Change Management

[Simans82]

sick management.... Can't you just put some filters inline to prevent water from collecting (air noob ps)
Also how is the water suppose to drain if the fitting is facing upwards?

There are water traps that go in line between the tank and the manifold, but in running them for years, I had maybe a drop or two of water after a number of months. I've found that using the drain works much better as long as you stay on top of it. As mentioned below, there's 200 psi in the tank that allows the water to blow out of the drain line when opened.

Beautiful car, beautiful work. You have great taste.

I would had loved to keep my 07 Magnum and bag it, but tasteful wheels/tires this big are a bit out of price range right now. I can't pay to play like you do!

Loved the old ride, love the new one. Keep up the good work of showing people not all Magnum/Chargers/300s are ghetto rollin' deuce-deuce swag mobiles.

Thanks very much! I appreciate it. In the past, I may have argued that there are plenty of off the shelf wheels out there that look tasteful, but unfortunately that's become less and less true over the last few years. One exception is Vossen's CV3's that are coming out in about a month for the LX fitment. Beyond those, the rest of the tasteful options seem to be 3 piece.

I had KMC Dimes on my first 300, but it's all in how you pull the car together. I think you can make a one piece cast wheel work, but it just takes some planning when dealing with the typical 22" offering.

pressure from the tank should evacuate all the water.
or at least i think it should. i'll let the air magicians fully explain that one.

You got it!

[ionz]

sick management.... Can't you just put some filters inline to prevent water from collecting (air noob ps)
Also how is the water suppose to drain if the fitting is facing upwards?

pressure from the tank should evacuate all the water.
or at least i think it should. i'll let the air magicians fully explain that one.

[stance4sissies]

Beautiful car, beautiful work. You have great taste.

I would had loved to keep my 07 Magnum and bag it, but tasteful wheels/tires this big are a bit out of price range right now. I can't pay to play like you do!

Loved the old ride, love the new one. Keep up the good work of showing people not all Magnum/Chargers/300s are ghetto rollin' deuce-deuce swag mobiles.

[TeckniX]

sick management.... Can't you just put some filters inline to prevent water from collecting (air noob ps)
Also how is the water suppose to drain if the fitting is facing upwards?

[Simans82]

The new wheels are underway! I'll post up some pics when they're cut.

21" x 10" concave step lip fronts (5.5" outer, 4.5" inner)
21" x 12" super concave step lip rears (7" outer, 5" inner)

The 21's will allow me to get the car closer to the ground when it's laid out, and considering I don't have a kit to fill the gap, this is a welcomed change. The wheels will have a brushed face, polished windows, chrome outer barrel, gloss black inner barrel, brushed center caps, and chrome hardware. I'll keep the thread updated as things progress.

[Simans82]

Thanks for the comments!

Made some more progress tonight. There are definitely some tweaks I'd like to make, but overall I'm pleased. I wanted a concealed e-Level setup, but I still wanted it to look clean when the spare tire cover was opened up. I still need to strip it all out again to clean up the false floor and box that houses all of the wiring (mainly re-carpeting everything), but I'll put up new pics as that comes along:

SMC check valves and Parker compression fittings installed at the compressor and tank. Final bends made with the grade L copper. Still not polished in this picture:



Gave it a quick spin with a 100% white wool 3M Perfect-It pad and 3M Perfect-It Rubbing Compound:



Mocking everything up before reinstalling the harnesses and tightening the compression fittings:



Mocking up the manifold lines:



Everything in and buttoned up:



You can see the 1/4" schrader drain behind the compressor. I wanted something simple that would make it easy to drain the tank. I originally had it running out of the bottom of the car, but didn't like the thought of having to put the car on ramps and get on a creeper just to drain a few ounces of water out of the tank every few weeks. This may change, I haven't decided yet:



Battery side:



Done for now:

[nthusiastt]

SHIT FUCK!!! This thing is incredible!

[laBeef]

Boss!

[Simans82]

Aw man...I strongly dislike 300C's but this one...

Fuuuu this one is summin else! Well played man! That fitment looks sick!

Thanks!

I made a little progress tonight mapping out the hardlines. I used the cheap coiled copper to do my test pieces. I have straight lengths of grade L copper that I'll be using on my final pieces. I'll also be buffing those to a high polish. I was thinking about trying to tackle the manifold as well, but I think it would look WAY too busy if I tried to hardline them. Regardless, I think these four lines look good for now. Don't mind some of the short/long cuts, as the final pieces will be cut to length after all of my fittings are put on my compressors/tank. I'll put up some more pics as I get more done.

[dav3design]

Aw man...I strongly dislike 300C's but this one...

Fuuuu this one is summin else! Well played man! That fitment looks sick!

[Simans82]

I'm currently working with four manufacturers on design/finish/fitment for my next set of wheels. Now that the car's back on stock wheels, I don't mind having it down for a few days. So I'm going to gut the trunk this weekend and get started on the hardlines.

Here's the last shot of how it sat after the initial install. I have all of my pressure fittings, check valves, copper tubing and pipe bender/cutter to start the job. I'm going to start with eliminating the braided leader lines from the Viair compressors. That'll clean things up quite a bit. Then I'm moving on to the manifold to see if I can come up with an exposed line solution vs. running the soft line under the tank and into the 90 degree unions under the false floor. I'm also going to work on eliminating the soft line running from the tank to the manifold. We'll see how it goes. If it ends up looking too busy, I'll just keep the hardlines for the compressors and call it good for now. There's not a lot of room under there, but I've seen people do hardlines in smaller spaces than this. I'll get some progress pics up as things come along.

[Simans82]

Thanks for the comments!

i love this sooooo much its unbelievable. seeing this combined with the feature on elvis's srt charger on stance nation has really made me take a serious look at these big body chrysler vehicles as my next vehicle.

Elvis gets a lot of criticism on the LX forums for it, but continues to pursue his own vision (which is what most all of us do this for, ourselves). One of the cleanest Charger's out there in my opinion.

where in NC are you at? this car is the shit...i'd love to check it out sometime

I'm in Wilmington. We have a Cars & Coffee here that I attend regularly, but I also make it up to Charlotte and Raleigh for various meets/events. I've been up to Virginia for a few meets as well. I'm sure I'll see you around at some point!

[ChristopherJason]

Holy fuck

[Jamil]

jawdropping!

[ztman92]

so mean