Will´s 1968 Dodge Charger

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Mon Oct 07, 13 4:47 pm

lookin good

need some of that texture for my rocker cover...just a bit smaller

mine was like black sand paper with smoothright over the top originally

the black equivelent of sugar soap....

kinda BIG matt...hard to explian

anyway its all rusty and needs sorting....

mmmm

hammerite would be wrong

Dave

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Tue Oct 08, 13 9:52 am

I forgot about this build, (hangs head in shame) but good to see it coming along

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Wed Oct 16, 13 9:03 pm

exhaust headers

I got a set of old dented headers so nothing to lose

I blasted, high temp primmer, then high temp black

I then wrapped

You should not wrap

1. they hold water and will rust your headers over time

2. if you get a fuel leak they with soak up fuel possible fire.

There are now high temp silicon sprays that will help this

I then wired them with a 1mm solid brass wire.

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Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Wed Oct 16, 13 9:31 pm

Bananarama! ell will thats some work son must of taken an age wiring that lot
impressed with your work mate

comeonsasha · Post by **comeonsasha** » Wed Oct 16, 13 9:58 pm

Wow ... Those headers are the nuts , love it

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Wed Oct 16, 13 10:04 pm

With the rest on this Will.
Wiring on those headers is the mutts !!!

db · Post by db » Wed Oct 16, 13 10:48 pm

Will you are nuts

That looks ace!

Trigger_Andy · Post by **Trigger_Andy** » Thu Oct 17, 13 10:49 am

We have a special tool for spinning up the wiring like that in the Workshop. Its very quick and easy to use and you always get good results.

Cannonball wrote:Bananarama! ell will thats some work son must of taken an age wiring that lot
impressed with your work mate

Guy · Post by **Guy** » Thu Oct 17, 13 11:12 am

Trigger_Andy wrote:We have a special tool for spinning up the wiring like that in the Workshop. Its very quick and easy to use and you always get good results.

yep you can use either of these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WIRE-TWISTER- ... 53ddfebb2b

or

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-PLIERS-SET- ... 46054c42f7

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Thu Oct 17, 13 11:52 am

Looks great....but not recommended , mate.

Race car yes ...but road car ??
moisture retention will rot the headers quicker,
and spill anything on them...mostly fuel and start the car a few hours or more later and whoosh instant fire when headers get hot enough

One good scrape on a speed hump or pot hole and it starts to look like your dragging an old tea towel under the car

JMO

Ask me how I know ??

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Thu Oct 17, 13 2:55 pm

Work of art that is Will

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Thu Oct 17, 13 9:10 pm

nice work on the header wrap !!

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Thu Oct 17, 13 9:40 pm

thank you gents

yes i used the lock wire pliers

The trick is to soak the wrap in a bucket of water first for 3 hours this makes it a little larger and easier to apply. then once dry it shrinks to fit.

Also use a good wrap and spray to stop water getting in

http://www.thermotec.com/products/12001 ... ating.html

i used 150 ft of wrap and 100ft of brass wire

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Wed Nov 13, 13 7:19 pm

Indy blower manifold brought off a fellow mma member that's going hemi

It has ports for fuel injection

:scratch:

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db · Post by db » Wed Nov 13, 13 7:59 pm

Cool indeed!
It was nice to see it in the flesh yesterday mate