72 Charger Build

[chargd72]

As I might agree.  The work involved doesn't outweigh the slight appearance change.

[ACUDANUT]

Having that SE plug removed will make your car look 10 times better. 

[Daytona R/T SE]

Get rid of that horrible looking se quarter window plug. 

...And sell them to me.

[chargd72]

Continuing with chassis stiffening I added frame connectors this weekend.  I also added some stop and go grip with much wider tires on front and back. 

[72Charger-SE]

Looks tough..   I like the wider tire.  What size are those?

[chargd72]

Thanks!  275 in the rear and 255 up front.  The 18 inch rims eliminated just about all the leftover body roll that the sway bars didn't clean up.

[Wicked72]

got a side profile pic? was wondering tire height too! making me really want to get in the garage!! Looking good, cant wait to see the new motor 

[chargd72]

255/30/18 and 275/35/18.  The car needs to go down a little bit but I'm waiting for new torsion bars and springs to make it sit correctly.  As for the motor, good timing on mentioning that.  I just placed an order last week for a fully forged low compression 408 kit from MRLPerformance.  Good for 900hp 

[chargd72]

Rear torque boxes in.  Expecting about 20% more rigidness with all the chassis upgrades.

[72Charger-SE]

That looks awesome!!   I am sure she will handle alot better.   

[Wicked72]

looks like expensive tires your going to burn off!! 

[chargd72]

My RideTech adjustable shocks just came in.  They are re-valved by Ron Sutton (race engineer bad ass) for more aggressive street/road course performance. 

[chargd72]

I also put in some 1.03" torsion bars.  Lowered the front end about 1.25".

[chargd72]

I got the front and rear shocks in this weekend.  Haven't been able to test them out due to a leaky transmission.  Here is a pic of the rear.

[72Charger-SE]

Looks Great!  Get that trans leak fixed...  Let's see how she handles!!     

(I wish I had a trans fluid leak...  but that would mean I would have the transmission in the car)... 

[EccentricMagpies]

Great job here.  I'll be sure to reference this thread

[chargd72]

Got my new brakes on from Dr Diff. I also swapped out my UCAs with adjustable SPCs. Can't wait to feel the difference.

[72Charger-SE]

Wow..  those are some 'big brakes' and awesome upgrades on the UCAs.  Great Job!

[CDN72SE]

Looks good and very nice upgrade.

[red79]

Apologies if you've already answered elsewhere in the thread, but where did you get those bolt+weld frame connectors for a 72? As far as I knew US CarTool only has the ones that conform to the line of the floorpan. Did you fab them yourself? Also your build is inspirational!

[chargd72]

Thanks for the compliments, guys. 

Red, the frame connectors came from Year One.  I was going to do the US cartools connectors but some guys have had to do a lot of grinding to get them to fit right. I'm not confident my 40 year old floor pan had the exact same contours as it did when it left the factory.

[chargd72]

Had to ditch the slip and slide seats and get something that would keep me in place.

[72Charger-SE]

Those look great!   Did the holes line up or did you have to drill others?

[chargd72]

I ordered brackets directly from corbeau that were supposed to fit my car.  I ended up having to cut one inch off of a side of each bracket and reweld them together just to get the seats level.  Then I had to drill two new holes in each to line up with the floor pan holes.  So much for exact fit...

[ACUDANUT]

looks great. I hate factory seats too.