giving them to me is well�. Hard to get
a hold of. So here is the list of things that got done today.
Everything under the car is torqued and set, Started, Transmission lines,
Trannie mount, Drive shaft, Torque converter and motor mounts. The shift linkage
is set and changing with no errors, Letters all line up. Put the New Springs on
the heads, set the heads, lifters, push rods, and rockers. Assembled the whole
front end, Radiator, hosed, and Intake. Carb is on top <Holly street avenger 670
> The distributor is set and almost ready.
Basically, a few odds and ends, Got to find where to hook up the electric choke
Hook up the ignition coil, and give her a few oil pressure building cranks�..
soon guys�.. very soon.
Here are some Pics of the progress as of now.
Finished up the exhaust work, I'm very happy with the clearance of the Flowtech
headers to be honest.... and my god did the car start to smoke. All that oil and
crap all over the headers and motor didn't help.
Fought with a fuel leak from hell, took me about an hour to sort it out.
However, now the car is running, good idle. and all is Well. I have been enjoying my new baby all Summer. and This winter, she gets another drive tran makeover. 727 and rear end to come
