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Vintage NASCAR Monte Carlo Build: Dodge R5P7 Engine Install with Doug Richert! (Part 1)

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What happens here

The presenter proudly displays the completed front ductwork, showing how it's integrated into the nose of the car. He points out the various pieces he fabricated and installed, including the top piece with its mesh grill and the inner curved panels. He emphasizes the effectiveness of simple tools and ingenuity in achieving professional results. He also shows the installed radiator and expresses his excitement for the ongoing project. He ends the video by teasing future parts that will cover getting the car running and its first track test.

Goal: Complete the front-end assembly, showcase the finished ductwork, and recap the overall progress.

Tools and materials

  • Completed Ductwork Assembly N/A — Final aerodynamic and cooling component
  • Radiator Visteon — Cooling the engine

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following the plane of each one then I will hold that in here with some cleos and make my top piece which should be held in with some cam locks once I have the top piece in then we will do the side pieces you following me is just making sense leave a comment if you have any questions I'll try to help you understand it better but it's helpful to have this other nose here that uh Jeff gave me when I bought this car from him um obviously mine does not need to be this complicated but but it can give you a general idea of the same thing of what's going on in here now they would have a piece of metal built into the nose which honestly would make my life easier if I did that it' be more rigid but they' also have these carbon inserts that they would just stick right in there and rivet them in I don't have that luxury so I have to make it out of metal but yeah you can see why they would have put a piece in there to help this be a little stronger oh well highight is 2020 this is the first time doing this stuff and I'm kind of learning as I go I'm sure I'll learn some other hard lessons along the way but that's part of the process you can't do everything right the first time I sure did learn a lot making this duct work one of the things I learned or some

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