clamp on watts link for my 69 charger

[smb03]

building my roadrace 69 charger with torque arm, 2 trailing, coilover and watts link. heres the watts link i built last night.also builiding tubular fronk k member. front and rear is all urethane bushing. i dont want the chassis being beat to death with heims. will also be driven on street.

 

[ChargerM440]

Do you have any more pictures of this setup? I have been trying to decide on a game plane for the rear of my 69 charger as well and this seems like a solid build.

 

[smb03]

still building it, gotta go out of town racing will finish when i get back

 

[ChargerM440]

Looks good man. Thanks.

 

[smb03]

built to take some abuse, just gotta mock the engine in place to make mounts. its gettin a chevy motor...yes i know but a 600hp ls3 is super light and cheap to build.

 

[smb03]

stronger trans bracket i made so i can attach my torque arm to

 

[smb03]

uppers are ready and these are the tires, 27x15 10" in front and 27.5x15 12" in rear. im not going to tub the wheel wells as i want a wider stance, i want a wide body look, so i will be widening the quarter panels 1.5" wider ea.

 

[Car Nut]

 

[smb03]

just gotta cut out some motor mounts tomorrow, was going to use typical sbc urethane mounts but i decided to use control arm bushing style instead, stronger. also switched plans to use an ls3 stroker (got my mock up engine in there now), cheaper hp, good cam and ported heads with better intake will net me over 600hp easy. i might build the same thing for my other 2 roadrunners and one of my other chargers aswell.

 

[benno440]

you lost me

 

[Cranky]

What will keep the clamps from moving side to side on the rear end over time? Clamps work well for attaching something that doesn't see side to side motion and I think the trans X member is going to need more bracing. Other than that, looks pretty cool!

 

[smb03]

what do you mean benno440? cranky-we run clamp on panhard bar and brake caliper brackets on our nascar superlate models that see almost 3 g's in the corners on 20 degree banked tracks. im positive that this wont move, plus where its clamped is right where the center section starts to swell out, so it couldnt move unless bolts were loose. i could always tack weld it to axle if i wanted to. the factory trans bracket is stamped out of sheet metal, the one i made is boxed 3/16 steel, way stronger than factory, the pic is even before i added a gusset on the 45 riser above exhaust.

 

[smb03]

i know im going to get the super diehard mopar guys whinning about a chevy motor in a mopar but...numbers dont lie and the ls3 has mopar beat hands down.
ls3 450lbs fully dressed vs. 6.1 hemi fully dressed at 600lbs and the 426 hemi @720lbs, nose weight is huge in circle and roadracing.
both make relatively same hp numbers
ls parts are much cheaper and more available
ls stand alone harness and flashed pcm is $750, the hemi one is $750 just for harness and ide have to run that crappy drive by wire, yes i know there is a drive by cable conversion but thats even more $
if i blow it up, a new gm ls3 aluminum block is only $1450, vs a new hemi aluminum block @ $4,000!!!!!!

so...i cant justify running a modern hemi, 440 or 426 hemi because of who makes it, if i was doing a restomod street car, it would be 6.1 hemi hands down

 

[smb03]

almost there, gotta get the charger on the frame table so i can straighten the front clip for the new core support and inner fender support. then both new quarters, tail and rear valance. cant wait to drive this beast

 

[MykeNytemare]

Smb03 :notworthy::notworthy::notworthy::notworthy::notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:

That's some ridiculously awesome fabrication.

 

[smb03]

had to make the driverside riser removeable so rack could be removed easily. even with all the reinforcement and triangulation its still lighter than the original k frame. i didnt just want a tubular one, i wanted a stout one so i could abuse it