Projects '64 Dodge A/FX - Returning a Gladiator to its former Glory

So what Your saying is You dont need a tunnel ram or a highrise. You can use a low rise manifold and just add some tall velocity stacks and have the same thing?
air flow is airflow. Manifold plenum area is WAY different than stack area.
Just sayin FED

 

What you say is true. What I was trying to point out is that irregardless of the manifold or length of the stacks/risers whatever if the flow is limited by the size of the carburetors the flow will still be limited in the same way as NASCAR does with their "restrictor plates". Length of runners and size of plenum will alter flow, but if the carburetors will only flow 500cfm it really doesn't help that much if the engine needs 1200cfm.

 

Looks cool!


There isn't much of an update on the car. Like stated before, Andy is in the Airforce and when I have time to work on cars, I am working on my dad's model A coupe the "Freakin A."

However, Andy did manage to get the carburetors all rebuilt. The guy who built them set them up for us so they should be in the ball park. He also has a torque converter now.

Our friend Phil, who is the old S/S racer is working on the engine. Andy scored a Vertex magneto for a wedge. Once the engine is finished, we will drop it in and I can build linkage for it. The car is all pretty much ready to go less wiring and a motor, so once we have those few things taken car of, it's at least a racer. When he comes back from the service, that will be the time to change out the reared. A friend and club member has a stock width 8 3/4 that we would like to replace the Dana with. The rear suspension and ladders bars are all bolted in, so altering the wheelbase is almost just a matter of unbolting everything, and redrilling the holes 2-3 inches forward.

 

Andy also found an old magazine listing of this car for sale from '93. It wasn't lowered yet and looks pretty tough.

 

63 big blocks still had 4 bolt valve covers

 

I like that push ****on set-up on the tunnel.

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who gives a damn about air flow its not about performance its about getting the car to look period and when its done it will be pretty period!!!

 

^^^^ haha!

 

Lookin great!!! Really like the "poke-n-go" shifter on the tunnel.

 

*****in build! Keep up the momentum!

 

a little update the motor should be done within a few weeks and i should be getting the parts for the linkage in within the month pictures to come

 

Thanks Ryan,
My Dad and I got the paint on my '56 Chrysler HEMI powered '65 Valiant all finished and ready for the Meltdown Drags 2012... :^)

 

354valiant;your Valiant is AWESOME,very nice work!!!!! ROY.

 

Yep the first max wedge builds had 4 bolts. I have a set of heads waiting for the correct car/engine build. Funny I have the same valve covers. I like your 64 Dodge. My fav is the 63 Plymouth.

 

Nice car!! Underhood/Engine pics PLEASE. Man I build one of these with a 383 in it and said I would never do it again. How in the He!! did you get a hemi in a 65 A body?

 

Riger....you tell them...LOL.
We want that thing at the Meltdown even if it is battery powered....or Ryan pushing it powered!!!

 

Hahaha! We'll have neighborkidswillys push it! LOL (if he isn't pushing his 57 chevy and making vroom vroom noises) Kade is way stronger than I am.

 

That car is gorgeous ! Im curious about the flared rear fenders. Did you get the car like that ? The original 3 Dodge Chargers S/FX cars had fenders radiused kinda like that. They had push botton trannies, located on the left of the steering column, and predominanlty red interiors. The number 1 Charger driven by Jim Johnson (I call him dad because he is) was wrecked in 65 while running as a Guzler Charger, #2 Charger is restored, the one driven by Jimmy Nix (RIP) - but there was a 3rd one built, and no one can find it. It had bumpers. The cars were 64 Dodge 330s. I'm curious if that black beauty you got is a 330 or a 440. And since this is 2012, did you run it ?

Mike Johnson

 

This is Nix's restored car.

 

That's an awesome car. Everything about the Dodge Chargers were right in my book.

This car is a 64 440. I believe Andy can track the history on this car back pretty far. I'm pretty sure it has remained local most of its life.

 

yea always getting the neighbor kid to do the dirty work as usual!

 

Definitely was a good time to be a kid when your dad drives one of those eh ?

 

kade yor not going to push it your going to drag it there

 

By the way the motor is almost done as we speak and linkage is going to be fabbed soon hopefully!!!!

 

I stopped over to see our friend Phil who is putting the motor together for Andy. It is coming along nicely. We tested the Mag and it throws a good spark.

The valve covers don't clear the rockers, so I might just stack some gaskets. We need some new Joe Hunt wires, water pump spacers, fuel logs, a balancer and linkage too.

Here's some shots.

 

Roy Clark's Super Picker!!

 

And 2 Arlen Vanke cars on the other side of it.

 

It's going to take an act of god to make this car run in a week when I get home Ryan

 

Yeah... I wasn't sure how to tell you. Glad you figured it out on your own. We can make it look mean as hell in a week though.

 

That doesnt mean it's not going to happen I'm going to bust my *** to get the car running when I get home