Dream Machine (Your Car)

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LJS30

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Okay guys what mods would you love to do or have done on your project car? When it's all said and done what do you envision for your car? Here is what I want for my Dart.

1. 5.2 Fuel Injected Engine (Mild Cam)
2. Gear Vendors OD or 200r4
3. Updated Gauge Cluster (Digital or Analog)
4. Stainless Steel Exhaust (Dual Magnaflows)
5. Dynamat Insulated interior
6. Total Interior Rebuild (Seats, Carpet, etc...)
7. Completely Functional AC System
 
1. 6 pack fi 360, roughly 600 horses on a medium cam (kinda like Dustpan's engine but more)
2. TKO 600
3. RMS front and rear suspension
4. Retro modern interior
5. new radio
 
62 Valiant
170 /6 block with 198 crank
9:1 compression
a833od trans
hei
port fuel injection
gear ratio optimized for mileage
cruse control
decent radio/cd player
body repaired
20' paintjob

looking for the best possible mpg.
 
70-72 duster
front bench
aftermarket gauges with lighting that matches the paint
build 340 engine
8/34 sure grip rear end
 
Sorry, it's not an A-body! I have a very clear vision for my car. Still have time to work out a few of the details as I'm just tens of thousands of dollars and a decade away from completing it! :D #-o

'65 Sport Fury

Monochrome FM3 Moulin Rouge paint job
'65 Hemi B-body hood scoop
Stock interior reupholstered in black cloth/dark gray tweed
Vintage style tach mounted on steering column
Custom mounted aftermarket gauges in factory location/panel
Vintage Air A/C system
512ci BB
CNC ported Stealth heads
Comp Cams Xtreme Energy hydraulic cam
Fastman EFI
Hedman 78070 headers, 2.5" pipes w/X, Flowtech Terminators
46rh trans w/2000 stall convertor
Stock type front suspension (unless Hemi Denny starts making K's for the C-body!), FFI 1.06 bars, Bilstein shocks, Scarebird disc conversion
3.55 SG 8.75 rear w/stock rear drums
XHD Mopar leaf springs w/Bilstein shocks
Leaf springs moved inboard -or- mini-tub
Centerline Auto Drag non-polished rims (sizes to be determined)
MT Sportsman S/R tires
 
What I'd like my car to be? I'd like to be my 68 Dart to be a modern handling trans am sort of car...

1) Mild 408 Stroker
2) T56 Manual
3) Firm Feel/Hotchkis Suspension
4) Side exit exhaust with X-pipes
5) Procar seats with upgraded dashes and gauges
6) Metallic white/ Silver paint with a black butt stripe
7) 8 3/4 with a sure grip 3.55 (cruising setup) and 3.91-4.10 gears (fun setup)
8 ) GTS hood
9) 17-18" lightweight 2 piece wheels with 275/40/17 or 275/35/18 on a 9" wide wheel all the way around
10) 13-14" rotors with Brembo calipers

Basically it would be a really nice driver I can take to work/school, to the race track, or across country. All purpose vehicle :D
 
I often wonder if i could time travel to 70/71 what i would get..


Either a '70 T/A Challenger, or '71 Challenger R/T

Bright Yellow
Black top
Black Interior
340
4-Speed
Dog dishes with trim rings and painted steel wheels
Black stripes for the R/T with just the R/T call out on the hood, no black hood treatment, Standard hood no shaker
Go-Wing
Rear window louvers
Chrome bumpers
Hood pins
Side scoops on the bottom
Chrome dual mirrors


Kinda like this one, but not exactly
http://www.dragtimes.com/images/7611-1971-Dodge-Challenger.jpg

Or this T/A
http://i33.tinypic.com/167ld0x.jpg
 
72 Scamp.
Sublime Green/flat black hood,Hemi scoop.
Trim shaved.
15x8,15x4 Halibrand clones,275/60/15 BFG D.R.s,165/15/50 tires.
002/003 S.S.springs,7/8 offset shackles.
9.5 3400 stall converter/Hemi Spec 727/3.55 8 3/4.
5.9 Magnum ported heads/mild roller cam.
Would like one of those new Paxton kits,or a small hit of spray.
Love the early 70's,to late 80's street machine scenes.Just make it simple and clean.12's,to high 11's down the 1320.
 
'67 cuda coupe

fiberglass hood, fenders, doors, decklid, bumpers
decent paint job, something close to B7 blue

400 stroker, either 451 or 470, strong street/strip build
jerico 4 speed or nash 5 speed trans
hurst vertigate or long shifter
mini-tubs, mono-leafs and cal-tracs
the 15x10 and 15x3.5 Super Tricks that have been sitting in my basement for 15 years
Ford 9 inch rear with detroit locker and appropriate gears
 
Ultra light weight but still strong 358ci stroke rotating assembly
for a Ritter racing alum block
6pack FI multi port
W5's
Delphi steering box
Set of track only tires/wheels
A trick full floater 8 3/4 with aluminum hubs and gun drilled axels.
Composite leafs
And some badass NASCAR engineer on call to help me dial in my setup.
 
340 Stroker
8.75 rear end
4 Speed
New Mufflers(Ditch the Glass Packs)
Exhaust out the back(Not sides)
Sublime green Paint in entire Engine Bay
New Rear Springs(Ditch the Shackles)
DSC00560.jpg
 
For my `68 droptop Dart.....


The dream list would be...

A turbo 6.1 Hemi
6spd auto with paddle shifters
Alterkation style front end
4 link & coilover rear
17in fronts & 18in rears
Big brakes & swaybars
B3 paint black tailstripe
White interior

Overall, a nice handling driver with some power to back it up!:glasses7:










The reality..........


I'll be lucky to get it move under it's own power before I die!! :banghead:
 
Doesn't leak
Doesn't rust
Doesn't make a new noise everytime I drive it. (real or imagined)
 
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