dch-65
Well-Known Member
Project Car Plans
Hope it's OK to post this on your site.
I am writing this to introduce myself to this group. I have started a project to turn a 77AspenSe into a mild street rod. The following are my plans for the car with a completion date of spring of 2012.
I live in NY 25 miles south of Buffalo in a very rural area called locally the Snow Belt. I have built some cars for NHRA racing in the early 70’s that were very completive in stock & super stock classes(can’t say car make or you will throw me off the site) but family and job requirements put an end to that. Have the time now to build something so I have started the 1977 Aspen SE Project car.
Goals
- This car will be a street car that will be driven on a very limited basis. It will not be a daily driver.
- I will retain the stock interior which is in perfect shape.
- I would like to keep the exterior completely stock with the exception of tires & wheels.
- Retain power steering and power brakes. Car will be stored winters and will run on 93 octane pump gas.
- It should produce 400 to 425 flywheel HP and peak HP at under 6000RPM. Mainly looking for a lot of low end torque.
- I want something that will idle decent, don’t want to have to put it in “N” to keep it running at every traffic light
- Will not be a drag strip car but might want to take it for a couple of passes just to see what it will do. Would like to have a car that can run through exhaust in high 12’s.
Set Up & Schedule
Rear & Front End (Completed)
8 ¼” unit from 78 super coupe with rear sway bar; auburn sure grip and 3.55 gears.
HD springs and eliminate iso-pad assembly Firm Feel Inc. parts
FFI urethane oval & rear bushings for mounting springs
KYB gas-a just shocks front & rear
FFI stage 2 steering box
FFI aluminum body to “K” frame mounts
Transmission(Completed)
998/904 with 2400 to 2600 stall torque converter,
Engine (Fall 2011)
318CI stroked to 390CI.
Compression to be 10 to 1 or less
Edelbrock Magnum aluminum heads (not ported)
Comp cam specs to be determined
Edelbrock Air Gap intake with Holley carb
Machine work and dyno break in by KTR Racing Engines
TTI headers through “X” pipes and Flowmaster mufflers
New wheels and tires. Largest 15” wheels and tires that the car will handle.
Paint(Winter 2012)
Repaint with exactly the same paint scheme
Well that’s about it. This is the first Mopar I have owned so just about everything is new to me.
Pictures of the original car when I found it are attached. I will try to update site as work progresses.
Thanks for your time,
Dave
Hope it's OK to post this on your site.
I am writing this to introduce myself to this group. I have started a project to turn a 77AspenSe into a mild street rod. The following are my plans for the car with a completion date of spring of 2012.
I live in NY 25 miles south of Buffalo in a very rural area called locally the Snow Belt. I have built some cars for NHRA racing in the early 70’s that were very completive in stock & super stock classes(can’t say car make or you will throw me off the site) but family and job requirements put an end to that. Have the time now to build something so I have started the 1977 Aspen SE Project car.
Goals
- This car will be a street car that will be driven on a very limited basis. It will not be a daily driver.
- I will retain the stock interior which is in perfect shape.
- I would like to keep the exterior completely stock with the exception of tires & wheels.
- Retain power steering and power brakes. Car will be stored winters and will run on 93 octane pump gas.
- It should produce 400 to 425 flywheel HP and peak HP at under 6000RPM. Mainly looking for a lot of low end torque.
- I want something that will idle decent, don’t want to have to put it in “N” to keep it running at every traffic light
- Will not be a drag strip car but might want to take it for a couple of passes just to see what it will do. Would like to have a car that can run through exhaust in high 12’s.
Set Up & Schedule
Rear & Front End (Completed)
8 ¼” unit from 78 super coupe with rear sway bar; auburn sure grip and 3.55 gears.
HD springs and eliminate iso-pad assembly Firm Feel Inc. parts
FFI urethane oval & rear bushings for mounting springs
KYB gas-a just shocks front & rear
FFI stage 2 steering box
FFI aluminum body to “K” frame mounts
Transmission(Completed)
998/904 with 2400 to 2600 stall torque converter,
Engine (Fall 2011)
318CI stroked to 390CI.
Compression to be 10 to 1 or less
Edelbrock Magnum aluminum heads (not ported)
Comp cam specs to be determined
Edelbrock Air Gap intake with Holley carb
Machine work and dyno break in by KTR Racing Engines
TTI headers through “X” pipes and Flowmaster mufflers
New wheels and tires. Largest 15” wheels and tires that the car will handle.
Paint(Winter 2012)
Repaint with exactly the same paint scheme
Well that’s about it. This is the first Mopar I have owned so just about everything is new to me.
Pictures of the original car when I found it are attached. I will try to update site as work progresses.
Thanks for your time,
Dave