Gringo's Charger.

R.RUNNER · Post by **R.RUNNER** » Sat Apr 11, 09 8:15 pm

Well............................................how did it go????????

MilesnMiles · Post by **MilesnMiles** » Sat Apr 11, 09 10:13 pm

c'mon, c'mon...what happened?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Apr 11, 09 10:16 pm

Probably still out there chasin wireing problems.

Come on Gringo , you got it running yet?

Rogue Trooper · Post by **Rogue Trooper** » Sun Apr 12, 09 9:50 am

Probably OD'd on coffee being up all night, somebody go round and get him off his garage floor,

Gringo · Post by **Gringo** » Mon Apr 13, 09 8:16 pm

YEAH, IT'S THERE!

Didn't go to plan on saturday (as you could probably tell). Chasing wiring problems most the day, and forgot to seal the header bolts in so had a few coolant leaks. Got on with it again today, and got the wiring tidied up a bit, but still needs more work. Initially had the dizzy in 180 deg out. Sorted that, and then it fired up. Good oil pressure, phew. Engine sounds sweet. Header gaskets leaking like a bugger on one side. Got it timed up, and set the carb. Went for a quick spin round the block, and it goes ok. Need to get a bigger battery. The original isn't man enough for the job with the higher compression ratio. Need to get the headers bolted up better on one side. All the rest of the wiring issues seem to be under the dash now. So it's there, but more work needed before I can really see what it's like. But I'm a happy bunny...

the dodge · Post by **the dodge** » Mon Apr 13, 09 8:20 pm

well done,

see you at the next sun inn meet then

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Apr 13, 09 8:25 pm

Well done Gringo.

Don't go spending yer $$$ on batteries just yet , if she cranks over ok with the coil lead disconnected then i'd be lookin elsewhere.

Gringo · Post by **Gringo** » Mon Apr 13, 09 8:31 pm

the dodge wrote:well done,

see you at the next sun inn meet then

Fingers crossed.

Gringo · Post by **Gringo** » Mon Apr 13, 09 9:44 pm

Brutus wrote:Well done Gringo.

Don't go spending yer $$$ on batteries just yet , if she cranks over ok with the coil lead disconnected then i'd be lookin elsewhere.

I will double check, but all day I've needed to jump it off the daily. Doesn't seem to matter where the timing was. I was assuming because I've gone from a very tired 383, with bugger all compression, that going to a 440 with around 10.5 to 1 compression, the battery would struggle?

Rogue Trooper · Post by **Rogue Trooper** » Tue Apr 14, 09 10:02 am

Gringo well done

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Apr 14, 09 10:19 am

Looks great Gringo, well done.

Not sure if you have one fitted but everyone who's fitted a mini starter says they fire up a motor much easier. Smaller and lighter and less drain on the battery.

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charger01 · Post by **charger01** » Tue Apr 14, 09 12:03 pm

33 Plymouth wrote:

Looks great Gringo, well done.

Not sure if you have one fitted but everyone who's fitted a mini starter says they fire up a motor much easier. Smaller and lighter and less drain on the battery.

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Got one on mine and it does spin it round a hell of alot faster.Well done on the motor

Gringo · Post by **Gringo** » Tue Apr 14, 09 4:39 pm

33 Plymouth wrote:

Looks great Gringo, well done.

Not sure if you have one fitted but everyone who's fitted a mini starter says they fire up a motor much easier. Smaller and lighter and less drain on the battery.

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I'll have a look into a mini starter. I thought they were just for header clearance, but if they work better it might be an option.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Apr 14, 09 5:06 pm

you can come to WROUGHTON now then mate

Gringo · Post by **Gringo** » Tue Apr 14, 09 7:57 pm

PaulW wrote:you can come to WROUGHTON now then mate

Hey Paul, I'm proud of my acheivements under the hood, but I wouldn't want to show the rest of it...

I'll stick with Mopar events, with Mopar people. Joe Public wouldn't understand...