Charger
In this photo all of the dash pieces have been covered, but not sure yet if I'm satisfied with the results or if I want to redo.
We're still unsure that we'll need the wheelie bars, but I cleaned them up and detailed them out just in case.
After doing some research on headers for the project, we found the general consensus amongst Mopar B body owners seemed to be that TTI made the best product. Apparently they fit better than Hooker and provide much more ground clearance.
We found this set of used TTi headers online at a site called www.racingjunk.com. They are nickel plated. They were located in Ohio.
After checking into the overall cost of converting our automatic transmission Charger to a newer Viper 5 or 6 speed, we decided that we had more practical options. We found this A833 4-speed in Alabama. A company called PASSON PERFORMANCE sells conversion kits that should be able to turn this into an almost indestructible overdrive that still delivers great overall performance.
Nothing better than a decent multi-spark ignition system to fire things up. This 6 BTM from MSD utilizes a remote switch that will adjust (retard) your ignition timing on a supercharged motor as boost increases. Thus preventing pre-ignition as combustion pressures increase. Awesome. It's another eBay purchase. This one coming from Georgia.
Spence didn't care for the red, blue, orange, red, white and black sticker emblems that were on the MOPAR PERFORMANCE valve covers we bought. So we affixed some chrome R/T's to the area those stickers had been.
We purchased a Lakewood blowproof bellhousing (new) off eBay and saved about $100. Still need lots of other tranny parts to complete the conversion.
In order to switch to a 4-speed we were going to have to change pedal assemblies. The picture on the left is of one we got off eBay that is supposed to be out of another '68 Charger. The right picture is of the same assembly after starting to clean it up.
The blower is back in the car again so that the hood could be further trimmed (now that the carbs are actually there) The brake booster looks like it will need to be replaced. - Didn't realize it before, but 3 of the 4 mounting studs for the master cylinder are broke off.
In this photo all of the dash pieces have been covered, but not sure yet if I'm satisfied with the results or if I want to redo.
We're still unsure that we'll need the wheelie bars, but I cleaned them up and detailed them out just in case.
After doing some research on headers for the project, we found the general consensus amongst Mopar B body owners seemed to be that TTI made the best product. Apparently they fit better than Hooker and provide much more ground clearance.
We found this set of used TTi headers online at a site called www.racingjunk.com. They are nickel plated. They were located in Ohio.
After checking into the overall cost of converting our automatic transmission Charger to a newer Viper 5 or 6 speed, we decided that we had more practical options. We found this A833 4-speed in Alabama. A company called PASSON PERFORMANCE sells conversion kits that should be able to turn this into an almost indestructible overdrive that still delivers great overall performance.
Nothing better than a decent multi-spark ignition system to fire things up. This 6 BTM from MSD utilizes a remote switch that will adjust (retard) your ignition timing on a supercharged motor as boost increases. Thus preventing pre-ignition as combustion pressures increase. Awesome. It's another eBay purchase. This one coming from Georgia.
Spence didn't care for the red, blue, orange, red, white and black sticker emblems that were on the MOPAR PERFORMANCE valve covers we bought. So we affixed some chrome R/T's to the area those stickers had been.
We purchased a Lakewood blowproof bellhousing (new) off eBay and saved about $100. Still need lots of other tranny parts to complete the conversion.
In order to switch to a 4-speed we were going to have to change pedal assemblies. The picture on the left is of one we got off eBay that is supposed to be out of another '68 Charger. The right picture is of the same assembly after starting to clean it up.
The blower is back in the car again so that the hood could be further trimmed (now that the carbs are actually there) The brake booster looks like it will need to be replaced. - Didn't realize it before, but 3 of the 4 mounting studs for the master cylinder are broke off.
