Brad's second '70 'Cuda and first and last restoration project

[RUNCHARGER]

You will probably switch to 3.54 after a while. I ran 3.23 with my 472 Hemi and it was such a nice all around combination. I think I will do that again on my next one.

[usraptor]

Runcharger, I'm already planning on it.  However, due to $ it will have to wait until next year. 

[RUNCHARGER]

Ha, ha: You can tell the wife that but I you plan on wasting a few sets of tires first!

[82firebird]

What a sweet car, great build! Congrats!

[dodj]

Nice to see it on the road again! Great job 

You will probably switch to 3.54 after a while. I ran 3.23 with my 472 Hemi and it was such a nice all around combination. I think I will do that again on my next one.

except I would go for 3.23's myself. Stop light grand prix is fun for a bit, but I find myself more interested in driving a distance rather than jumping off the line. And with the stroker, I think you will still have enough torque to spin them up if you want to. 

[RUNCHARGER]

I attempted to race my Coronet at an 1/8 mile strip with the 472 and 3.23's. I couldn't get it to hook up trying everything in my bag or tricks. I dialed it in really high and on my first race I was ahead fairly well so I put the pedal fully down at the 550ft and the car went sideways with the little 245X60X15's. That was no prep of course but yes strokers work well with highway gears. That car shut the yap of more than a few Chebbie boys. I think if you are running a stroker Mopar it should run deep into the 11's or 10's or you wasted your money, and that is with stock type driveability.

[usraptor]

Runcharger, yeah with the stock suspension and 4:10s I don't think there is any way I'm going to get it to hook out of the hole and I even running 275X60X15s.  Definitely going to have to be rolling starts and even then it will probably still go sideways when I hit the hammer.  Yeah, 3:55 or 3:23's are definitely in the future. 

[usraptor]

Drove it about 30 miles on surface streets today to the muffler shop to get the new exhaust tips installed and I can definitely say those 4:10s are history next year.     I'm definitely leaning towards the 3:23s with all the torque it puts out. 

[RUNCHARGER]

I can see the smile from here.

[usraptor]

Got the new exhaust tips welded on and here's some pics of the rear hood properly aligned thanks to 1 Wild R/T. 

[YellowThumper]

That is an interesting blue stripe there.
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Oh wait that's a reflection in some awesome looking paint.
Hood alignment is definitely a learned skill.

[usraptor]

LOL I hadn't even noticed that.  Blue from my lift.      Or in my case it's more like trial and error, doing it over and over.  Still not perfect but good enough for now. 

[usraptor]

Took the Cuda in for alignment today. Didn't notice a big difference in how it steered except when going around corners it doesn't pull like it did before.   Now just need to finish detailing and getting it ready for this weekend's big car show.   

[usraptor]

After 9 years and a frantic past month I took the 'Cuda to it's first car show yesterday at Utah Valley University. It was a fun day visiting with numerous people who stopped to admire the 'Cuda and compliment the restoration and paint.We were "cutting and buffing" the paint until 9 PM Friday night.  People loved the 'triple black" and marveled at how deep the paint job looked. It was also great fun meeting and visiting with several friends who were at the show.

[usraptor]

These are out of order but I forgot about them until just now. Anyway, these are the pics I took last Thursday night and Friday of my best bud "cutting and buffing" the 'Cuda before Sat's car show.  Unfortunately, unless you were there in person it's hard to tell the difference in the before and after of the paint job so you'll have to take my word for it that it now looks a foot deep.