more fun with the dodge

Post by **GlassWolf** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 2:20 pm

well I promised to add pics as the job moves along. that one above is a rough block in after bodywork (it was messy under all the primer.. the car had more damage than I realized, and it was poorly fixed, so it's done right this time.)
here's the other side, as a "before" pic. Getting to this side later this week:

joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:16 pm

Jonathan wrote:Yeah, I had that problem with the 67 Mustang I had with the 427 SOHC in it. I welded solid plate at the rocker panel (below the door) up to the cowl of the car. Then I welded in plate on both front and rear torque boxes. Fabricated a new outside frame rail that ran the length of the car, and made a joining plate to tie that in with both inside frame rails. Last thing was end caps for the joining plate. It strengthed the car a ton. I probably could have gotten a little fancier by adding some cross bracing.

Dunno how the Chargers are set up, though.

you had a cammer jonathan!?! sweet!! those things were rated from factory with like 627hp, but actually had more than that usually!! awesome motor, worth lots of money to!!! you still have it, or did you sell it to fund a stereo? lol that would get you like 5 13w7's with 5 jl1000.1's and some BE 3-ways...and a bunch of other stuff!

joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:19 pm

by the way glass, keep posting pics of progress!! looks great so far. wish i had the money to fix mine up....

EDIT: accepting loans or gifts of money. preferably gifts!

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:23 pm

joeyc wrote:you had a cammer jonathan!?! sweet!! those things were rated from factory with like 627hp, but actually had more than that usually!! awesome motor, worth lots of money to!!! you still have it, or did you sell it to fund a stereo? lol that would get you like 5 13w7's with 5 jl1000.1's and some BE 3-ways...and a bunch of other stuff!

Found it in a Mercury Comet in a local junkyard. I nearly shat myself when I saw it

I ended up porting and polishing the heads, new carbs (note the plural tense), had a local custom grind some bigger cams for it

. Ended up getting kicked out of Atlanta dragway b/c I didn't have a rollbar, it ran a 10.97 on the first pass

I really wish I knew what that thing would have done with further modification, that motor was plain out sick.

joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:48 pm

what happened to it??!!??

joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:49 pm

they had sodium filled valves for weight-loss purposes. thats one of the first things ppl replace

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:09 am

Any updates on the charger???

Post by **GlassWolf** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 6:56 pm

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:23 am

Hehe.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:18 am

new front suspension is in.

Front and rear G-Tech anti-sway bars with polyurethane bushings
Front and rear KYB adjustable gas shocks
Billet control arms and torsion bars
Upper & Lower Ball Joints
Inner & Outer Tie Rod Ends
Idler Arm
Graphite Impregnated Polyurethane Bushings
Upper & Lower Control Arm Bushings
Outer Metal Shells
Sway Bar Bushing Kit with Brackets
End Link Bushings with Hardware
Polyurethane Tie Rod Boots
Polyurethane Ball Joint Boots
Upper & Lower Control Arm Bumpers

I'll try to get some pics of it this week, while the engine is still out of it.