Looks to be a very solid foundation for a build.
So you're building this for twin turbos right?
So you're building this for twin turbos right?
CK5
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The Willomet Charger
- Thread starter AgDieseler
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A desecration to Mopar nuts everywhere, this is my protouring, LS-powered, 1970 Dodge Charger; built at my shop, Willomet Motor & Fabrication.
Sounds like he's about to have an extra turbine lying around thanks to his proposed Suburban upgrade. Complimentary builds! 
RubberFloorMat
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looks great. Attention to detail and fine work sir, im not too far north if you ever need something sourced.
Power adder is what I want. I might build NA for shakedown purposes, but I like the idea of a pair of turbos or the Eaton 2.3 TVS.
I had an extra thermostat crossover, an extra NA air filter housing (gave it to this Yooper that I ran into), and a few extra intake manifolds, but an extra turbo would be handy.
Thanks! Appreciate your offer. I'm always scouring CL outside DFW...in fact, I bought this car just North of the red river.
David
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It'll fit right in at drag week...
So...whatever happened to that extra thermostat crossover? I keep thinking about how you told me I should upgrade.
It's a phantom. Besides, don't spoil the untouched beauty of a 6.2L in its natural habitat.
David
Untouched, unsmunched. I'm tired of tightening V-belts. The K10 may have some original, unspoiled beauty, but my Suburban is a hacked-up engine transplant victim. Nobody will cry if I do a serpentine conversion, and my ears will be happier.
RubberFloorMat
1/2 ton status
That's about where I'm at, I got out of the hobby for a few years. My soon to be wife grew up in an 83 k5 much like you did only her dad sold it when she went to college. I'm knee deep in that thread. She was brought home from the hospital in his. We recently got a 78k5 to start working in. Her 5 yr old son calls it his blazer lol
Something like twin 55mm or 60mm turbos pushing about 8lbs of boost would make for a serious ride. Plus at that boost level you wouldn't have to go to crazy building up the bottom end to handle the power. Would make a good cruiser till you drop the hammer on it, then hold on 
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Did someone mention belt squeaks?Untouched, unsmunched. I'm tired of tightening V-belts. The K10 may have some original, unspoiled beauty, but my Suburban is a hacked-up engine transplant victim. Nobody will cry if I do a serpentine conversion, and my ears will be happier.
That sounds like an excellent recipe for evaporating a set of rear 315s. I like it.
David
RubberFloorMat
1/2 ton status
in my experience, for anything short of a race car, a efficient single turbo is always cheaper and easier than twins. Ive never personally had car with aftermarket turbo (had three factory turbocharged germans), but ive worked on a few, and outside of racing or the diesel game, they are a pain. One turbo, properly sized and setup would be my choice. Im also a big fan of the centrifugal supercharger on v8's.
Single turbo is cheaper and easier to setup but when building any performance engine it's important to spend the time and money to get it properly tuned. So I wouldn't be too worried about running twin turbos. Most people sadly just bolt the parts on and run it. Which works but they're never quite right nor able to reach there true potential.
RubberFloorMat
1/2 ton status
Agreed, I was running a centrifugal supercharger a few years back when turbocharging was coming on strong. Back then tuning was a black art.
Watching your work on the Suburban and now this Charger... I`m sure it will be one very nice well built piece of awesomeness!
I know it will be cheaper faster better more reliable and all... just saying, I`m kind of sad it not a Mopar engine you picked.
I sincerely appreciate your vote of confidence. I'm excited to indulge in the details. As for my planned power plant, your feedback (as well as Ducato's) is probably the most polite I'll ever receive.
This will be a car stuck between worlds - sacrilegious to the Mopar crowd, and waaaay too much unibody and coke bottle styling for the GM guys. It will never truly belong. Each side will deride and ridicule, as they are entitled, but hopefully they do so while looking at my tail lights or their higher ETs.
For me, speed and function come first. I've always loved the lines of this car, and dreamed of owning and driving one, but drivetrain has always been negotiable. As I get older, brand purity has become less useful.
For this car, the engine is a tool; one that will deliver the required torque and power across a broad RPM range so I can meet my ET goals and defeat my competitors. It will be compact and lighter than a 440 and allow for a low(er) center of gravity, it will be easier to recess into the firewall for improved weight distribution, it will be able to withstand sustained boost pressure up to 12psi, it will be easy to service and have a wide availability of parts, and it will be built by me with help from my family and friends.
A built LS will achieve those goals, and I got one for cheap.
In terms of design, I think of something David Freiburger has said/written a few times - "I’d rather be hated than ignored and risky rather than safe."
This is where my stubbornness kicks in...
David
That's why I asked about the newer hemi, but you gotta admit the LS's are pretty freakin awesome. And looking at your builds so far you've done a fantastic job, and done it w/ passion and attention to detail. So I'm sure this will turn out to be freakin awesome too.
I'm a diehard GM guy, but since before my nuts dropped I have loved the lines on the 68-70 Chargers! As for using an RB Mopar mill...I'd say that's been done way more often than what you're planning. You might start a thing...kinda like the first Fox body guy to run an LS. That's even more sacrilegious. Hell, Finnegan is running a Hemi in his '55 Gasser. So I say f em all and continue to build an amazingly styled and unique Charger!
Frankly I think sometimes the huge tq the big blocks generate tends to rip the tires right off the car and hurts 60 foot times. With a turbo'd LS you can use the boost controller to dial it in for perfect, repeatable launches and have the wick fully lit by 330 feet.
