Page 1 - Projects / WIP
Page 2 - (old) Intro / Exterior
Page 3 - (old) Trunk / Features
Page 4 - (old) Interior
Page 5 - (old) Engine / ECU
Page 6 - (old) NIGHTMARES

The charger is undergoing a complete rebuild as we speak. Major body work, new engine, new transmission, new rear end, new front end, new kickpanel pods, fiberglassing in the trunk, and new rims.

*latest updates - 30-May-2008*

Not a huge update. Been a couple months with minimal movement, but I finally got a chance to get moving again.

Finally got after the dana 60 with a wire wheel, got all the rust off, and put a layer of paint on it.

Made lots of progress on the engine - oil system, valvetrain, intake, etc

and the fuel system. The edelbrock fuel rails with this intake worked really well.

and cleaned up the radiator. Did a bit of cleanup to the shroud, but as you can see, it still needs a bit more.

Here are the plans, progress, pictures, etc - grouped by segment. First,

Body

The car itself is at Motorsports Authority now. They'll be handling the body work as well as some other aspects of the build (discussed later). It's been soda blasted to bare metal, all the bondo pulled out, and any panels with extreme rust have been cut out and patched. There's still a long way to go, but it's getting close. Once that part is done, it'll be painted black (of course) with highligting on the bulge hood as well as an R/T stripe, both in dark red. Additionally, the engine compartment will be entirely cleaned and painted as well.

Finally, MSA will be obtaining a good set of rims once the body work is done. Not sure exactly, but looking at something with chrome/polished aluminum around the outer edge and black center sections. Maybe something like this:

Engine / Drivetrain

Meanwhile, I've been working on the engine myself. The final plan is to have a 440 block bored .030" over decked to 0.00" with the pistons, and clearanced for 4.25" stroke crank. Then, put in a forged stroker rotating assembly from 440source with 17cc dished pistons. The bottom end will be reinforced with BCR Aluminum main caps and girdle, along with all ARP bolts and a mopar performance windage tray. The heads will be 440source stealth heads, cnc milled at modern cylinder head. The intake will be an Edelbrock Victor EFI, and the megasquirt controller already in place will simply be reprogrammed to handle the new setup. Additionally, I've got a race-prepped 727 auto tranny set up, as well as a newly rebuilt Dana 60 rear end.

The engine is progressing nicely. As of now the block is together with the rotating assembly, caps, girdle, heads, windage tray, etc. Here are some WIP pics of the progress:

(UPDATE) - got a pic of the rear end. Not quite finished with the cleanup, the center section needs some attention from a wire brush and some paint.

Also, got the front section of the motor assembled

The front end is one of the last bits I'll do, but it will be a Reilly Motorsports AlterKtion kit.

Trunk/Kickpanels

I've built an entirely new subwoofer setup for the car, based on four black cone Elemental Designs 12's.

Bryan at MSA will be doing some fiberglass work in the trunk to mesh the new box with the existing amps/eqs/etc. He'll also be creating updated kickpanel pods.

That's about it for now, will update when more progress is made.