Author: RB.Challenger73

73 Challenger 318 Restoration

Almost 2 years ago i traded in my BMW for a 73 number matching Challenger with some work.

I let a friens of mine who’s a mechanic check the car and found out that 2 cilinders have low compression issues. After consideration i decided to first fix the engine before starting on the other things i would like to restore. It quickly become clear that i want a perfect engine so a total revision became the outcome. The engine is removed and checked as we speak, the complete engine get’s checked…

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318 LA Build specs

Before i start about the engine specs i wanne say that i got a number matching car. I’m not engine swapping the car or replacing the trans. I’m Dutch so be gentle if i make mistakes English isn’t my first language. Also i’m quite new to american cars and i don’t much about specs.

History
The engine is getting rebuild and fully cleaned and inspected, but i wanne add some hp to make it more impressive to drive. I drove the car a couple of times and find out the car was running gd on 6…

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New guy from the Netherlands

Hello everyone,

My name is Rick and as u can see from the title i’m from the Netherlands. As u can imagine English isn’t my first language so please be gentle if i mistype.

I bought a 73 challenger with a 318 and 727 trans about a year ago. My plan is restoring it with the original engine and trans due to the fact it’s a number matching car.

The engine is getting restored and cleaned up as we speak, i wanne add some hp but i talk about that in the correct forum section.

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