Dave Robsons Challenger R/T

steve h · Post by **steve h** » Sun Jun 14, 09 9:35 pm

Looks absolutely gorgeous

Well done

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Jun 15, 09 8:55 am

Thanks guys. Was out at a show at the weekend with it.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Jun 15, 09 9:21 am

Excellent, Dave.

Post by **MattH** » Mon Jun 15, 09 11:01 am

Looking superb, slightly distracting background, i thought someone had put a Royal Navy minder behind the car to keep sticky fingers and belt buckles away from it.

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Mon Jun 15, 09 11:23 am

It looks lovely Dave

being ill over the last year must have been no fun

but I think its allowed you to stave off the Bananarama! to get it on the road type pangs, and hence you've done a couple of things twice and got it just as you want it. i.e you have probably looked at it with 2 mindsets each of which will have been critical in a different way.

I've never been to a NATS where Mr R has a car....

you are coming arn't ya

Dave

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Mon Jun 15, 09 12:49 pm

That's why he has an overdrive Dave, so he can afford the gas!

Looking superb Mister R and those wheels look just right!

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Jun 15, 09 12:52 pm

Dave999 wrote: being ill over the last year must have been no fun

2.5 years and counting. Although there does not seem like much is left wrong with me now.

I will be at the Nats I hope.

Only problems with the car seem to be this persistent leak from the trans (although it is only a slight leak now) and also keeping the trans cool (I need a better trans cooler).

Guy · Post by **Guy** » Mon Jun 15, 09 3:59 pm

Dave wrote: Only problems with the car seem to be this persistent leak from the trans (although it is only a slight leak now) and also keeping the trans cool (I need a better trans cooler).

I had an issue keeping the trans cool on the Cuda, after fitting a new converter and Grinner valve body which had increased the line pressures , I fitted a large cooler with large tubes in place connected to the trans with -6 lines and still the temp would climb mainly if I been cruising above 65mph. Blue suggested that I lag the cooler lines next to the headers and exhaust that helped a bit but didn't really make much difference to my problem. Someone, I cant remember who suggested that I restrict the cooler line on the return side to slow the fluid down in the cooler. So I gave it a go and fitted a small restrictor in the return and bingo cooling issues went away. The problem all along had been the fluids were being forced through the cooler too fast and were not being given time to cool.

This may not be your problem Dave but it may save someone else going through the oain I went through trying to sort it .

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Jun 15, 09 4:52 pm

The actual run of pipe through the cooler is not very long. That is probably my problem. I would have to slow the flow down to a stop to get cooled in that.

I thought all along it might not be good enough for the job but was assured it would be.
I should have trusted my own judgment.

MilesnMiles · Post by **MilesnMiles** » Mon Jun 15, 09 4:59 pm

'I should have trusted my own judgement'

Dave, you normally do!!

Great to see you and the car back on the road again.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Jun 15, 09 5:03 pm

Very nice indeed

That looks sweet, Dave well done

time to enjoy it now

.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Jun 15, 09 6:49 pm

a few more from the Morpeth fair weekend;

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Jun 15, 09 6:57 pm

just a couple more;

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Jun 15, 09 8:46 pm

Thanks mate.

You can see from the lack of distortion in the reflections that Matty Stocks did a good job getting the body straight.

Mick70RR · Post by **Mick70RR** » Mon Jun 15, 09 9:03 pm

Looks great Dave. Did you refit the overdrive switch and lights in your own bracket, and what's the other switches for?