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01-23-2007, 07:41 PM

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by SC, what do you mean

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I just tagged and insured my 71 Challenger and hit the road again. I put 2 new tires in the back and slotted, cross drilled rotors up front. I also put a new master cylinder on it. Gave her a bath and hit the road. It was great because the weather here in SC on Sat. was in the 70's. Kowalski rides again.I took her straight to the gas station and filled the tank with premium, $2.15 a gallon. Then I proceded to drive over to the muffler shop and have the guys install my new stainless steel quad tips. This car sounds awsome. Just the feel a V-8 as it goes through the gears, its been a while. I'm going to get my brother to come back to SC next weekend and drive one of my cars back to NC. Then I can drive the Challenger back and forth to work on nice days. It has 3.91 rear gears so we will more than likely drive down I85 at night or early in the morning. 55 MPH and I'm above 3000 rpm. On I85 they like to drive at 85 mph and they would run me over at 65 mph. The car needs a paint job and some new bumpers, I took a few pictures of her and will post as soon as I can. Ya'll take care and have a nice weekend.

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01-23-2007, 11:17 PM

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by SC, what do you mean

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I'm going to get my brother to come back to SC next weekend and drive one of my cars back to NC. Then I can drive the Challenger back and forth to work on nice days. It has 3.91 rear gears so we will more than likely drive down I85 at night or early in the morning. 55 MPH and I'm above 3000 rpm.

I believe he is referring to SC as the state initials for South Carolina. If you notice he also makes a reference to NC which would logically be a reference to North Carolina. He wasn't refering to supercharging if that was what you where thinking.

lear4406: I can see why it would use that much fuel. Cruising at 4000RPM, ouch! That would guzzle the gas right down. I'd go with the 5-speed myself but of course it isn't your primary vehicle. Also, have you ever looked into those systems which allow you to double the ratios in your transmissions. I remember reading about them in Car Craft. I remember one of our other members had one for his Challenger R/T, he seemed to like it.

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01-28-2007, 10:59 AM

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Thats right RLSH700,I could not of said it better. I think I like the idea of the pistol grip manual. But if I couldn't, I would opt for the automatic overdrive. I am also planning on supercharging my 71 Challenger. I have to pull the motor and replace the rear seal. The 340 was built in 1986 and only has 25000 miles on it. It runs real strong and shows no sign of wear. It has forged 10-1 TRW pistons and a crane cam. I originally built the car for nitrous, but have never used it on this motor. I think it puts about 325 at the crank. I have looked at the stroker kits that would put it at 392 and over 500 HP. But they are very expensive. So I keep buying body parts and interior parts until I make up my mind. You guys take care, I'm going out to drive the Challenger around on this nice day and have some fun.