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

[Jarven1977]

Bolt-on my ***!
Big Clash between the headers and the borgeson p/s box.. the car I removed the engine and headers from had an oem p/s box and that fit well so what to do now? There is a chance that the rear part of the engine is a tad to low vs the k-frames position. I'll try and raise it slightly to see if that clears the header tube.
But I'm glad I built this dolly..

 

[Jarven1977]

Yeah right



When looking at the pictures I'm thinking it might be possible to shim it some to move it slightly closer to the 2nd tube. Right now the big clash is with the 1st tube.

 

[watermelon]

yep...you might have to shim to split the difference between the two pipes


watermelon

 

[Jesse6869]

What headers are u running I’m using TTI no clearance issues only with my firm feel fast ratio pitman arm ,and with that i put small indentation on headers

 

[Jarven1977]

What headers are u running I’m using TTI no clearance issues only with my firm feel fast ratio pitman arm ,and with that i put small indentation on headers View attachment 1003036

Don't know what brand they are, came with the engine. They have been massaged some previously.

 

[Jesse6869]

When u shim, or if u shim box Double check your steering shaft for the angle and double check length before u cut it otherwise it could be to short or angle is to far of for your liking.

 

[Jarven1977]

Well, it took a lot of blood, sweat and tears but now it fits, somewhat.
Trial fitted the qa1 adjustable struts, nice pieces.

 

[HawkRod]

Well, it took a lot of blood, sweat and tears but now it fits, somewhat.
Trial fitted the qa1 adjustable struts, nice pieces.

Luckily you are able to work on it out of the car - I can't imagine how hard that would be to fit if it were in the car!

 

[ckessel]

Toss some heat wrap on those two tubes to help keep some heat out of the steering box.

 

[Jarven1977]

Toss some heat wrap on those two tubes to help keep some heat out of the steering box.

Plan on completeley heat-wrapping them. But I need to massage them some more unfortunately.

 

[Jarven1977]

Changed the hose connectors to straight and fitted 3/8npt angles instead. That gave me some more wiggle room around the pump. Turned it slightly also to maximise distance to the dana and the U-joint.

 

[Jarven1977]

What a mess, but one side completed!
It's a good feeling bolting on stuff that's been lying on shelves for almost ten years. Edelbrock shocks on in the rear.

 

[Jarven1977]

Cleaned a bunch of fasteners again in the strip-all tub and polished them with the wire wheel afterwards. It makes the zink look much better.
Stuck on the left side motor mount, seems Corona has stopped the deliverys!? So I've contacted a company that can reglue the rubber and steel plate again.. I'm at a halt until this is resolved.

 

[Jarven1977]

Been slow lately, struggling to keep my daytime job from taking over right now. Very hectic now.. so I've only managed to fiddle around with some zinc plating but I've atleast found some new motor mounts!
I let a friend borrow the flywheel, he also has a 426 Hemi that is being overhauled and they needed a flywheel when starting up the old beast. But they're experiencing some issues with the lifters so it's dragging out in time. Hope to get it back soon.. need it now.
Trying out some different silver/grey spray paints for the grille but I haven't nailed yet. Need something more "greyish"..

 

[Jarven1977]

Got my flywheel, ministarter and lakewood bellhousing back. Well, it's not easy to get this things to fit properly. It seems I need an adapter kit that isn't for sale anymore.
So what to do.. i guess it's time to fabricate something.
Luckily I have a lathe at my work place but it's ages since I last tried working on one..
Made a bushing to remove play in the starters upper mount. Made a inner support for the starter gear and a bracket for the starters lower support.
And I'll be damned, it fits!
The bellhousing is an old lakewood safety bellhousing for both 130 and 143 tooth flywheels.
It also came with a "block saver" plate, #15765.

 

[Jarven1977]

Slowly coming together, now it's time to fit the Mcleod twindisc incl hydraulic clutch.

 

[493 Mike]

I find fabrication very satisfying and I imagine you do too! Carry on!
Mike

 

[Jarven1977]

I find fabrication very satisfying and I imagine you do too! Carry on!
Mike

I do enjoy it, but it's time consuming!

 

[Jarven1977]

The machine shop working on my friends Hemi ended up borrowing all my stuff, flywheel, bellhousing, starter and adapterkit I made. Good thing is, it all worked out! Now it's back again so I can continue.
Zincplated the adapterkit and some other stuff I did for the hydraulic clutch.
Had a look at the grilles we have, they all have various small damages so I've decided to send them all out for an acid bath. I'll probably try and repair them all to see who turns out best.

 

[Jarven1977]

Not much going on actually, dismantling stuff that's going into the acid bath. The steering column and the heater box and all three grille frames.
Painted the bellhousing Hemi orange.