What did you do with your ebody/Mopar today?

[challengermaniac]

I removed the black longitudinal stripes from my car in preparation of putting a white bumble bee stripe on and loving it!

[Chryco Psycho]

I took my car out yesterday afternoon for a 40 miles drive. On the way back, I was at the light waiting to go straight. A Ferrari 458 stopped at my left to get on to the freeway. He suddenly revved his engine to show how wonderful a Ferrari sound as the lights turned green. I immediately replied back by flooring the gas pedal and left two black stripes behind. If we are really at it, he likely shows me his tail lights.

I actually doubt it , not sure what you have underhood , but I raced a Porsche 911 turbo on a road course , he had no trouble out braking me But we raced down the main straight ,approx 5/8 mile long, he was behind pulling onto the straight tucked under my back bumper , 1/4 mile later he had gained 4-5 feet & I could not see him in my peripheral vision , 1/2 mile down the straight his front bumper was parallel with my drivers door , he had gained 1/2 a car length , I looked down & we were doing 148 MPH & I was only in 3rd gear with 1 to go !! Unfortunately he had better brakes & I followed his taillights into turn 1 !
I would say good chance he would have been looking at your taillights for a while anyway assuming you kept traction off the line !

[7212Mopar]

Very encouraging CP. I have a stroked 340 dyno at 491 HP, 528 ft-lbs. Might be a little more now that is broken in. I suppose the only way to find out is give it a go. As much as I like to see my Mopar in front, it is unlikely unless I am up against someone that should have not been in the driver seat. A standard Ferrari 458 Italia weight about the same as our cars, 4.5 L naturally aspirated V8 goes up to 9000 RPM seating in the rear, 562 HP, 398 Ft-Lbs, 7 speed dual clutch transmission. 0-60 in 3.4 s, 1/4 miles 11s flat at 135 mph, top speed 210 mph. I think it will take a HEMI to get it done.

[Cuda_mark]

Not very exciting....but I rolled out my NOS HEMI hockey stripes and taped them down to cardboard so they would be flatter when they finally get installed. Upon inspection, I give these about a 75% chance of actually being used. 40 year old decals aren't in perfect condition....

[RUNCHARGER]

Yeah 11 flat is good tire territory for sure. The new cars have traction control as well and that makes them hard to beat, lets not forget light weight is a huge factor as well.

[GoodysGotaCuda]

Very encouraging CP. I have a stroked 340 dyno at 491 HP, 528 ft-lbs. Might be a little more now that is broken in. I suppose the only way to find out is give it a go. As much as I like to see my Mopar in front, it is unlikely unless I am up against someone that should have not been in the driver seat. A standard Ferrari 458 Italia weight about the same as our cars, 4.5 L naturally aspirated V8 goes up to 9000 RPM seating in the rear, 562 HP, 398 Ft-Lbs, 7 speed dual clutch transmission. 0-60 in 3.4 s, 1/4 miles 11s flat at 135 mph, top speed 210 mph. I think it will take a HEMI to get it done.

3.4s 0-60 is moving very quickly.

My WRX is good for about a 4.5-4.7s run and it destroys my Cuda [with traction control] from a dig on the street.

Good luck on getting the power down! Should pull hard once it hooks up!


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[Cuda_mark]

I removed the black longitudinal stripes from my car in preparation of putting a white bumble bee stripe on my car and loving it!

Are you painting the bumblebee stripe? I never understood why this was the one "accent" that was painted and not a decal.

[Cuda70-74]

Break my passenger door window lol smh. 50 dollars down the drain

[318Stroker]

I removed the black longitudinal stripes from my car in preparation of putting a white bumble bee stripe on my car and loving it!

Are you painting the bumblebee stripe? I never understood why this was the one "accent" that was painted and not a decal.

Probably because the 1/4 panels contours on a Challenger are pretty complex, and a decal wouldn't work. I painted a black bumblebee stripe on my red 73, and I love it!

[YellowThumper]

Dug out the old can of worms to retrieve wiring for IAC valve.

[challengermaniac]

I removed the black longitudinal stripes from my car in preparation of putting a white bumble bee stripe on my car and loving it!

Are you painting the bumblebee stripe? I never understood why this was the one "accent" that was painted and not a decal.

Probably because the 1/4 panels contours on a Challenger are pretty complex, and a decal wouldn't work. I painted a black bumblebee stripe on my red 73, and I love it!

Once the BB was painted, what did you do about a clear coat?

[benlavigne]

I removed the black longitudinal stripes from my car in preparation of putting a white bumble bee stripe on my car and loving it!

Are you painting the bumblebee stripe? I never understood why this was the one "accent" that was painted and not a decal.

Probably because the 1/4 panels contours on a Challenger are pretty complex, and a decal wouldn't work. I painted a black bumblebee stripe on my red 73, and I love it!

Also removed the longitudinal on mine to replace with the correct bumblebee, had it done in wrapping material until I can get the car to the paint shop...

Ben

[CudaMoparRay]

Started getting the 'Cuda ready for e-bay sale then changed my mind again 
Going back and forth on it. 

[340Challman]

@benlavigne   It looks matte. I like the look of it matte.   Your car looks great! 

@challengermaniac   Man I love B5 Challengers. I almost chose a different color for mine, but I'm glad I decided to stay with the original B5 on mine as well. Yours shows just how good they look B5. 

[challengermaniac]

Started getting the 'Cuda ready for e-bay sale then changed my mind again 
Going back and forth on it. 

If you decide to sell I recommend cars-on-line.com where you can give a very long description of the car, include 4 photos along with a couple of video tags all for $45.00 until it sells. Be sure to do at least a walk around video with the car running and even better if you can add a driving video.  It worked well for me.