GAS MONKEY & ROADKILL HELLCAT 67 DART & 68 CHARGER DRAG RACE

[BrianShaughnessy]

Sorry either had to lose...      Roadkill guys are cool      Gas Monkey guys are cool too.   

I'm really sorry I couldn't be there.   

[Lennard]

Haha... in both videos you can see me on the right side along the wall shooting photos!
It was fun, my ears are still bleeding.
Many pictures to come!

Ever witnessed a top fuel take off? It will literally rock your world.

[lukedukem]

Haha... in both videos you can see me on the right side along the wall shooting photos!

It was fun, my ears are still bleeding.

Many pictures to come!

cant wait for your pictures.

Luke

[jaak]

I watch GMG, but I love Roadkill. To me, Roadkill seems more legit, I guess because its an Internet show (I understand that RK is sponsered by Dodge, that's why they got the Hellcat engine in their car), but most of the builds on Roadkill (including the the build of this 68 with the Motor Home 440), are low buck builds any of us can do in our own home garages. GMG is entertaining, and Arron seems like a really smart guy that knows his stuff, but its still has that fake reality Discovery Channel drama. Frieburger has said before RK is legit, but on few occasions, they will have to re-enact something if the cameras wasn't rolling and they missed something funny.

Jason

[67440chrg]

This is the first I have heard of this. thanks for posting it. Roadkill rules. I quit watching ass monkey a long time ago. Aaron from assmonkey is a Mopar hater. I'm surprised they didn't put it in a Camaro.

[Kern Dog]

The guys on Roadkill look like normal guys. So often on the TV reality car shows, theres a tattoo freak, a guy with spikes, a skinhead dude and someone with a ZZ Top beard.

[cdr]

The guys on Roadkill look like normal guys. So often on the TV reality car shows, theres a tattoo freak, a guy with spikes, a skinhead dude and someone with a ZZ Top beard.

                           

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

I'm sitting right now with Finny and Freiburger, let me know any questions you have.  And I'll be hanging with them all week.

The pics for the Roadkill Drags are on Woodward Day 2.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hemipwr70/collections/72157656952776040/



Ryan

[cdr]

ask them if they want to go to the HEMI HIDEOUT on SEP 19  

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=576273492417063&fref=ts

[MoParJW]

I'm sitting right now with Finny and Freiburger, let me know any questions you have.  And I'll be hanging with them all week.

Does the General Mayhem have any body reinforcements like subframe connectors? I can't really tell from the pictures.

[lukedukem]

I'm sitting right now with Finny and Freiburger, let me know any questions you have.  And I'll be hanging with them all week.

The pics for the Roadkill Drags are on Woodward Day 2.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hemipwr70/collections/72157656952776040/



Ryan

Ryan, the link didn't work for me. ask David if he ever got the charger registered. i remember them having issues with the DVM. just curious if he got it legal to drive on the road. and if they did any upgrades to the head lights. looks from the pic above to be brighter than old 68's. did they use the headlights off the hellcat like they did the taillights. thanks again Ryan.

Luke

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Pictures should work now.

The Mayhem does have subframe connectors.

It is not registered still.

Headlights are from the 2015 Hellcat Charger they gutted, as well as the tail lights because there is some computer board in them, if they aren't seen by the computer, the car won't run.  This will be rectified in due time.  But couldn't fix it in time for Dream Cruise.  He plans on running a completely independent lighting harness eventually and gutting the 2015 stuff.  So the computer will see the stuff is there, but he can run 68 tail lights and headlights again.

[myk]

The guys on Roadkill look like normal guys. So often on the TV reality car shows, theres a tattoo freak, a guy with spikes, a skinhead dude and someone with a ZZ Top beard.

Don't forget the vaguely cute, pale skinned, black haired girl who might be attractive if she herself wasn't plastered with tattoos, adorned with spikes and seemed like the love child of a ZZ Top beard...

[Ghoste]

 

[lukedukem]

Pictures should work now.

The Mayhem does have subframe connectors.

It is not registered still.

Headlights are from the 2015 Hellcat Charger they gutted, as well as the tail lights because there is some computer board in them, if they aren't seen by the computer, the car won't run.  This will be rectified in due time.  But couldn't fix it in time for Dream Cruise.  He plans on running a completely independent lighting harness eventually and gutting the 2015 stuff.  So the computer will see the stuff is there, but he can run 68 tail lights and headlights again.

Thanks Ryan, link is working. Thanks for getting answers for our questions. What about the A/C stuff for the charger. Did they just leave the compressor mounted under the hood or did he run a belt bypassing it. Or maybe general mayhem has A/C now, lol?

Luke

[WHITE AND RED 69]

Pictures should work now.

The Mayhem does have subframe connectors.

It is not registered still.

Headlights are from the 2015 Hellcat Charger they gutted, as well as the tail lights because there is some computer board in them, if they aren't seen by the computer, the car won't run.  This will be rectified in due time.  But couldn't fix it in time for Dream Cruise.  He plans on running a completely independent lighting harness eventually and gutting the 2015 stuff.  So the computer will see the stuff is there, but he can run 68 tail lights and headlights again.

Thanks Ryan, link is working. Thanks for getting answers for our questions. What about the A/C stuff for the charger. Did they just leave the compressor mounted under the hood or did he run a belt bypassing it. Or maybe general mayhem has A/C now, lol?

Luke

They ditched all the a/c equip. Just has the basics to make it run. 

http://www.roadkill.com/secrets-of-roadkills-general-mayhem-hellcat-engine-swap/

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Yeppers, and good news.  They got the plates in the mail yesterday before we left.  The General Mayhem is now street legal.

Unfortunately the General Mayhem damaged the passenger side front suspension on Saturday, so tomorrow we're going to have to do some surgery and replace the lower control arm and strut rod.  I've been calling all over trying to find a Torsion Bar puller to borrow... but no luck.  And YES I know there are other ways to remove the torsion bars without a puller, but the way the lower control arm is now bent.... we need a puller.



Any other questions, let me know. 

[lukedukem]

Ryan, ask what kind of exhaust they used. i know it has headers that were modified. but after that.
I've got a great idea, make a roadkill calender. please.

Luke

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Sorry about the delay.  Internet has been spotty.

The exhaust is just some 1 foot glass packs  that dump in front of the rear wheels.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hemipwr70/20723746826/in/album-72157657136496148/

[Mike DC]

           
Front suspension damage . . . did it hit a curb or something?

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

No, it's a long story.  When I get home I'll type it all out.  But a safety chain bent the passenger side lower control arm..... badly.  So it wasn't safe to drive any real distance.  We swapped it out at the Osage drag strip on Wednesday.

[Ghoste]

Who tightened the chains, King Kong??

[Mike DC]

 



"Who made the aftermarket strut bar?" might be a better question. 

[lukedukem]

Sorry about the delay.  Internet has been spotty.

The exhaust is just some 1 foot glass packs  that dump in front of the rear wheels.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hemipwr70/20723746826/in/album-72157657136496148/

Thanks Ryan, in that photo of the dealership, is that a challenger on top of it. Wtf

Luke

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Here's what happened.

Between burnouts #2 and #3 on Woodward, the General Mayhem actually melted the rear tires to the plate they were doing burnouts on.  So when they went to do burnout #3, the car had insane traction for a split second and lurched forward, breaking one of the ratchet straps holding the car from running into the General Maintenance.  The only thing that stopped it from wrecking was the safety chain wrapped around the lower control arm..... bam!  Twisted control arm!



Luke, YES that Challenger and truck are on the roof.  How crazy was that! 

Ryan