Twin Turbo Dodge Challenger

Yeah.

Recently on horsepower, we transformed a new generation Chevy Camaro into a supercharged muscle machine

that pumped out 448 horses at the rear wheel. You got a powerful Camaro. Hey,

thank you. I appreciate it.

Well, wait till you see what's in store for its new old competition.

A soon to be turbocharged Dodge Challenger S RT.

It's a retro ride that proves what goes around comes around even four decades after the famous forerunner

challenger, the all new sports specialty car from Dodge on display tomorrow for the first time

when the first Dodge Challenger debuted in 1970 the muscle car wars were already raging

and for four years, this Vaux

Bar would capture countless hearts, minds and admiring eyes with its mean lean looks

and next nabbing horsepower.

It was based on the 70 Barracuda platform with a wheelbase stretched two inches for more room.

Engine options range from a slant six to a 425 horse

hemi

and lots of motors in between.

There was even a version called the T A in 1970. A street car actually built to compete with Camaros and Mustangs in Trans

Am racing

how did we get? This pair of Red Challengers produced almost 40 years apart?

Well, it's all thanks to the owner of this Mopar

Bone Yard, the home base of Steven's performance.

You can walk through here and look at these cars

and you can think

of exactly what this car looked like when it was new, sitting on a dealer show room with a window sticker still on the glass. Do you ever do that all the time?

I said I got it bad. Ted Stevens is not only an avid collector, he's helped many a Chrysler car come back to life. Thanks to old parts that are harvested and recycled for restoration projects.

In fact, we turned to Ted almost 10 years ago for help with a cooter project for our show.

The guy who stole the show though was Rex Howard.

Now, Rex's official title is Dismantlement Technician. We found this once.

Who drop my rain.

How are we doing? Good.

Mhm.

Did I

that?

It

Rex has been with us for 25 years. Uh We've uh we've gone a lot of places together, done a lot of things together. Uh He's as big a part of the business as anybody there. What do you call his uh

dismantling technician? Rex is probably part of out more cars as far as Mopar is concerned than anybody on the planet. Photographic memory.

He can look at it and tell you what it is.

That's bullshit. But it sounded good.

He came to the property.

Well, this is no Bull Ted's new Challenger is a bit bulkier and taller than the 1970 model.

But the styling lines all echo the original, the 1970 Challenger, as far as I'm concerned was the height of Mopar styling. The car has timeless lines. Eternal beauty. The 0 10 follows the lines very well. It's the same DNA. You can see it in the car. They might not be exact twins, but they're close enough

for power Ted's 70 model has the fame 446 pack rated at 390 horsepower.

His new challengers got the king of the hill 6.1 L hemi

that makes 425 horses, but we're going to improve on that. See, we're getting ready to install a twin turbo system from hell and power systems. Now, the kit includes twin 58 millimeter turbines, turbos that are capable of 550 horsepower a piece plus the inner cooler, blow off val

and all the piping you're gonna need for a nice clean install. Now, the guys at Hellion also include air filters, spark plugs,

wiring harnesses for the booster pump and 58 pound S RT four injectors. Now, as you'll see, one of the coolest things about this whole install is you don't have to make any modifications to the car, like tapping into the oil pan. That's right. It's a direct bolt on.

Come back

before we lay a hand on the newer Challengers motor though. We gotta get some baseline numbers on the dyno Jet.

See the hole underneath the control arm right there

and right away. Rex jumped in to help, strap her down

for.

He's done that before too.

Can you hear me that tackle

right here?

I'm thinking 3 70

50 bucks. 375.

I better go higher than

that.

How much?

380?

You bet me an old uh

God's hood.

367 is our best number.

You guys happy with that.

You r

oh

man, not bad for a car with leather seats.

So we got a cool car, a solid baseline, a new turbo kit. Some great company. All we need is some more horsepower. We'll see what we get after the break

just a little bit.

Horse power is back and we're ready to turbocharge. This new generation Dodge Challenger,

it's got a 6.1 L

hemi that just laid down a 365 horse baseload.

But we're gonna blow those numbers out of the water. See, the turbos that came with the Hellion kit are capable of 25 pounds of boots. But with the motor being in stock, we're only gonna run five of those. Now, something else that's really cool about the Hellion kit. This charge pipe that goes up to the throttle body is the only thing you're gonna see in that engine compartment. Everything else goes underneath. So I think we agree we're talking about the ultimate sleeper.

We also have to unbolt the fuel rails to remove the eight stock injectors and replace them with the larger 52 pound injectors from the kit

with the alternator pulled forward for clearance. We remove this factory pipe plug above the oil pressure sending unit and replace it with this t fitting to feed the turbos.

While we're up here, we can also install this fuel pump voltage booster on the driver side strut support cross member,

then remove the firewall grommet.

So we can run our wiring harness through it.

You're not lost, are you? Well, there are a lot of little steps involved in this installation but check this Hellion has put their entire illustrated instruction manual right here on their website.

The replacement plugs from the kit have a solid core that can handle a lot more heat.

You ever found any snakes out there?

Yeah.

Yeah,

I like that one day.

I needed to say that man didn't get his part that day.

He didn't.

Now on the underside, the entire exhaust system has to go. You

know,

first thing to go in here are two air cleaner hoses that will connect to the Turbos. A little later.

The Ford and Chevy guys will get to see the Challengers tail lights, but of course, they won't get to see how pretty these things are because they'll be hidden.

Now, Hallion shifts these Turbos assembled on what they call a pod here. And as we told you earlier, each is 58 millimeters and that's determined by the size of this inlet on the compressor.

Here's something cool.

The factory heat shield that insulated the catalytic converters now provides heat shielding for the turbos.

And since they're so close to the headers and the exhaust supply

that'll make for fast efficient spool up. Each turbo has to be clocked so that the oil feed is vertical,

then they can be cinched down.

When that's done, we can connect the two air cleaner hoses to the turbos with clamps.

Remember how earlier we install the t fitting to the engine.

Well, it's here so we can connect the lines that'll feed the oil to the turbos.

Now is a good time to mount the inner cooler in front of the radiator using supplied brackets and factory bolt holes.

When turbos are mounted in the engine compartment, they usually sit up pretty high and the oil used to lubricate them drains back into the oil pan. But since these turbos sit so low, they're gonna need some assistance. And that's what this catch tank and this pump are used for that come in the kit.

Now, the turbos drain back into this catch tank and the pump pulls oil from it and pushes it back up to the valve cover where it's returned to the engine. The first thing we need to do is mount the pump.

Once again, we get to use an existing bolt hole this time on the factory K member,

the tank mounts to a bracket that's attached to the turbo.

Now, we can run hoses to each unit.

All rex. We're gonna prime this thing. Go ahead and put that hose in the oil

and here we go.

Here he goes to the bar. That's the end,

that's all.

Now that we've got the system primed, we can connect this hose to the tank along with the sensor.

Then with a blow off valve attached,

this hose goes up to the throttle body.

I gotta tell you we are blown away. No pun intended and how precise and neath this whole system fits and well, in case you missed anything, here's a little tour,

of course, exhaust comes in from the header to the turbo

which spins up the compressor and pulls in filtered air from the atmosphere and that pressurized air of course gets sent to the inner cooler about 100 and 40 degrees going in

at about 90 going out as it travels on up to the engine bay

into the throttle body. And well, that's where we make all the horsepower.

Next, we gotta pull the back seat out to access the fuel pump wiring.

This is how we wire in that fuel pump booster we installed earlier.

Of course, for everything to work. The onboard computer has to know what's going on.

And the kid includes a programmer loaded with a motive of performance tune.

Well, guess what? That's it for the installation, which in real time takes you about 12 hours with the help of a buddy.

Now, we got all the floods back in. We've even changed the oil and TED, I don't know about you, but I wanna hear this turbo

hemi

honk a little bit. How about you? Fire it up? All right, Mike. Do it.

I think so too.

When we come back, we're gonna add a high-performance exhaust system to this project and then

yep, payoff time on the chassis, dyno.

We'll be right back.

What do you think?

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at the risk of waking wrecks, we're back.

And today, what's old

is new again for this classic Dodge?

We're turbo charging the light bottle Challenger,

challenging ourselves to give us

hemi a lot more power

that is with the help of our guest Mopar gearheads, Ted and Rex. You're gonna have all these specialized tools to work on these things. Will, you can't just do it with a claw cap

that work anymore.

Our

Hallion kit is a true Bolton system and using only five pounds of its 25 pound capacity. We're shooting for at least an extra 100 new horsepower at the rear tires

even though we're finished with the, install the cars going back in the air for one bonus bolt to before we strap it to the

dyno.

The twin turbo is blowing more air into the motor. We want that mo part to have the best flow and exhaust possible. And well, that's the job of this Magna Flow Cat back system.

It's a true X pipe design with larger than stock three inch pipes, these 14 inch resonators,

11 inch mufflers. And hey, you gotta love those dual polished tips there

like the Turbos, the Magna flow kits, an easy bolt on with provided clamps

and it comes with OEM style barb hangers.

All right. Now, we can replace some of those things we removed like the front fac.

Just think that's got any more plastic than the original Challenger did. Well, you know it does, dummy,

you better be studying this. You'll be junking these out. One of these days,

rex has lost some of the rivets. Give me one.

Just hold your tater.

Don't be

such a,

that's it.

It's on.

Well,

466 that's 100 and one over the baseline.

100 horses wrecks

like that.

Yeah,

let's let it cool down and make another one though. Sounds good.

484 horsepower. 497 ft pounds of torque.

Gentlemen, that's some horsepower and torque. I tell you, I think we're there. I think we're there.

That's almost 100 and 20 horsepower over stock. Now, keep in mind this thing's still really fresh. So we only ended up running about four pounds of used to it. But with those type of gains that's pretty impressive. Now, these things are set up on a 10 and three quarter to one compression ratio, but they've got stout bottom ends and four volt mains. So do a piston swap, bring it down to about 8.5 to 1. And this thing is capable of big power. Heck, the turbos are capable of 1100

horsepower wars are on again and I think Mopar

has a great entry in this new Challenger S RT.

I think that

we were on the right track.

Enjoyed having you be safe in that new turbo charge. Challenger. Pleasure. We'll enjoy it.

Rex, you can come back anytime. All right,

we'll leave him at home.

Ok?

You give me

a

home. Oh

my gosh,

y'all be good. This is great. It's the, it's the seventies all over again. I think the next generation's in good shape with this car.

There's no doubt about it. Spark plug wires play an important part in your engines, ignition system.

But what makes one wire better than the other? A lot of guys will tell you it's all about ohms of resistance, but a lot of guys got it wrong.

You see. Ohms refer to static energy transfer. Spark plug wires carry energy pulses. The material used is what really makes the difference.

These Excel 300 race wires have a copper alloy, a core to transfer energy effectively

and an eight millimeter silicone jacket to resist heat.

Of course, there's no argument, a properly installed set in the right color will make your engine look better too.

For most applications you can get a pre cut set like this or if you wanna save money and get the right fit that you want a universal sets the way to go.

Never done one before. No problem. We're gonna take you through the steps.

This is especially easy. If you're swapping out an old set,

all you gotta do is match the new wire link to the old one and replace them one at a time

if that's not the case. However,

what you're gonna have to do is mock them up

with the headers in place. Of course,

and you wanna leave plenty of slack so you could still rotate the rotor cap to change the timing out.

Well, next we want to cut the wire to the proper length.

The next steps are to strip back the shielding and crimp and most inexpensive method,

trusty

razor blade and a couple of dyes like this that you use with your vice to do the crimping

or you could step up to a stripper and combination crimper like this tool or even better.

A

ratcheting all in one tool like this one from Excel. It also comes with jaws for weather pack connectors and electrical connectors. Since we got this one, we'll use it.

Of course, the idea here is to leave about a half inch of the wire core exposed

and we just cut away those threads

and grab one of your metal connectors.

Then with the wire bit back,

just slide the connector on.

Now we line this thing up in our tool.

Firmly crim the connector body over the wire.

That's a good connection there.

Now, if you get involved in frequent engine projects, you're gonna buy this wire in bulk and really save some cash.

Of course to get a super clean. Look, you need some wire looms too. Oh, you're on a super tight budget.

Look what you can do with some extra zip ties. Well, looks good. You did it yourself and you save yourself some money.

Go ahead and tell your friends the zip tie trick was your idea? I don't care.

We use all kinds of lock type products in our shop. Probably most of all thread locker.

Well, now they got a new version, the 2047

that's especially formulated for larger fasteners. It's a dual action product because it lubricates to get the proper clamp load

and it cures to prevent corrosion, loosening and seizure.

They've got another new product that I wanna show you too that you might wanna keep in your shop house. Even in your car,

it's a new insulating and ceiling wrap that's non sticky.

It's self fusing

and it's got a variety of uses. It can be a real life saver for an emergency radiator hose repair.

You can also use it to wrap wires, the handles of your favorite tools and to even insulate

the grips of your jumper cables. Now, you can find both products at your local parts store and uh no red tape involved and you can find us next time right here and I gotta say it,

that's a wrap.