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Engine Disassembly & Continued Inspection

7:08
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Richard Petty Tribute 1972 Dodge Charger Needs Help to Race Again! (It Has Serious Problems)

What happens here

With the car on stands, the team begins to dislodge the existing engine. This involves removing the strut brace, which requires using wrenches to loosen and remove bolts. The exhaust headers are also targeted for removal, revealing how they were improperly smashed to create clearance for the steering shaft. Further inspection uncovers a homemade battery cover fashioned from diamond plate, WeatherTech material, and a NAPA mudflap, along with numerous patches and excessive caulk application throughout the car's body.

Goal: Remove initial engine bay components and identify more structural issues.

Tools and materials

  • Diamond Plate — Part of the improvised battery cover
  • NAPA Mudflap NAPA — Part of the improvised battery cover
  • Race Car — The primary vehicle for the project
  • WeatherTech Mat WeatherTech — Part of the improvised battery cover
  • Wire Cutters — Cutting zip ties and wires
  • Wrenches — Loosening and removing bolts from engine components
  • Caulk/Sealant — Observed as a filler/sealant in various parts of the car

What they say

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can you see that beat it to fit it still rubs on the shaft that's funny it's fine we don't need horsepower we're both racing the same car so slow is slow and slow we need some wire cutters to cut this so we can get this truck out of here this thing's pretty wedged in here we can there we go pull that out [Music] oh yeah guys spider ah where'd he go i can't find it a barn side battery cover that was insulated with weathertech and then a napa mud flap was in there oh man 2018 this is new it's a new car so we just made a discovery here the most legit thing on this car yeah it is i can tell he signed it because you can see the marks going across the ink over like that if it was printed it wouldn't do that yeah but that's i mean that's yeah because right here you can see where the marks and the ink are all going yeah that's that's a legit sign now did he just sign a sticker and they put it on there or did they probably sign a stick yeah cool not knowing it was going to go on to this uh wonderful masterpiece yeah eight feet they were going to hold this on by double-sided foam oh yeah definitely that would work they realized it wasn't going to fit that's hilarious gosh like this is [ __ ] this is like shower [ __ ] this should be sponsored by joel's boy it's all cocked up really we found [ __ ] shower cloth oh my gosh and it was this insulation foam or something that goes like between like behind drywall that was just so they'd have to build it because they made it yeah oh wow yikes there's [ __ ] all over it's like they that's like they painted over the clock painted [ __ ] yeah his how much of this cage is welded and how much [ __ ] yeah all right look how big i see oh my god richard petty car at least we have bug screen in here too yeah hey but it's riveted i mean they bead rolled this and then zip tied it in there how do you have a bead roller but not like a break to do this nicely i don't i don't know i'm just chilling there's actual shock or is it something on this side it's just flat and then there's clock holding it on this one they ran out of [ __ ] the included fire suit actually fits me how is this how's this possible here you look more like an astronaut am i blocking anything important on the car yeah it's the number i don't want to block the numbers yeah i don't want to block the 43 we're guests bud you know you need the feather hat oh yeah that's my original pose hat got some more…

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