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68 Charger RT

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Charger project, fuel injected 440 magnum, .030 over, balanced, 915's port matched, 2.14/1.81 inch int/exh valves, 727 TF. pwr steering, pwr brakes....Whats not to like??

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This project started out with a running, driving, licensed 1968 Charger R/T that was my daily driver for several years. Then I decided that it would be a good idea to take it apart and cherry it out...over a decade into it so far. Painting it factory (SS1) Sun Fire Yellow. Since this is real XS number matching Charger I'm going to be gentle with the mods. Mostly bolt on goodies that any Mopar purest wouldn't have a duck fit about when I eventually sell the car. Had to replace the typical areas on these Chargers, trunk floor and extensions, quarters and lower rear valance as well as the front aprons. Floor was remarkably solid only requiring a couple of small patches around the toe boards. Frame rails are solid as well as the torsion bar cross member. Pretty much cancer free now.
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Shake down

Had the chance to get the Charger out for a shake down last weekend
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Eric Pearson
Eric Pearson
Love the car excellent job

In search of more vacuum

Working the problem of border line vacuum for the dual diaphragm booster. My cam shaft is a 110 LSA Bullett, [email protected], 576 lift w/ 1.6 ratio. and at idle I'm pulling just a tick over 17" with the car in park and no load on the engine. As soon as I drop it in gear the vacuum drops to 15.7". So following kern dogs plight with hydro boost I thought I'd try a less technical approach. What I've done is relocated the vacuum port from under the throttle blades and moved it 3/4 of the way down #7 runner like the OEM locations. Then I added a vacuum reservoir to see if I could find a better brake feel. So far it seems to work however I haven't taken the car out for a real-world test but this is showing promise and only kicked the crap outta 50 bucks. Anyone tried this before?

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I did something similar with the stock headlight vacuum canister. The headlight doors dont work so I run them manually as it never sees dark anyway. I used the vacuum from that and plumbed a line to the brake booster. It seems to help quite a bit with the brakes on my big cammed 500" stroker.

On Terra Firma

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44070dart
ABSOLUTELY beautiful .. my dream car.. can't wait to see it together.. Nice work.. wish you were closer I'd come over to work on it.. has this been since '07
 
68Moparmaniac
44070dart said:
ABSOLUTELY beautiful .. my dream car.. can't wait to see it together.. Nice work.. wish you were closer I'd come over to work on it.. has this been since '07
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That's when the endeavor started. I entrusted this restoration shop in Texas to do the work and well... it went sideways like so may others. After having to move a couple of times I'm getting the chance to move this forward. All the hard work is done, paint, assembly and finally get the ole girl back on the road for some long deserved burn outs...
 
68Moparmaniac
New bearings, wiring and crush capsules some lipstick and boom a brand new 50 yr old steering column.
Walnut steering wheel doesn't hurt either...
 
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