Another project using SRT-10 bones - '85 D150

Discussion in 'Viper Truck Builds - Project Logs/Recent Mods' started by kingcrunch, Aug 30, 2016.

  1. kingcrunch

    kingcrunch Full Access Member

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    Guys,

    sorry i did not reply to this thread for quite a while.
    There has been quite some progress but not as much as i would like.

    After i got the Challengers wiring harness modified far enough to get to the vehicles lighting system, i began to question if that's the route i want to go.

    Why?
    Because in 2015 Dodge switched to a halogen projector light and LED taillights.
    Looks cool, but is hard to retrofit or modify to accept regular incandescent bulbs.

    In the end after a lot of thinking, buying Challenger head- and taillights to dissect them (yes, i bought lights to make them kaputt to get to the internal circuit boards to understand how stuff works and how i could integrate them) i decided to go a different route.

    It ended in buying this stuff:

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    What you are seeing here is Mopars standalone wiring harness for the 2015+ crate Hemis and a Racepak IQ3 street dash.

    The vehicle will retain a refurbished stock wiring harness.
    Easier to maintain and fix if it breaks down.


    So now i have a big box of Challenger electrical guts to sell and nobody wants them... yet.



    After that, i really went to town with cutting and gutting the front of the truck.

    THAT needs to be shoehorned in THERE:

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    And it's reeeeaaally tight when you want that engine to sit low between the frame rails.

    Like inaccessibly tight:

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    No, i'm not grinding on the frame to make that fit.
    I'm moving the engine around.

    Here's interference:

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    Here's interference gone:

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    Now that engine "drops right in" (i am still laughing, 10 minutes after writing that).

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    I can now even install the OEM headers without removing the engine.
    They drop right inside the frame rail:

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    Although this looks really tight, i can easily fit my hand between the headers and the frame rail everywhere.

    Here's an inside shot of that mess:

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    Other things have happened as well:

    - i "designed" (Cardboard Aided Design) the coil bucket, spring perch whatever you want to call it and made a prototype.

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    - i found out where to mount the steering rack and proceeded with creating a jig and fiddling with the steering shaft.
    This all fits like it was made for it.

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    That is at ride height:

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    And there's plenty of clearance for the boots and tie rod links:

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    That's where things are right now.
    I did not proceed any further from here.
    I had to build up funds for this truck and it was kind of complicated to find a business that would make the coil buckets for me.

    Turns out nobody wants to bend these but i found someone that will cut the plates for me.

    This is what stuff will look like, when done.

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    Right now, what i really need, is a complete set of OEM 22x10 wheels, like the real deal.
    I am looking to spend like 2 - 3 grand for a good, straight set ... but that seems like hunting hens teeth at the moment.

    So, if someone would part with a good set, i'm all ears and can arrange shipping.


    Alex
     
  2. rottenronnie

    rottenronnie Well-Known Member Supporting Member

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    Best of luck with the project!