This car has more money in it then my entire house cost!!!!

Love it! I'm a Ford guy but My second car was a Big Block Plymouth fury, it was awesome.

 

Whats happening?

 

Yeah, any updates?

 

The car ran back in 2011. They are enjoying it since then I'm sure. Nigel has always did that with his builds. Say it runs and disappears.

 

Such a SAWEEET Ride, Top Notch work, Looks great keep it up!

 

SPOTTED! One suspiciously normal-looking purple Challenger in a hidden parking lot in the industrial park. I could feel it idling. We want updates!!!

 

Busted! You caught me working on the E85 tune. This project has been in mothballs for a couple years but I am dusting it off now. I will post updates in a new thread in the Mopar section as soon as I have something worthwhile to report.

 

Ahh there is a sense of normalcy in the E body world again...

Good to hear it is still around

 

Subscribing for updates also.

Off to google the Flex Fuel sensor and digital panel for my E85 system. Thanks

 

Speaking of updates Anthony... Your not supplying much!!

Glad to hear its not in mothballs anymore Nigel.. Been wondering what happened to this build

 

Love the Build!

 

Been a few months, any updates?

 

I have made a number of changes to the car, resulting in a significant net loss in rear wheel horsepower.

I have reduced the engine displacement by 72 cubic inches. I have reduced the compression ratio by .7 points. I have reduced the camshaft intake duration by 6 degrees. I have switched to a transmission with lower efficiency (due to higher internal rotating mass) which has increased drivetrain loss by 2%. Previously I already had pretty high drivetrain losses in the neighborhood of 18% due to GV overdrive plus ford 9-inch 2.91 ring/pinion, but now with the new transmission the drivetrain losses are about 20%. This I have verified with before/after dyno numbers both flywheel (from engine dyno) and rear wheel (from chassis dyno). When all is said and done I predict a total net loss of about -150 rwhp.

As a result of these changes (plus having switched to E85 fuel) I have had to re-map my entire tune which takes quite a bit of time on the chassis dyno. I have only been able to complete about 75% of the re-tuning due to my dyno operator having too busy of schedule this season. I have a street tune on the car now and I have been enjoying driving it around and going on highway trips and such as I usually do, but I cannot go to the racetrack until I get the remaining 25% of the tuning done because that 25% is my higher boost tune which I need at the track.

I do not feel like revealing any more details or specifics regarding these changes and their results until I have ALL the results, including track performance. So i am stuck waiting on my dyno operator, but that does not keep me from driving and enjoying the car it just keeps me from taking it to the racetrack, but that does not bother me so much since this car has always been 99.9% street and 0.1% track.

If and when I ever get the darn dyno tuning done and get this car down the racetrack I will post complete updates, including my reasons for making all the changes.

 

Feel free to post videos of it on the street if you ever get any.

 

Nice mopar build.

 

Here's an in-car video just typical driving around in a 1,300 hp street car.
http://youtu.be/ceUUEnT1MzI

 

What are ear muffs for? Is it that loud you need muffs on the ears? I see a light on them...for music?

 

I like to listen to my ipod

 

They make head units to plug it directly i to and hear it over the auto speakers.