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General => User Rides => Topic started by: Wingnutt on February 10, 2017, 05:49:53 PM

Title: What I've been up to
Post by: Wingnutt on February 10, 2017, 05:49:53 PM
I haven't posted here in what seems like forever, so I thought I  would make a post showing what I've been working on since I retired my cat. A few years ago I happened to pick up a new 2012 Challenger for an unbelievable price, since then I drove it for a few years until the "go fast" bug bit again. So to scratch that itch, I installed a Vortech V3 supercharger and intercooler. Now it's making some reasonable power. Here's a few pics of the build:

(http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af310/Demented12/P8110032a_zps5k37m3jn.jpg)

(http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af310/Demented12/Challenger/P8110031.jpg)

(http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af310/Demented12/20170119_155228a_zps7arae0jx.jpg)

(http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af310/Demented12/20170119_155236a_zps5ff1kub2.jpg)

I had her dyno tuned and she's making pretty good power, putting down 440 RWHP! Not to shabby for a V-6 huh?

(http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af310/Demented12/ab7e7451-eb98-4aac-8bf8-f054e0a6b955_zpswudqyxpt.jpg)


And gives a fair to middlin' 0-60mph time.

(http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af310/Demented12/20170115_125751a_zps6eodsir9.jpg)


The 'ol Cougar is still sitting behind my brother's barn and believe it or not she still starts right up once we hook up a battery and dump a gallon of fuel into her. I was going to part her out, but my daughter wants to make a father and daughter hot rod out her, so as soon as I can relocate, that's the plan. Although it sounds like blaspheme we're going to drop a 6.0 LS and L80 in it and throw a roots style supercharger on it since I now have a bit of experience tuning speed density systems (my Challenger). The 'ol girl's lookin' kinda rough, but that should start changing in the next year or two.

(http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af310/Demented12/Cougar/0809121900a_209066.jpg)

(http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af310/Demented12/Cougar/0809121901a_298958.jpg)

(http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af310/Demented12/Cougar/0809121901b_307537.jpg)
Title: What I've been up to
Post by: Haystack on February 11, 2017, 12:44:36 AM
Needs rims ;).

Ive been tempted to buy a new car so many times. My buddy just picked up a 13' gt and it's fast.

What else is new?