1969 Charger project

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Didn't realize this was still active, thanks guys I appreciate it.

At first it was easy to induce tire spin with the Avons -but- they were brand new and it was rather cold out (upper 40's)

After a few updates the car now makes 650/510 at the tires.

The video is when it was colder.  Now with some more miles on the tires and temps in the 70's the traction is amazing. I'll have to get a new video but it hazes them through first and hooks up great in 2nd and up.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv_g7E3SSsg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsUsL0YLLXE

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Almost forgot, had new wheels made for the new tires as well.

[70 sublime]

I like the new rims 

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Thanks guys!

[Charger-Bodie]

love the wheels and especially the tire tread

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Thank you, I like the vintage looking tread as well. The tires are working great and hook up amazingly well. Not quite as good as a drag radial but closer to a drag radial than a normal street tire.

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Next up was trying to improve aerodynamics/airflow management.  There was some good info on aerowarriors. Old factory documents of nascar testing.

I started with blocking the grilles.

Then made a lower air dam.

Then a shroud to direct all lower airflow into the radiator and block the sides so the front end can't fill up with air and act as a big parachute.

[6T8440]

Great workmanship and good luck with your design.

It will be very interesting to review the field results.

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Thanks!

I finished it up and took it for a test drive today. It was 86deg today and coolant temp was the lowest it's ever been, by a small margin, even compared to cooler weather. Temp gauge photo was after driving it around for an hour.

E85 certainly helps however.

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clever stuff !      

[WHITE AND RED 69]

That's a sweet setup. I would have thought blocking the grill would hurt the airflow but with that it has nowhere to go but to the radiator. Any issues in traffic?