Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
The heat is miserable. The flies are miserable. I'm miserable. No matter how many flies I kill there are ten gazillion more driving me out of my mind.
Instead of working on the instrument cluster we started the day measuring the Roadrunner for a different set of wheels. My son has decided he wants a set of American Racing grey centered torque thrusts and would like to increase the width on the rear. The factory wheels on his car are 7" wide with a 4" backspace. We've got enough room to go an inch to inch & a half wider without clearance problems, I like to keep enough space to allow for rear end movement and sidewall flex. Pushing the limits usually results in some tire rub sooner or later.
He hasn't decided on which tires to get but the size will probably be 275/60s for the back. We fit the spare from the 'Lil Red Express on the back because it was the same size combo as what we were thinking about. There was some extra room but not a lot.
He ordered a billet front yoke for the T-56 from Mark Williams today. We'll probably have Spider Prososki (out of Duncan, Nebraska) make the driveshaft.
Still no blower parts ordered yet. Spence has been trying unsuccessfully to contact Ken Black for the head/intake manifold specs so we'll be sure to get the right stuff.
We started looking at the kits from Painless Wiring so we could determine whether or not I need to weld up the factory hole for the harness. Then the discussion turned to an argument about whether or not I should modify the original heater box for ducting vents. He's determined that the Charger won't have air conditioning or a heater but willing to concede the need for a fresh air vent. My plan was to cut down the factory enclosure and use it to connect the various duct-work to the defrost vents and the dash outlets. I'd also like to see a multi-speed fan setup incorporated.
He thinks I should start from scratch and just have a single speed fan motor. No matter how much I stressed the difference in difficulty of starting from scratch compared with taking advantage of existing parts, he wouldn't listen. Finally I told him that if he wanted to design a system I would build it.
I don't see why he can't understand that I'll have to copy much of what is already there in order to tie into the cowl inlets and the dash outlets. It's frustrating when someone not doing the work is telling you how to do it.
The heat is miserable. The flies are miserable. I'm miserable. No matter how many flies I kill there are ten gazillion more driving me out of my mind.
Instead of working on the instrument cluster we started the day measuring the Roadrunner for a different set of wheels. My son has decided he wants a set of American Racing grey centered torque thrusts and would like to increase the width on the rear. The factory wheels on his car are 7" wide with a 4" backspace. We've got enough room to go an inch to inch & a half wider without clearance problems, I like to keep enough space to allow for rear end movement and sidewall flex. Pushing the limits usually results in some tire rub sooner or later.
He hasn't decided on which tires to get but the size will probably be 275/60s for the back. We fit the spare from the 'Lil Red Express on the back because it was the same size combo as what we were thinking about. There was some extra room but not a lot.
He ordered a billet front yoke for the T-56 from Mark Williams today. We'll probably have Spider Prososki (out of Duncan, Nebraska) make the driveshaft.
Still no blower parts ordered yet. Spence has been trying unsuccessfully to contact Ken Black for the head/intake manifold specs so we'll be sure to get the right stuff.
We started looking at the kits from Painless Wiring so we could determine whether or not I need to weld up the factory hole for the harness. Then the discussion turned to an argument about whether or not I should modify the original heater box for ducting vents. He's determined that the Charger won't have air conditioning or a heater but willing to concede the need for a fresh air vent. My plan was to cut down the factory enclosure and use it to connect the various duct-work to the defrost vents and the dash outlets. I'd also like to see a multi-speed fan setup incorporated.
He thinks I should start from scratch and just have a single speed fan motor. No matter how much I stressed the difference in difficulty of starting from scratch compared with taking advantage of existing parts, he wouldn't listen. Finally I told him that if he wanted to design a system I would build it.
I don't see why he can't understand that I'll have to copy much of what is already there in order to tie into the cowl inlets and the dash outlets. It's frustrating when someone not doing the work is telling you how to do it.