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by octanejunkie
Fri Dec 12, 14 10:38 am
Forum: The Mopar Lounge
Topic: Without factory stripes?
Replies: 17
Views: 869

They look best in yellow too. :working:
by octanejunkie
Fri Dec 12, 14 10:34 am
Forum: The Mopar Lounge
Topic: Without factory stripes?
Replies: 17
Views: 869

Agree wholeheartedly! Lol
by octanejunkie
Fri Dec 12, 14 9:05 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: My 74 Plymouth thread
Replies: 56
Views: 4207

Not much i can do about it, as the main portion of the stripe is painted, so it will be staying, "factory" correct or not. Lol

Will be doing something about the gay "383" purple decal on the bonnet. Will paint that infill, then adapt a 71 decal i think.
by octanejunkie
Fri Dec 12, 14 7:09 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: My 74 Plymouth thread
Replies: 56
Views: 4207

I like this car, but something is wrong with that stripe. I'm not usually a rivet counter but check this pic for correct application http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Archive/Event/Item/1974-PLYMOUTH-ROAD-RUNNER-COUPE-45354 Yes, quite right. The previous owner applied the stripe. When the car arrived ...
by octanejunkie
Thu Dec 11, 14 4:49 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: My 74 Plymouth thread
Replies: 56
Views: 4207

My 74 Plymouth thread

Well, i'd better start a thread on here, as parts are arriving, so it'll be in the workshop soon for a refresh. Was supposed to be this week, but my mate is having a new lift installed, and it went a bit pear shaped. No bad thing, as theres still some crucial bits i'm waiting for. Anyway, here are a...
by octanejunkie
Thu Dec 11, 14 1:59 pm
Forum: The Mopar Lounge
Topic: Car Shipping Question
Replies: 21
Views: 2451

Been reading about importing, and theres some conflicting info out there. Simple question.. Buy car in California or therabouts for $10,000 dollars. What would be a realistic ball park figure, all in, to have it transported, registered and legal, sat on the drive in the UK? I know this may vary a li...
by octanejunkie
Thu Dec 11, 14 8:52 am
Forum: The Mopar Lounge
Topic: EARLY MOPAR NATS ON DVD
Replies: 6
Views: 788

I found an old VHS tape in my loft the other day from a trip i took there in 1997! Also found photos from 1998 when i took my old "Strasky and Hutch" painted Mk3 Cortina up there. I got wasted and was jumping it over mounds on the edge of one of the fields on the Saturday night. Then i got...
by octanejunkie
Wed Dec 10, 14 5:44 pm
Forum: General Stuff
Topic: Award winning advert
Replies: 3
Views: 294

Award winning advert

Does this win an award for the worst pictures in a car ad ever!? Lol :lol:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C567155
by octanejunkie
Wed Dec 10, 14 5:33 pm
Forum: Engine, Carburation & Electrics
Topic: Ethanol free 100 octane Leaded fuel by mail order...
Replies: 8
Views: 659

That company must be owned by Mr Burns.
Literally no one is going to buy that.. :roll:
by octanejunkie
Tue Dec 09, 14 3:15 pm
Forum: Member's Car Show
Topic: She's arrived! My Plymouth Superbird.
Replies: 137
Views: 50395

Thats an amazing Super Bird! Must have cost mega bucks. Hope you use it. Look forward to seeing it in the flesh some day. Noticed someone said about doing the school run in it. Lol I used to take my daughter to school in my old bandit Trans Am when she was small. She loved it. She's been a muscle ca...
by octanejunkie
Tue Dec 09, 14 2:25 pm
Forum: Engine, Carburation & Electrics
Topic: Emission control removal.
Replies: 1
Views: 214

Most of it doesn't have any effect on performance. The only thing worth doing away with is the TCS system.
It does all look a bit untidy, but doesn't do any harm.
If its got smog stuff on it, then the biggest performance drop comes from low compression engines that came in around 1972 onwards.
by octanejunkie
Tue Dec 09, 14 12:09 pm
Forum: The Mopar Lounge
Topic: Gas Prices
Replies: 26
Views: 1359

Don't get used to it. Opec countries had a crisis meeting the other week and discussed cutting supply to keep demand up. At this particular moment in time they haven't done anything about it, but you can bet that if it drops too far, Opec will just turn off the taps. Our taxing system is the problem...
by octanejunkie
Tue Dec 09, 14 10:03 am
Forum: Engine, Carburation & Electrics
Topic: Exhaust manifold blow
Replies: 6
Views: 745

Has cast Manifolds from a 70 Challenger on it! Car is a real "bitsa"
by octanejunkie
Tue Dec 09, 14 9:59 am
Forum: Engine, Carburation & Electrics
Topic: Spitting flat spots and timing
Replies: 13
Views: 1745

The problem is that manifold vacuum is so high it just sucks full advance straight away and then ticks over very lumpy when running from that carb base port. Stick your thumb over it and it really tries to suck your skin off! Lol With it plugged, i get a nice even 800 rpm idle. I'll have another fid...
by octanejunkie
Tue Dec 09, 14 9:26 am
Forum: Engine, Carburation & Electrics
Topic: Spitting flat spots and timing
Replies: 13
Views: 1745

Its running on its idle circuit ok, as when you wind the screw in, it dies. The vacuum is being taken off the base of the carb. there is another port further up the carb which has been blocked off, i'll try it from there. The carb is a normal aftermarket Holley 750. Its running on a Weiand stealth c...