1968 Charger, Ray Barton 528 Hemi, Pro-touring.

[ckessel]

I sure like how well you are doing that project.

 

[Jarven1977]

Started the audio installation with trying to squeese in a midbass box in front of the center console. It's a tight fit but probably doable. I'm re-living my early twenties here! I used to build this stuff and compete sometimes like twenty-twentyfive years ago so out of nostalgic reasons I've collected the brands that was the **** back then but probably not the best choice of components today. System is as follows:
Amps, Hifonics Zeus 4-ch to the forward and rear speakers.
Hifonics Brutus mono-block for the Subwoofer
Hifonics Zeus 2-ch for the midbass speakers.
Subwoofer is the iconic Rockford Fosgate power punch 12" in a vented box.
Midbass is four Rockford punch 6,5". Two in the center box and two in the rear seat armrest side panels.
Two Rockford punch 5"*7" in the rear deck.
Two Rockford punch 4" in the kick panels.
Made templates out of cardbord first and then cut out the first baffles in mdf board.

 

[Jarven1977]

Modified the ashtray to hold and hide the Holley sniper display. Might as well do it now.

 

[biomedtechguy]

Again...

 

[Jarven1977]

Slowly getting there with the center box..
My Maus fire extingusher arrived. Small, light and effective. I'll fabricate a bracket underneath the front driver seat.

 

[biomedtechguy]

Gotta have one! I carry a ABC on the floor behind the driver's seat, the kinda big one, like they have in lots of buildings. (It was free)

 

[Jarven1977]

Gotta have one! I carry a ABC on the floor behind the driver's seat, the kinda big one, like they have in lots of buildings. (It was free)

Best thing is it's not corrosive or harmful as powder extinguishers are.

 

[Jarven1977]

Box done, complicated shape so it took a while.. Found a loop carpet similar to the Charger floor carpet. This one is slightly more shiny but I hope it will blend ok. Sides will be wrapped in this carpet and I'll make an alu trim piece between console and dash that I'll wrap in vinyl. Just need to trim down the console sides to meet the speakers in a nice way first. But I'm happy.. after this it's time for the door and rear side panels.

 

[ckessel]

Nice wood skills you have. Me? I'm a good wood butcher.

 

[biomedtechguy]

Nothing like rowing your own gears!

 

[biomedtechguy]

Since you already have the McLeod dual disc clutch, you should look at the HitMaster launch control. Same guy who does the ClutchTamer.
He recently posted a brilliant article on this forum.

 

[Jarven1977]

Since you already have the McLeod dual disc clutch, you should look at the HitMaster launch control. Same guy who does the ClutchTamer.
He recently posted a brilliant article on this forum.

Never heard of this so I read through your thread, cool stuff!

 

[biomedtechguy]

Never heard of this so I read through your thread, cool stuff!

Although I was going to go to a hydraulic throwout bearing setup, because I needed a strong clutch and I've used first a Borg and Beck 3 finger 3,000 pound pressure plate and single disc, and a 2,900 pound diaphragm style pp with a single disc, my knee pays the price. I am happy to say the combo of a dual disc setup and the hydraulic throwout bearing has made the clutch pedal the gateway to Nirvana. After reading the way the Clutch Tamer works, I figured with the kind of HP and Torque my 572 RB will make when it's under the hood (and your Hemi) the HitMaster would be a better choice, and it can also soften the hit between gears.
READ the GENIUS of Grant, aka @weedburner the guy who makes these products, and this article only further reinforces I know I bet on the right horse:
https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/mopa...orque-numbers-on-a-stick-shift-launch.237138/

 

[Jarven1977]

Box wrapped, hooked up and completed. I think it blends in pretty well.
Just need to make a trim piece between dash and console. Made a template out of tape first.

 

[Jarven1977]

Alu trim piece wrapped and completed. Now I can finally button things up and do final fitment of the console.

 

[INTMD8]

Nice work!

 

[funknut]

Looks awesome! You're really making some fast progress now.

 

[biomedtechguy]

 

[Jarven1977]

Had a setback with the door pads. I delivered them to a really talented guy in Sweden which would have made them like new or better.
He had a look at them and said "sure they're salvagable and I can fix them for you, but they wont be ready until sometime next winter since I'm really overwhelmed with jobs."
So I picked them up and will give it a go myself.. I appreciate his honesty though. They probably wont look as nice but what the hell.. I need this thing completed. It'll be fun though.
So this evening I got started. Gave them a good clean, used the dremel to grind down all cracks, shaped them like a V-groove and started to fill them up with epoxy.
After some rounds with this I'll smooth it out with a flexible bondo and wrap them in the same vinyl I used on the console piece.

 

[Jarven1977]

It seems the epoxy method works fine. Rough cutting with the dremel and some smooth sanding afterwards. I don't think it's necessary with bondo.