Recent content by HollyWoodCharger

I'll use it to get it up and running, then probably pull it and install a Stroker kit, unless another 5.9 Crate engine turns up.... Like this one I had in my first Charger...

Ok......... Now I'm really happy as the first of the Chassis specific components for this build have showed up.... Jeg's High Performance has a nice selection of parts for these cars, and I ordered a 4 point Roll Bar kit as a starting point, so once the Rear Frame is welded in and the rear...

I did look at that option as well, but the parts needed to swap in the Hemi over a Small block cost quite a bit more and I can score a 318 or a 360 and install it old school style for dirt cheap... Given my budget, and Old school Magnum Small block makes the most sense.. I have a guy right...

Depending on your budget and goals, your in the same boat I'm in... 440's are not all that cheap to buy and build anymore, compared to 360's... You can score a decent low mileage 360 out of a Ram or Dakota for practically nothing, and you can get 400 hp out of it for about a Grand in parts...

This Body I picked up in Nebraska was originally a low option 318 Charger, and I'm partial to Small Blocks, and I really like the 5.9 Magnum in my Dakota R/T, SO since my first one had a MP 380 Horse Magnum Crate that Ran Great, I'm going to install another in Charger...... I also like the...

Current plan calls for a Magnum Small Block 5.2 or 5.9, possibly a stroker kit, and a TCI A727 Torqueflite, with a narrowed 8 3/4 Rear with 4.56's I'm going with a Black finish from Martin-Senour, with a Graphics package by Scott Sullivan, this will be after a Full re-skin with AMD Sheetmetal.

Well just a couple of Updates... I've spent the last couple of months deciding on a few details and some parts have started to arrive.... My New 15x14 Cragar S/S rims have arrived, these look Cool and they are priced well with in my budget at $200.00 each... I've decided to use a set of...

Working on a New Pro Street Project, it's actually a updated re-creation of my Old Charger which is Pictured here... I'm starting from Scratch on this one so it'll actually come out a lot better the second time around.... We have a lot of work to do, and we'll make some...

I've used Chrome Powdercoat before on my Dakota Projects, it actually looks more like Polished Aluminum when it is Clear Powdered...... up keep is super easy and I just wipe the stuff down with alcohol or brake parts cleaner when it needs it......

I've been cleaning a lot of stripped out screws and bolts off the uni-body, removing the last of the salvageable parts that were still on the shell.. I've still got about 4 stripped out screws that held trim to the shell, and a few odds and ends that need removed. It looks like I'll have...

Cool........ I didn't think we had anyone who lived that close by on this Forum... well I made some more Progress today, and I have a couple of fastners with stripped heads, and a galled upper arm cam bolt! But a few more days and I'll have the rest of the stuff off it and I'll be ready...

I've been using NAPA's line of MS Tech Base, Base and Clears for the last couple of years on my Dakota Projects, the only thing that is going to happen over the next few years will be the phasing out of the High VOC paints for the New Water-based systems. Pennsylvania will have to be switched...

I've seen the AMD parts for the Road Runner, and these parts fit really well... as for being made in the USA, it's getting harder to find parts made here at home, if the AMD stuff is made in Taiwan, the seem to fit pretty decent from the looks of the RR they had on display in the AMD...

I finally got a Sunday where I could work on finishing blowing the Charger apart, I pulled the rearend and suspension as an assembly, I'll have pics of that later on... The Front suspension came out as one piece with some creative work using a Floor jack and some jackstands and a few hand...

Very Nice work! I've got about 18 months or so before mine will be that far along....