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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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Core support blackout & air diverters

After bolting my junk together, I wasn't sure about painting the blackout on the core support while I had the car blown apart. Looking at the front grill I didn't like the body color showing thru so I procrastinated on how to black it out after everything was assembled. I came up with an idea to make some diverters to cover up the body color and add cooling efficiency. IMO it looks way better.

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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, 234@.050, 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.
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68Moparmaniac
Sparky Anderson said:
Nice work, that car will be better than original from back in the day, that should be one nice car to drive, if you drive it at all.
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Thanks Sparky. Hopefully added another 50 years to the old girls life. Brother I like driving it too much not to drive it every chance I get.... Love that car
 
65Bel
Thanks for documenting and sharing this EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE build. Your Charger and your photography are both works of art. Beautiful canine co-pilot there also. Best wishes and happy Holidays!
 
68Moparmaniac
65Bel said:
Thanks for documenting and sharing this EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE build. Your Charger and your photography are both works of art. Beautiful canine co-pilot there also. Best wishes and happy Holidays!
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Thank you !
Happy Holidays to you and yours.
 
68Moparmaniac
Just about done with the sound deadener. The radiation treatments I'm going thru makes it hard to get out there and work but I manage to get out everyday and do SOMETHING...
 
blue69runner
Way too much work dose go into these car's. If you think how fast they came off the line and where a finished product. But we do have to do the reverse by taking them apart and fighting the weld's and not damage other parts. Sorry to here what you are going through and figure the car will keep you moving. Doing a grate job. The reward is when you finely put the key in and start it up and drive it down the road.
 
68Moparmaniac
blue69runner said:
Way too much work dose go into these car's. If you think how fast they came off the line and where a finished product. But we do have to do the reverse by taking them apart and fighting the weld's and not damage other parts. Sorry to here what you are going through and figure the car will keep you moving. Doing a grate job. The reward is when you finely put the key in and start it up and drive it down the road.
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Thanks for the kind words brother. Yeah it is a labor of love for sure but in the end it will be worth it
 
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