{"id":38077,"date":"2020-05-11T19:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T23:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=38077"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:22:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:22:58","slug":"flower-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/owners-clubs\/2020\/05\/flower-power.html","title":{"rendered":"Flower Power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Don Fielder of Nashville, Tennessee, sees a window of\nopportunity open up, he’s the first to jump through it, even if it means rolling\nover a few flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flashback to two years ago. Fielder stumbled across a Chrysler 300C with a\n78,000-mile, 5.7L HEMI\u00ae<\/sup> engine inside. He bought it and built a high-performance\nreplacement for his 2006 Dodge Charger R\/T \u2013 a project he worked on with High Horse\nPerformance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the engine done, he was ready to swap old for new. But wait.\nWhere? With all of the local shops closed, and without so much as a paved\ndriveway to steady a jack, Fielder had to get crafty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He borrowed his friend\u2019s engine hoist (and his assistance) and\ndrove his Charger through his wife’s flower garden onto the back patio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the course of four days, Fielder proceeded to do the swap with old school flare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 1: He jacked the car, put it on stands and disconnected the\nO.E. engine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 2: He removed the hood, pulled the engine and installed the\nPro Torque 2800 stall converter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 3: He brought the short block out, installed it in the engine\nbay, and bolted the engine to the trans and frame rails. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 4: With help from his friends and one of his sons, they put\nthe rest of the engine together, including installing the heads with the\nDynatech long tube headers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The engine, complete with Wiseco 11 to 1 pistons, and a HHP\/BES\ncustom grind Competition cam with 528 lift and 268 duration, started right up\nand, according to Fielder, sounded GREAT! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"2006<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And that’s good, because we have a feeling that sometime soon, his\nwife will be sending him and his souped-up short block back to the flower store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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