Wow. Some amazing work.
68 Valiant Hellcat Swap
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Not doubt. It makes me want to drop a couple of cars off at his shop.
Gonna twist that 68 like a pretzel!
Jeff
Jeff
Hellcat Cuda
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Great idea and great execution! I wasn't keen on just a big rectangular recess there, but this is going to look really good once body worked and painted. Lookin' good!
Letter ripp. !
Willyrd
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How is it coming so far?
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looks good !
rapidtransitric
LX/LC platform a body swap pioneer
hemivaliant57
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That's awesome, I came across that fitting for the back of the supercharger on instagram, may have even been the same car. Firewall is already fabbed up for me so there is no going back lol.
Hellcat Cuda
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How much clearance do you have between the passenger side fitting and the firewall. Looks like may 1/4 inch?
Driver side look like plenty of clearance.
hemivaliant57
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Figured I haven't posted the build in a while, it's been a busy few months at work. Anyways here's what has been done since the last time.
Ran the PCM wires into the car, I want to run the computer and components under the dash
Here's how much clearance I now have behind the blower.
Running a bulkhead connector for the heater box hoses.
Built a mount for the PCM and power distribution center
I had to notch the Neon wiper motor in order to accept the Valiant wiper arms
Made custom mount to have the neon wiper motor inside the car.
Ran the PCM wires into the car, I want to run the computer and components under the dash
Made custom mount to have the neon wiper motor inside the car.
hemivaliant57
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PDC and PCM Mounted
Using a Vintage air 10x10 heater box
Running the headlight harness, electric fan wires and supercharger water pump wires under the wheel well.
Mounted the gas pedal
Everything just fits under the dash
In order to mount the alternator I had to grind down the two bottom bolts otherwise they hit the frame rail during installation.
Made a custom bracket so the supercharger coolant pump could be mounted where the AC compressor used to go.
Supercharger coolant lines ran along the bottom of the rad support.
Made a hole in the rad support to run the intercooler hose.
Intercooler is mounted on the outside of the radiator support. I had to cut the vertical support for it to fit and I will be making a new bottom for it.
Running the headlight harness, electric fan wires and supercharger water pump wires under the wheel well.
Everything just fits under the dash
Made a custom bracket so the supercharger coolant pump could be mounted where the AC compressor used to go.
Made a hole in the rad support to run the intercooler hose.
Intercooler is mounted on the outside of the radiator support. I had to cut the vertical support for it to fit and I will be making a new bottom for it.
hemivaliant57
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Running -8AN Supply and Return Lines from my Tanks INC EFI tank. I am utilizing their "Hellcat Fuel Pump". Good for up to 900+ HP and EFI compatible. This really was a drop in system.
I will eventually secure the lines to the frame rail, this is just for mock-up.
Cut the side of the apron to fit the auxiliary radiator and clean up where the battery tray used to mount.
Oil Cooler is mounted under the right side wheel well using an oem challenger oil cooler mount.
Aux radiator is mounted under the left side wheel well. I used a combination of another challenger oil cooler bracket and bolted a modified challenger aux radiator bracket to it.
Still have to finish welding and metal finishing but here's an idea of what the apron will look like.
Remote oil filter will be mounted next to the radiator on the rad support.
Cut the side of the apron to fit the auxiliary radiator and clean up where the battery tray used to mount.
Oil Cooler is mounted under the right side wheel well using an oem challenger oil cooler mount.
Aux radiator is mounted under the left side wheel well. I used a combination of another challenger oil cooler bracket and bolted a modified challenger aux radiator bracket to it.
hemivaliant57
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Took some photos tonight of what I have so far. Need to mount the fuel pressure regulator and run some oil lines and this thing can be taken apart to be body worked and painted.
Used a BeCool Radiator setup. Made my own custom bracket since I wasn't a fan of the ones provided.
Supercharger coolant tank and lines are all mounted.
Mounted the Intercooler lower in order to keep the original latch system in tact.
Coming up with some hood ideas, ultimately will probably make a hood scoop.
Supercharger coolant tank and lines are all mounted.
hemivaliant57
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Using the factory Valiant fuse box. The headlight harness will just need to be extended since I ran it under the wheel well.
hemivaliant57
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I'm painting the core support white like it was. It's just preference but I prefer everything white behind the grill especially with the aluminum intercooler.
hemivaliant57
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Just saw this post lol. I'm not running AC but I am running the factory Hellcat power steering pump. I have heard of pressure issues on some of the gen 3 hemi swaps, but I will see what happens when I get to that point.
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jos51700
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Respect.i like how clean your work is
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I ran into same issue stuffing 6.1 in 72 Demon! Pick up tube I used was for 2010 as per my donor SRT. Turned out my block was a pre 09! What did you torque the cap bolts to when swapping the extended bolt to support the pick up tube?
hemivaliant57
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Nice car! I'd have to double check with my notes at the shop I remember it being around 120 ft/lbs in the end. Since it was a TTY bolt it was an initial torque + a rotation of a certain amount of degrees.
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