71 Charger Superbee Tribute/Restomod Build

[70chall440]

Spent a fair bit of time making a TB adapter. I am definitely not a machinist but I can make a lot of chips... LOL. I am satisfied with the result although I would do it differently if I were to do it again. I made it to accept both a stock 5.7 TB as well as the factory O ring (is actually not an O ring, more of a rubber seal).

I still need to do a little work on it but I am close to being done. I made it out of 6061 so I think it should be fine.

 

[70chall440]

I finally got the TB adapter done and installed, it definitely made a difference as the hood closes and the AG door does not touch the air cleaner any more.. YAY!!!

 

[eldubb440]

little victories.....

 

[70chall440]

little victories.....

Exactly!!

 

[70chall440]

The car moved on its own for the first time today... it was not happy but it did it.

The BAD:
- The engine didn't want to idle for quite awhile and I had to keep it running with the pedal
- The clutch needs to be re-bled as I had to pump the crap out of the pedal to get it into gear.
- It still has a fuel leak after stopping 3 others
- The lights are not working currently

The GOOD:
- PS and brakes seem to work good (home made hydroboost)
- The engine eventually decided to idle (after I moved the car to where I wanted it)
- It has ALOT of power and will be a blast to drive
- Sounds awesome
- The DD is coming around (I am working with it to set it up)

I have to replace a water pump on a 97 Chrysler 3.5 tomorrow so the Charger will have to wait.

 

[70chall440]

In case anyone wants to hear it run. I know that the AFR is jacked up, not sure what is happening there. The exhaust is 2.5" Flowmaster 304 stainless builders kit and Flowmaster mufflers.

 

[1970RT]

Mocked up the hood again after making a hood picker.

Very clever tool. I'm committing that one to memory.

Car is looking great!

David

 

[r4sedan]

Looks incredible.

 

[70chall440]

Very clever tool. I'm committing that one to memory.

Car is looking great!

David

Thanks it is pretty handy.

 

[70chall440]

Looks incredible.

Thank you, it is coming along. I still have a lot of gremlins to sort out not the least of which is why the AFR is going lean (I do not think the engine is, just the sensor)

 

[ckessel]

AFR= Another Ffn Relative?

 

[70chall440]

AFR= Another Ffn Relative?

 

[ckessel]

Thought you would enjoy that.

 

[70chall440]

Ive been working on the fuel system (again). The main problem that I ran into is that I could not get a wrench onto the fuel line nuts on the cross member pass through tubes I had made. I used an existing hole in the cross member but that ended up putting the nuts very close. When I first did it I convinced myself that it would be fine, well it wasnt.

Of course if you cannot get a wrench on the nuts you cannot tighten them so they leak which is what prompted me to revisit the system. So as a result what I ended up doing is;

1. opening up the hole/slot in the crossmember so that I could separate the tubes more.

2. Went to flexible line from the hard line to the crossmember pass through tubes. This makes it easier to assemble plus I think helps to seal the lines because the flexible lines will give whereas the hardlines not so much.

I made one plate set up but didn't like it (the rounded version) so I changed it (square version). I am now waiting on some fittings.

 

[70chall440]

Got the mirrors on... LOL and added some stickers to the air cleaner

 

[70chall440]

Polished up the back window and laid it in, I am waiting on some urethane primer before actually installing it. I also put the weather stripping in over the doors.

 

[70chall440]

Back window in and drivers door glass (needs to be adjusted)

 

[70chall440]

Well I ended up having to remove that drivers door glass because of the mirror cable routing but that wasn't a big deal. It also gave me a chance to lubricate everything.

I ended up getting both door windows in and adjusted.

Now I am going to look at some of the electrical and tune that up a bit.

 

[70chall440]

In my continuing effort to procrastinate I decided to put on my emblems. Here are some pictures.

I ran a string front to back through the center of the side markers.

Then I used a non-permanent marker to make a line.

The metal emblem is 1.5" away from the fender edge and the decal is 1/2" away from the metal emblem.

 

[70chall440]

I mounted the rear spoiler yesterday