Stormer's 73 Imperial Build

Hard to explain, guess it has lots to do with when I was a youngster, spending so much time in the back seats of various mopars.....my very first car was a mopar....I was 17.. 72 Dodge Charger...my dad bought it for me. My buddies had mopars in college.........It's just in my blood I suppose.
 
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I was surprised to learn of Stans lack of brand loyalty. When it comes to cars I think most people have brand loyalty.....or they used to
 
Brand loyalty is not what it used to be. With a small-town/rural background at least in these areas it was at least as much loyalty to the dealership, which bore the name of the guy who actually dealt with you behind the counter. This is pretty much displaced by "anonymous factory outlets" of frightening uniformity in design and attitude and quick-changing personnell.

I'm not very attached to any concept or manufacturer, there are lots of cars that have raise my sympathies. It's mostly the sleeper or oddball type though, not always the way of "snarl softly and carry a big stick" but low series low optioned with exceptional condition. Got only one hardtop left, the rest are post sedans.
 
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Brand loyalty is a difficult animal. My Dad introduced me to Mopar's at an early age. Everyone in my family (including my 7 siblings) and my Ma had Mopar's. After the early 80's there hasn't been anything Mopar that interested me. To present day models.........still isn't anything except Ram trucks. When I was overseas, I had foreign models most of the time...not too many car lots with Chrysler's on them. Yes, I did have a "green" BMW. They were cheap and abundant. I did buy a brand new 1989 Z-28, delivered to Germany with free shipping and drove it there for 4 years and brought it back to the states. What Mopar choice was available then...........an effing K-car? I'll admit that upon my return to the U.S. I had a few non Mopar project cars that I ended up losing vast amounts of money when I decided to get rid of the fleet and get a Mopar classic. Moving to recent years. In 2007, I wanted a new truck....my wife wanted a Nissan. So what do you think happened there? I presently have a Nissan crew cab, 4whl drive, 32v all aluminum V8 (which ironically is a 340 ci), 6 bolt bottom end......that's dependable and faster than a Ram.
I do like the new Ram trucks.....and no I'm not buying a new truck.
 
polara71 said:
I was surprised to learn of Stans lack of brand loyalty. When it comes to cars I think most people have brand loyalty.....or they used to
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I am not going to lie. I eat, drink, and sleep C-bodies because I was handed down so many of them. Had my father been a Chevy, Ford, whatever, man, history would have been different. My deep attachment to them is because they are what I know best. I love BB's because I have torn them apart and know every mistake you can make. I can't remember how to build a SB.
At this point in my life, I'm not about to learn all about the true love of my life, a 1961 Ford Starliner, 390 and a 4 speed.
I don't want to start over and start from scratch.
I see the beauty of many cars regardless of make. Even Ramblers.

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Well since we are off subject I have a very odd fleet of cars. The first one basically makes since. I have a '73 MGB that I bought when it was 10 years old and only 20,000 miles with my own money. My Dad had a '71 MGB. I still have this car with 83,000 miles and have driven it every summer that I have owned it. I have a '04 Sprinter Van for my business nothing else like available in the States.

Now this is where things changed. I went to Germany in '95 drove an Audi A4 loved it. Several years later I a bought what I call a poor man's Audi a '01 VW Passat. Then my bucket list car last summer, I went back to Germany and bought a new 3 series BMW wagon with a 6-speed manual transmission.

Now I have my 300. This fits in to always wanting a big block engine that I can play with and being at the right place at the right time. As you can see no brand loyalty here I love them all. Just a general car nut. I guess if there is anything common with these vehicles it is they are rather uncommon, with the exception of the VW. Even though there are alot of Sprinter vans out there mine is painted blue.

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I own 2 Dodges, a Chevy & a motor home on a Ford chassis (V10 by the way & it pulls my 31' motor home through the mountains without breaking a sweat). I root for the Dodges in NASCAR & I root for the Dodges at the drag strip. I love American muscle cars & I appreciate full size rwd cars, much like commando.

Sorry zymurgy but the European cars just aren't my taste. I just went to a really cool car show in Dublin though that was mostly lambo & Ferrari.
 
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Sorry zymurgy but the European cars just aren't my taste. I just went to a really cool car show in Dublin though that was mostly lambo & Ferrari.
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I don't like much from Europe in the 60-70. I liked the 60's Britsh body styles but most are well under powered. That's way I added a little boost to my MG. I know it's not a c-body I won't let it happen again.
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I was always partial to Mopars in the '70s even though our family only owned one during that time, the '71 Monaco. When it came time for me to start buying cars I had a very mixed bag. The closest I came to buying one was a '76 Chryser New Yorker I test drove in 1990 or so; a good-condition survivor, but just too big for me. My daily driver at the moment is a 2011 Buick Regal Turbo, a great car. A decade ago I was partial to the LH cars but never ended up buying one. I have to confess I didn't care for much of what Chrysler put out once Daimler took them over, and their current stuff doesn't thrill me much.
 
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I don't like much from Europe in the 60-70. I liked the 60's Britsh body styles but most are well under powered. That's way I added a little boost to my MG. I know it's not a c-body I won't let it happen again.
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You bolted the supercharger on yourself? How do you tune it & adjust for fuel, etc.?
 
Stormer said:
You bolted the supercharger on yourself? How do you tune it & adjust for fuel, etc.?
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I was a weekend job that turned into winter/spring job. I didn't get the car on the road until June 1. It was a whole package superchager, carb, new alternator and water pump. I had the distributor rebuilt to match the performance of the SC.

What took so long is I pulled the engine degreased. Removed everything form the engine bay including the brake lines. Sprayed and cleared it. I then took a 5-speed out of a 280Z along with everything that is involved with that changed out the old 4-speed. Then the last thing I did was a complete brake job because everything in the front locked up when I removed the brake lines and the back was past due to rebuild.

It purrs like a kitten. I have had it on there for 3 years and never touched the carb or distributor after the initial tune-up.

Here is a before photo. Completely stock.

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Man that is a sweet little engine upgrade...Don't care who you are, and who you like as a brand, that there SC on that little motor is SCHAWEEET!!! And beautiful detail work too...Well done!!
 
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Did you have to pin the crank? How much boost?
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This is a low boost only 4lbs. It is designed to run with an unmodified engine. I have never had any lower work done on the engine, but when I do there are several guys that beef everything up and are running 8lbs. I can change just the pulleys and get 6lbs and I hear still won't add any real stress to the engine.

I am happy with the way it is right now. It dramatically changed this anemic engine. It added 42hp and about 50 torque. The original engine puts out about 100hp so quite a difference, and the power is there in the low rpms, and you gotta love that SC whistle. I have got some puzzled looks from that, like they're thinking that can't be what I think it is, it must be some British part going bad.
 
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