Engine bay refresh

[Chryco Psycho]

Yes that will work

[1 Wild R/T]

Yup to you and Neal both..

[Wayne]

I just did mine.  I had the heater box/core out. I pulled the master.  So glad I did.  Its such a tight corner it would be so tight to paint in there without removing it.  Plus then you can clean up the master support bracket and put in a new seal.  I didn't remove my column or k frame.  I worked around those.  No regrets doing that. 

Little things though.  make sure the shocks are out, battery tray.  Like you said, wiper motor. 

Good luck!

[dodj]

I agree with what others have said. You have the difficult part done in removing the engine. Go the full monty on the engine bay now.

[Burdar]

You could probably just plug the heater core ports.

In 73, the non A/C heater blower motors were painted black.  The earlier years were zinc plated.

[fireguyfire]

I think I'll pull the heater box; the car had obviously been driven a lot on gravel roads back in the day by the amount of dust up under the gauges, etc so I'm guessing the heater box will need a good clean out; I was going to pass on pulling it if I had to remove the dash but now I'll pull it for sure; might also install a new firewall insulation pad too

[RUNCHARGER]

Yup: Order a new firewall pad and firewall gasket kit now, might as well order a heater gasket kit as well.

[Rich G.]

I picture that little snowball rolling down the hill getting bigger and bigger!  LOL

[Dakota]

As part of the growing snowball, I'd suggest you check the bulkhead connector for heat damage, especially where the heavy red wire connects (I think this is terminal 8 ).  Mine was badly cooked. 

[dave73]

If you already pulled the motor, why not build it into a stroker?   

[Burdar]

It's already a stroker.  The 340 has grown to 383 cubes.

[Chryco Psycho]

Although it could become 436 CI !!

[fireguyfire]

It's a 383 out of a 70 challenger.
It has a bunch of next day performance stuff on it which I've just listed for sale as I'm putting it back to stock.
I pulled off;
Holley street dominator intake and carb
Hooker performance headers
Chrome finned valve covers

[Chryco Psycho]

The Holley Street Dom intake for a 383 is a very desirable piece , it performs great & is discontinued