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In an attempt to reduce weight and open up more space in the engine bay Spence bought a Braille battery. It's only a few pounds lighter than the factory group 27 battery but it's considerably smaller. O.E.M. Battery Dimensions: L- 12 x W- 6.81 x H- 7.87 inches Braille Battery Dimensions: L-...

Short nicop (nickle/copper) lines will flow fluid to the cylinders. After getting the Wilwood clutch & brake pedal location figured out on the Charger the next thing we'd tackled was the throttle pedal. Spence wanted it to match the stuff from Wilwood but we couldn't find anything...

Our plan had been to use those aluminum reservoirs. I knew we were going to be limited for space trying to clear that firewall pinch weld but I thought we'd get by by making a small notch in it. After recessing the cylinders further back into the firewall we now were going to have to mount the...

I'm about 3/4 of the way reading through this thread and I know already that I need to bookmark it so I can use it for reference later. Thanks for detailing the journey.:thumbsup:

At some point we got around to putting the valve cover on and saw we didn't have room for that right cylinder. Time for some more heavy head scratching....... if only the cylinders could be mounted further away from the engine...... Hmmmm maybe..... OK. I figured out a way. These...

The piece we were putting back in was going to be thicker and flatter. After forming one bend to get it to conform to the firewall we tacked it in place to test fit. At this time we were still waiting for the 3rd cylinder to arrive. Originally Spence had bought a clutch cylinder but...

Those little brake cylinders seemed like they would be the perfect solution to the cylinder head to brake cylinder clearance issue. I should have known better. Besides the pedal assembly Spence ordered a mounting plate that also aligns those pedals with the cylinders and acts as a 'pass...

I found even more pics of the core support modification.

As mygasser noted, Spence isn't scared to spend $$. The new front brakes are Wilwood now. The prior decision to buy from RIGHT STUFF DETAILING was made by me when Spence was still in Iraq and I was still determined to keep costs down. - Another really big factor was (at that time) we couldn't...

As much as I'd like to be wrestling a Gear Vendors OD under the Cuda, I can't complain about Spencer's generosity. He bought me the sweet sounding Borla exhaust that upsets the local tree hugging crowd whenever I decide to make the ground shake. I've got him to thank for the Miller mig...

Clearance problems are the bane of my existence. There's a reason why it's referred to as an elephant. I knew that the factory Hemi cars had special provisions made for brake boosters because the heads and regular booster wanted to share the same space. They used a special mounting bracket...

Well, he definitely has BIG ideas that usually make for a lot of work. I think he wants the Charger to be the 'biggest dawg in the fight' wherever he shows up with it. I used to have that perspective (though never achieved it). After building the '67 Barracuda to the point where it got too...

Obviously we did fill holes from AC/heater system. A Vintage Air system is going in later and will require different hole locations.

Not only did we have a clearance problem with the radiator but the same was true with the back of the motor. Two styles of windshield wiper motors were used back then. This is the type we had originally on the R/T. It was obvious when we were planning on building the 6/71 supercharged 'B''...

Even though we'd purchased a new pair of AMD fenders we probably won't use them because we found a pair of fiberglass ones at a swap meet afterwards. They'll help shed a few more pounds too. - Once again I'm trying to convince Spence to use steel. I must say though that the body lines on the...

The new Hemi is still in the crate. So far we've still been using the plastic mock up engine to locate placement & fit of all our components. We know the first hood we modified won't fit but we haven't gotten another one to replace it yet. I'm pretty confident the radiator won't have...

That core support/radiator mod was a pain. I had to keep putting on (and taking back off) the front fenders/ grille assembly to check clearances & fit. The pictures don't show that those assemblies were attached/detached 20 to 30 times over the course of a week in order to get it done. That...

More: Some of these pics show clearances that necessitated moving the radiator.

More: These next few pics show why the radiator's fill inlet had to be offset.

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More pictures from the core support work:

By design the multi-pass crossflow should be a decent improvement over stock. Theoretically an all aluminum engine should dissipate heat faster than it's cast iron counterpart. Moving the radiator 3" further away from the heat source should also help. We'll be running a small oil cooler too...

I hear nitrous can help with that!

AMD sells the core support stiffener that we used for the bottom. I think it was made to cover the original metal but ours was pretty beat up and we chose to eliminate it. Their piece does not come with a top lip like the original so we added one and welded the corners up because they come...

Although Spence was determined to keep the core support intact with the stamped VIN numbers, I was able to convince him that the billet overflow reservoir he bought could look better if mounted on a smoother surface. The holes for the factory radiator mounting were not going to be used anymore...

I don't think the quality of my work has reached 'MAD Skills' level yet. I would say that I'm more at a 'pissed off' or 'bent out of shape' skill level.

To overcome the lack of room we decided to move the radiator in front of the core support. Keeping the new motor cool was of upmost importance. Research had shown that our best choice for a radiator would be a multi-pass crossflow design. The coolant would be forced (by design) to flow back...

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...

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