Charger

One step forward, - two steps back. It seems inevitable that whenever Spence has made a new decision on parts for the car I cringe. Often it has meant that a portion of the build that was nearing completion is either going to be defunct or I'll have to go back to Google searches to teach myself new stuff. Unforeseen consequences of Spencer's purchases aren't noticed until long afterwards.

One problem that showed up after the decision to go with the 8/71 - Hemi combo cropped up when Spence wanted to run a 3" blower belt with it (on the street). We needed room between the front of the engine for:
an alternator
power steering pump
3" blower belt
a thick radiator
electric fans
All that would have to fit behind the core support.

There wasn't room. Spence did not want to eliminate the factory core support in lieu of some new streamlined version because it had the stamped oem serial numbers on it showing it was original to a real R/T. To further complicate matters we couldn't find anyone who'd manufactured the alternator or power steering brackets for a supercharged Hemi WITH a 3" blower belt.