Well guys just got back from a litlle over 3K miles round trip to Mopar Nationals. Had a ton of fun and met up with a lot of old buddies. Had zero issues on the trip but some before and after. I finished the car up toward the end of last year and decided for the build to put a dual diaphram pressure plate it in. Bad idea clutch was killer on my leg in traffic, broke two clutch cables and hated the feel of it. I decided to swap it out and finished two days before the drive to Ohio. Was out doing some road testing the night before the trip and pegged the water temp high. Come to find out the factory crimped CSR electric waterpump wire was not crimped into the connector well. Recrimped it and headed home, backed the car into the garage and the rear tire was going flat. I thought damn this is not good before a 1400 miles trip! I soldered the connections and found it was the valve stem leaking. Had that replaced and had a flawless trip up, around and back down to FL. Backed the car in the garage last night and had a right front going down, dumb luck I know. Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good. Ends up the valve stem is leaking on it too. My best guess is while the tires were setting for a little over four years doing the build they dry rotted inside? Makes me wonder about the general condition of the tires too. I am going to have all the valve stems replaced and go from there. I used road wrap for the trip and I am very pleased with the product! It is stronger than it looks, goes on very easy and did not pull any paint or stripes off when I removed it. I will say that it is not real pretty, but very functional. This is a great replacement for the blue tape on track days. It does have to go on a clean vehicle and some did peel off, I just kept a razor and trimmed it when I stopped for gas. Speaking of gas I managed to pull 36 MPG on the highway with cruise control set (will not boost while cruise is set) Enough babbling here are some pics. The Challenger, Cuda and Road Runner were some of my buddies that I met up with in WV.
P.S. There is a Mustang guy in one of the pictures, we will see if he chimes in.....
P.S. There is a Mustang guy in one of the pictures, we will see if he chimes in.....
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