SRT-8 Daytona Clone

[XS29L9B2]

very nice work 

[jaak]

Keep up the great work! Still the best thread on DC.com!!!

Jason

[tnthull]

I haven't been able to work much on my build lately because of building a race car but I sure enjoy following the best charger build on this site. Lots of inspiration for me to get back on mine soon

[Stevearino]

 ACUDANUT ,XS29L9B2, jaak,tnthull, Thanks for the kind words of encouragement. tnthull, Someone was asking about your build on this board just recently. I hope we will see you getting back to it soon.

Well nothing overly exciting to report. I finished positioning the side window to roof seal track on the right side of the car and rebuilt the roof edge as I did on the left side of the car. I have been back and forth on what seal to use. The 68 top seal seems to roll the window out when the window rolls up which causes some binding when the door glass rolls up so I decided on the top to use the seal from the 06 which is softer and doesn't force the quarter glass outward. On the "A" post I will be using the front portion of the 68 seal as it does a better job in this location. The 06 seal also provides a finish lip that helps the transition to the headliner edge trim. I shaped a new headliner edge cap and mocked it into place with 1/8" spacers behind it to simulate the head liner. On the "A" post itself I had to make a steel transition piece to fill the gap between the inner "A" post finish cover and the seal channel.

[Stevearino]

One of the other things I got into was putting the 06 trunk floor and sides back into the car to see how it would all fit and what I was going to have to do to extend both the sides and the floor. The 68 trunk is about a foot longer than the 06. You can see from the pictures how much longer it is. The other thing I needed to do was to see how to work around the fuel line that runs on the inside of the trunk with the top fill gas door. I was able to cut around it pretty well and will be able to use simple plumbing pipe insulation to cover and protect it.

[Stevearino]

In the department of " one thing leads to another" I wanted to start getting some of the tail light harness organized which lead me to start fooling with the tail light housings. I had to do some adaptation to allow me to use the tail light harness and bulb set up from the 06. The first thing I did was to cut up the 06 tail lights to salvage the bulb receptors and reflectors. Next I clearanced the existing bulb holes in the 69 light housing so that the 06 bulb holes would protrude through. I then trimmed down the reflectors to fit into the 69 housing and riveted the in. Since the 06 uses just 2 tail lights I used the side marker bulb to finish out the 3 bulb set up.

[ACUDANUT]

You need to finish this, so you can build me one...I want the Hellcat edition too.

[Stevearino]

You need to finish this, so you can build me one...I want the Hellcat edition too.

They should be plenty of wrecked Hellcats by the time I am done. Problem is with 700 hp there may not be anything left to work with.

[jaak]

That's a cool Idea putting the SRT taillight sockets/reflectors in the stock 69 housings  . Have you tested them yet with a lens on to see how bright it is. It's also cool to install/use all you can from the SRT. Keep it up!!

Jason

[Stevearino]

That's a cool Idea putting the SRT taillight sockets/reflectors in the stock 69 housings  . Have you tested them yet with a lens on to see how bright it is. It's also cool to install/use all you can from the SRT. Keep it up!!

Jason

One of the goals of this project was to use what ever I can from the donor car as all that little stuff adds up. Plus it is all compatible with the unaltered wiring harness in the car. No I have not tested with the lens in place yet but the stock interior of the housing seemed pretty dull so I am hoping they will be a little brighter than stock. I know they have LED kits for these housings but I am not crazy about how they look.

[tsmithae]

I imagine those are going to look fantastic!  Great idea! 

[jaak]

That's a cool Idea putting the SRT taillight sockets/reflectors in the stock 69 housings  . Have you tested them yet with a lens on to see how bright it is. It's also cool to install/use all you can from the SRT. Keep it up!!

Jason

One of the goals of this project was to use what ever I can from the donor car as all that little stuff adds up. Plus it is all compatible with the unaltered wiring harness in the car. No I have not tested with the lens in place yet but the stock interior of the housing seemed pretty dull so I am hoping they will be a little brighter than stock. I know they have LED kits for these housings but I am not crazy about how they look.

Oh yes, I knew it would be brighter than stock, just wondering if you tested to see how it looks. 

Jason

[ACUDANUT]

Ok Steve. What is the goal line here. Summer 

[Stevearino]

Ok Steve. What is the goal line here. Summer 

Since I have never done this before I would hate to predict a deadline. As it is I have been working steady on this for 2 years now. On average I spend from 10 to 12 hours a week on it and I thought I would be much further along by now so the short answer would be...........

[69_Charger_RT]

Ok Steve. What is the goal line here. Summer 

Since I have never done this before I would hate to predict a deadline. As it is I have been working steady on this for 2 years now. On average I spend from 10 to 12 hours a week on it and I thought I would be much further along by now so the short answer would be...........

Don't worry the end result will be worth the extra time 

[Stevearino]

I am still messing around getting the wiring extended and looped in the trunk area. Also I wanted to make my back up lamps rectangular and it took me a while but I found some aftermarket replacement housings for a 4 Runner that seemed to fit the bill. The only modification was to replace the bulb receptacle from the 06 tail lights. I then installed them from behind the roll pan so that they would not bulge out and I could control the size of the exposed lens. And before anyone asks I won't be leaving what looks like rocket motors for exhaust. The resonator cans are way too big and hang to low so I will have to do some re routing to get  everything closer to the bottom of the car. Hopefully eliminating the afterburners won't make the car sound funky.

[Stevearino]

I had to remove the 06 reflectors that I installed last week and cut them down a bit. When I put the red lens on you could see the circular perimeter of the 06 reflectors through the lens. I minimized them and they look o.k. now.

[The70RT]

Cool 

[Baldwinvette77]

Anything else? 

[moparfan]

looking good hope to see it at a mopar show in a year or two.

[Aero426]

 

[Stevearino]

Just a little more Baldwinvette77 also Thanks for your continued support moparfan and Aero426.

I decided to continue the fabrication work in the trunk extending the 06 trunk close outs to the back of the car. The first thing I did along this line was to glue down some dense 1" foam to allow a space for the wiring to run back to the tail lights under the floor cover extension. Next I built a transition piece that both receives the rear edge of the 06 floor and steps up to complete the floor. I used .021 steel, some 3/4" x 3/4" .049 square stock, some 5/16" honey comb carbon board and some aluminum angle to make the piece. I then covered it with some trunk liner material. After the floor was established I made some tail light covers out of .021 steel.

[Stevearino]

After covering the tail light covers with trunk liner material I held them in place with velcro both to the angle on the floor piece and to the 1/2" flat area just below the trunk lid seal lip. I made some side panels out of masonite and also covered them and attached them with velcro.  Also I had to fabricate a small cover for the lock mechanism in the center.

[Stevearino]

Here is the trunk with the latch cover and all of the closures in place.

[dyslexic teddybear]

Details.....details......

So many little things needed to end up with a nicely finished car.

No doubt this car will be better then nice when finished.