Hughesy's 1973 Valiant Charger - New Hemi 5.7 swap
Not much happened the next day, just removed a pile of junk (excessive horns and relays)
Got bored so I started ripping out the seats and kickboards. The floors are so clean, they have a couple cracks however where the seats bolt down. One nasty one on the drivers side and one straight crack about 10cm long on the passenger side. So I relocated the seats to the boot for those backseat drivers, those b@stards are heavier then I thought. I am replacing these with some factory Recaro's out of a Honda Integra which in comparison the seats weigh about 13kg and then with the Valiant bases come to about 17kg as opposed to the 23kg of the standard ones, so 6kg a seat almost making up the gearbox weight difference.
Day 4: Got home from work and thought I better keep getting a move on, so out came the old girl - came straight out no worries. Should make a nice coffee table.
Not a great deal of progress but my theory which I got off another mate of mine into Chargers, try do an hour or more a night if you can just to keep it ticking over - so that's what I have been doing.
This afternoon I got the front suspension all out
This stuff never seems to get any lighter!
Didn't realise when I was removing the instrument cluster that I was bleeding -ended up on my legs, head liner and the floor, unless the car is feeling the pain of deconstruction?
As far as I can really go before removing the front screen to get the dash frame out - think I'll repaint it like the E38/49's with the gun metal lower section and the interior will end up all black.
The old heater box out, obviously it had been out at some stage as old mate had labelled the wires on the heater. This box will be going and being replaced with a brand new vintage air gen IV climate system. In comparison the new unit is 1kg lighter then the old box. No more winters with a terrible heater, and no more summers peeling myself of the vinyl seats :cheers:
Tomorrow morning I'll remove the wiring loom, battery tray (relocate battery to the boot), brake booster/master cylinder out and the wiper motor and I'll be set ready to fit the v8 k-frame. More to come soon....:supz:
Not much happened the next day, just removed a pile of junk (excessive horns and relays)
Got bored so I started ripping out the seats and kickboards. The floors are so clean, they have a couple cracks however where the seats bolt down. One nasty one on the drivers side and one straight crack about 10cm long on the passenger side. So I relocated the seats to the boot for those backseat drivers, those b@stards are heavier then I thought. I am replacing these with some factory Recaro's out of a Honda Integra which in comparison the seats weigh about 13kg and then with the Valiant bases come to about 17kg as opposed to the 23kg of the standard ones, so 6kg a seat almost making up the gearbox weight difference.
Day 4: Got home from work and thought I better keep getting a move on, so out came the old girl - came straight out no worries. Should make a nice coffee table.
Not a great deal of progress but my theory which I got off another mate of mine into Chargers, try do an hour or more a night if you can just to keep it ticking over - so that's what I have been doing.
This afternoon I got the front suspension all out
This stuff never seems to get any lighter!
Didn't realise when I was removing the instrument cluster that I was bleeding -ended up on my legs, head liner and the floor, unless the car is feeling the pain of deconstruction?
As far as I can really go before removing the front screen to get the dash frame out - think I'll repaint it like the E38/49's with the gun metal lower section and the interior will end up all black.
The old heater box out, obviously it had been out at some stage as old mate had labelled the wires on the heater. This box will be going and being replaced with a brand new vintage air gen IV climate system. In comparison the new unit is 1kg lighter then the old box. No more winters with a terrible heater, and no more summers peeling myself of the vinyl seats :cheers:
Tomorrow morning I'll remove the wiring loom, battery tray (relocate battery to the boot), brake booster/master cylinder out and the wiper motor and I'll be set ready to fit the v8 k-frame. More to come soon....:supz: