Plan for my 70 Challenger Convertible

[TripleBlk70]

Right now my thumbnail pic shows the state of the '70 convertible I bought, but my plan is to bring it back to life in a classic style with black paint and chrome etc like the pic below. My car has a shaker hood, which is super cool but otherwise I love the classic lines and style of how these cars came from the factory. I plan to put a 440 in mine, with a FiTech 6-pack on top, probably with a 727 although I do have a Tremec 6 speed I could use if I really wanted to go that route.

BTW, the car below is a 1970 Challenger Convertible that sold @ auction earlier this month for $122,000.

I briefly considered doing something similar to the hardtop below, and while I think restomods have their place, that look isn't for me - for my challenger.

 

[cuda joe]

beautiful car triple black i would consider a small block to keep the weight down in the front since the back is so light a better balanced car better handling

 

[6PKRTSE]

Beware of Fitech. We have used dozens of their kits with countless issues. ECM's, connectors, electrical/electronics etc. Cheap Chinese everything. Throw it all away and build all of your own harnesses with quality grade Deutsche type water tight connections and wiring.

 

[don selleck]

run from Fitech IMO

 

[TripleBlk70]

Well in the time since I first posted this I decided to go with a (late model) 392 hemi & 8spd trans. It's from a 2020 scat pack challenger and (for me) will be the right balance of HP/torque and drivability.

Regarding FiTech, it never ceases to amaze me how raising that name brings out the daggers. Seems like there's a lot of vocal opposition to them, and not just here. All I can say is my last build was a 55 chevy with a built 350 small block, and I put a FiTech system up top after comparing them to the Sniper (at the time). The system worked great out of the box and I've had no issues in ~5 years with it. Based on that experience I would use their product again if needed.

To the point about wiring, I actually do all my own wiring and am more than a bit anal retentive about it so maybe that played a role in why I didn't have any issues. Regardless, since I'm going with the 392 I obviously won't be going the FiTech 6-pack route.

 

[don selleck]

just our opinion of what we have ran across. I had a fitech 3x2 looked cool, ran ok hard to keep tuned. have seen alot better results from the newer holley products, good luck.