Quote: "While I could write a list a mile long of cars I want, I guess my dream car is a 1970 Dodge Challenger. Of course I'd prefer the 426 hemi, but I'll settle for a 440ci. Green with black stripes. (Pic is of a TA model)
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Great car... unless you were into a numbers matching classic with a cool motor, the 440 would actually be the better engine power wise, but the hemi for the cool factor. Now an even better option would be to go with a 400 block stroked with an offset grind 440 crank or an aftermarket crank. The 400 is much stouter with mains that range from ~1 - 3 inch thick. Some of the thickest out there. Slap on some nice aluminum heads and a high flow intake mild cam... youd have a real screamer.
Im more of a truck man myself... My current truck would be my dream vehicle really (1984 dodge ram 1/2 ton d150) with some mods:
4 link front and rear with jonny joint ends, dual rate coilovers, 38.5 inch interco irocs or a comparable sized bfg crawler or km2 mt tire, unimog 404 axles with the torq tube replaced with a yoke and with a full sized disk brake conversion, atlas 2 transfercase, the above mentioned stroker, Eddy efi or a custom built intake with a mega squirt controller (i know a guy that fabs intakes for these motors!), front clip narrowed and frame chopped and repaced with a tube front end, rear norrowed and shortened and rear axle moved back, the the cab boatsided, and the the belly plated to protect the goodies.. Now thats a ride