1968 Charger Twin Turbo Hemi 500 Clone.

[Average Joe]

I am getting ready to start on my Twin Turbo build and I'm going to finish the 500 conversion.
I built this through out the last 14 years and raced it for the last few years.
I made the mistake that All of us make.I took the engine out to add more power and thought I would have it back together in a couple of months change my mind a dozen times and well that was a year ago. So now I am starting back on the car between finishing some other projects. I just pulled the car out of mothballs and put it back in the garage yesterday. More pics to come but I'll start with what the car was before I took it apart.
Thanks,Joe

 

[RedCoronet69]

Beautiful Charger! I believe I saw this car in a Youtube Video once.

 

[Hemirunner]

I give it a big....

 

[Average Joe]

Beautiful Charger! I believe I saw this car in a Youtube Video once.

Thanks,Yes 1320 Video filmed me when I was at the Pikes Peak Airstrip attack 2 years ago.

 

[Average Joe]

Some pics of the progress I have made.

 

[Average Joe]

More pics

 

[Hemirunner]

Vega hatch?

 

[Average Joe]

Vega hatch?

Yes it's a vega hatch. They are really hard to find these days.

 

[Average Joe]

Stopping point for a few weeks. Now I need to work on other people’s stuff.

 

[Torkmnstr]

Looking good man!

 

[biomedtechguy]

and

 

[watermelon]

why the vega hatch? aerodynamics?



watermelon

 

[biomedtechguy]

Vega hatch?

Yes it's a vega hatch. They are really hard to find these days.

Someone (AMD?) just recently announced new products that were heretofore unavailable as new for Charger Daytona and Superbird rear windows. I thought it was the glass...

 

[Average Joe]

why the vega hatch? aerodynamics?



watermelon

Yes aerodynamics and I also like the Charger 500 and Daytona. I did the front end when I built the car years ago just finishing this time.

 

[Torkmnstr]

Hey what are you gonna do with the old procharger stuff?

 

[Average Joe]

I sold the drivetrain to a friend of mine. He has a 1969 Dodge Charger he bought the Procharger as well.

 

[Average Joe]

Mocked up the CVF racing serpentine system. Changed the A/C location to a GZMotorsports air pump. Was able to do it without modifying the main brackets. Made a lowering adapter for the tensioner and had the 8 rib pulley made for the pump.

 

[biomedtechguy]

Changed the A/C location to a GZMotorsports air pump.

I was wondering if I could incorporate a vacuum pump into this, but I'm keeping the AC

 

[5.7 hemi]

Absolutely. It would need to be below the tensioner pulley or move that and put the pump there. It’s all doable.

 

[Average Joe]

I agree it's doable. The spacer off the back of the main bracket to line up the Gz motorsports pump are 3/4". If you use a serpentine system that is 6-rib you can just buy that pulley from GZMotorsports.