Custom Performance Exhaust for the 2010 Challenger SRT8 - Detroit Muscle S3, E15

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, so you've spent a lot of cash on a big, bad power plant, today we'll show you how to protect that investment with our power stop ultimate Challenger and then we'll hop on our monster mercury for cheap. . arrangements you can make at home Hello guys, welcome back to the workshop. We're now getting dangerously close to taking our old Challenger for a test drive and we have several loose ends we'll have to tie up today. We'll be under a nice engine compartment in the back and today we'll tackle the exterior. We'll be in this old Challenger like a rooster in a June bug.

What do you think? Our

2010

Challenger

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has a lot of work ahead of it. Our objetive. is to beat a Hellcat with it and we started with improvements to both the front and rear suspension including beefier components like axle shafts, increased stopping power with the power brake setup and the guys with less engine power built us a Monster hemi off the factory block with forged internal ported heads and upgrades throughout, then we plug it back into the

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along with an upgraded transmission we'll need to handle the power she'll deliver with this twin turbo setup for our straight cat project and the one we call Power Stop Ultimate Challenger, which you can win by visiting powernation tv.com.

When you build a car like this, you have a lot of money involved in, say, a stroker engine like we have. turbos and it doesn't matter all the time and energy you spent putting it together, it's a big investment and you want to protect it, you wouldn't just go to your local gas station and put the cheap stuff in the tank and likewise you shouldn't go to the store to look a little bit of oil and get this stuff off the bottom shelf. There are many reasons not to do that and our friend ended up with olace pins here to explain the topic a little, yes, there is a lot going on within today, oils are asked many tasks that they were not designed for in years above, so it is very important to choose a high quality oil that can clean, lubricate and cool the engine at the same time, so choosing a high quality oil is really important.

Yes, many people may not realize it, but many modern engines are designed so that the lubrication system can assist the cooling system. They have jets inside the engine that hit the bottom of the pistons and cylinder walls to help reduce that temperature and, while we're on the subject of pistons and cylinders, another thing is that you should think about your blow-by-blow purchases. blow when the pressure and cylinder exceed the ceiling. Piston ring pressure This happens in all engines, but is a bigger problem in high compression engines and in engines with boosts like blower turbos and nitrous.

The

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gases that escape beyond the rings are full of contaminants such as water, sulfuric acid, soot and varnish. Motor oil has to deal with these impurities and the job of high quality oil is to encapsulate these impurities before they have a chance to adhere to the metal surfaces inside the engine. We just talked about

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and what all the motor oil means. has to deal with the inside of the crankcase, there are a couple of unique things we've done at Pennzoil, for example, with our line Pennzoil ultra platinum is made from natural gas that we designed to lubricate specifically for Mopar and the srt8 program, the 0w 40 ultra platinum was Designed specifically with Mopar to work with srt8, in fact, where the factories fill almost parts and something very interesting.

ADL Castronovo uses it every weekend in his Indy car. Conventional oil molecules are like rocks with many different shapes and sizes that contain many impurities. Synthetic oil. It is like ball bearings with more uniform molecules and better properties. Pennzoil synthetics are made by condensing natural gas into a liquid, while traditional synthetics are refined from crude oil. What that means is that you start with a much cleaner base allowing you to have a The product is much cleaner if you have a modern machine with a late model engine like our Hemi here and our

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, this synthetic oil is perfect for it ;

However, if you have a high-

performance

engine with a flat-tappet camshaft, you may want to look at pin oils, racing oil, or even Rotella for that high zinc content. Remember earlier we were talking about the exhaust. Now one of the side effects of exhaust is positive crankcase pressure. I'm sure you've heard of the PCV or positive system. crankcase ventilation system how this works is that the crankcase pressure goes through the PCV valve and is sent through a hose or tube to the intake manifold which returns to the engine to be burned. The problem with that in a high

performance

engine or an improved application like ours will reduce the effective octane of your fuel and can cause detonation, which is always bad, which is why you need a can like this vibrant performance that will catch those vapors and will prevent detonation from occurring, tell me.

It's made like a little bracket here that will slide into the coolant reservoir and screw into the front bracket here, then we can grab our catch can and mount it in place. We'll take about ten URLs of PTFE line and roll it up. - the PCV valve then connect the other side to the can, now we will cap the other side as we won't need we can unplug the original PCV tube and then we will figure out where we need to cut the other end of our line, we will attach it to the valve and then cap the port that discharges vapors from the PCB to the inlet well.

Once that's done, while we're out front, we want to go ahead and take care of some consumables before we fill the radiator and that would be a couple of hoses and a belt, since we're giving this to one of you, we want to make sure we use the best most reliable parts. It's like motor oil is leaking. Something like this could end up costing you an engine in the long run. Now, over time, the hoses develop microscopic fractures and choose one of those cheap hoses, they're a little more prone to them and we've all seen it, the hoses start to swell.

Bang, that's not what you want. These Continent Elite hoses are resistant to the fractures that cause these failures and outperform the OS at times, our application requires a factory fit and they have us covered there if you have a

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er. strange configuration, you can get a set of universals and now order a belt. This continental elite is designed to be quieter and stronger than your traditional serpentine setup and the way they do it is with this varied gear size and this loaded fiber backing them. The belts have extra flexibility and that reduces vibration and will last a long time for whoever is the lucky winner of the power stop challenge.

Stay and check the escape which will allow our stray cat

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s to set off car alarms when you arrive. Before choosing an exhaust system for a stray cat Challenger, we want something that looks good, sounds great, and is capable of handling the amount of power we're going to make, so we went to Magnaflow for one of their catback exhaust systems. from the Competition Series, this is a dual three-inch stainless steel system that will open up a lot of breathing room for our Hemi. Start with this X-tube, which is a proven power winner, and return to these dual 14-inch resonators for a rich, deep sound.

You can finish it off with dual discharge outlets or these three and a half inch polished tips. I think we like the ones we got on our g-force performance engineering driveshaft to make sure everything is clear while we install this exhaust. a couple of screw jacks to hold the rear end up while we move on to the next piece, we'll get the exhaust pipes in place and then we'll install the tips, both slotted in so the system is properly aligned, they'll come down the clamps now. You can move on to bleeding the brakes with our motive products power bleeder.

You can simply connect this hose to the brake fluid reservoir, attach the hose coupler and then pump the handle to pressurize the system, you will want to run it up to about 15 pounds of pressure, this pushes the fluid through the system and allows them to believe Don't worry about those brakes, now it's time for the eye candy, some of you at home may recognize this logo right here, these are HRE wheels, now these are the p101s and you'll pay a little extra for these, but Here's why they're machined from a single piece of aluminum, meaning they're stronger and lighter, not to mention they look really cool for tires.

We choose Continentals Conti sport contact fives, the reason we choose. With this tire it is because it provides superior traction both in a straight line and in those corners without sacrificing things like tread life or fuel efficiency. Now we choose the 270 540 20, which is exactly the same size as the Hellcat we are looking at. To be fair, we took our challenger off the list so we could check our stats with those new wheels and tires and I think we're on the right track now, the next thing we're going to do is shave off some of that surface is that bright red paint and To do that we hired a brand image group to help us with that, but if you want to see the finished product you'll have to come back and see it later, it's a low cost suspension solution that you might want to take a look at to how to do it Hey guys, welcome back, now we have some things to pin on our challenger, but for now we're going to get back to our quicksilver project, the Highwaymen, now remember the last time we had some problems. suspension and braking systems, so let's address them now.

One of the things we noticed last time was the condition of our kneecaps. Now you can see here the top, the boot is torn and there is still grease there, but a lot of it. The grease has to come out and probably lets dirt and moisture in, so one is most likely defective. Now, the bottom one, the boot is still intact, but if we're already going to remove the shaft, you might as well replace it while we're at it. Detroit Muscle presents back-to-basics tips for the beginner when it comes to checking ball joints for bad condition.

A visual inspection alone may not tell the whole story, for example the boot could still be in good condition and the joint in poor condition. and likewise the boot could break but the joint could still be in good shape so there's a way to check them and we'll show you how the reason we put that jack under the lower control arm is because we need to load the suspension, so What we have to do is because the total fall of those ball joints is in a bind and we need to free that jam so we can check them now that our car is on a lift, but for you who are at home, we will . this in your driveway with a floor jack, make sure you raise it high enough or stick your hands in here, use that tire as leverage when the old brand Move the tire up and down, if you look closely you can see that this ball joint bottom is moving, but if we look at the top one, it's not that bad, this is what we learned by checking the ball joints this way.

Just because the boot is broken doesn't mean the ball joints are bad and just because these boots are intact, that doesn't necessarily mean it's good now we've already said that with this thing that has a thousand horsepower we're just going to go ahead and replace them or just to be safe and now we know for sure that those bottoms are bad or we will replace them too first What we have to get out of the way is the wheel along with this rotor and the axle. Remove the dust cap. Remove that pin and then you can remove the rotor as well.

We'll grab some Scottish towels and get it done. The old grease is also removed from there and the Audion tower can be unscrewed and a little kiss will free it and remove this better shield; It's only three bolts, the upper control arm can be unfastened and this is not a problem with an air spray system like ours. Then we will undo the lower arm; then the axle will be free, so on this upper ball joint here I can see from the bottom that there are some bolts sticking out and screwing the ball joint to the control arm, but I really can't.

Tell me how they're held down because of all this goo, dirt, and mud that's trapped here. I have to remove all that. Look what's underneath. Now they cleaned everything. Now we can see that it is not a bolt. It's actually a rivet, so we'll need to apply heat or pressure or probably both. We will start drilling with an 8 inch drill bit and then increase it to 3/8 to finish air drilling them. Hammer with a fork, pick those rivet heads from there, we'll close up a little bit what the hammertire didn't get and then you can slide a chisel bit on the jackhammer under the ball joint flange to break it off. from the control arm okay so now we've done the hard part we removed the ball joint we just need to clean up what's left of those rivets here get a new one in a drill pan on the jackhammer that can be used to persuade the The rest of those rivets out of there now that we take the top one out, we have to take the bottom one out.

It's basically the same process. I'm going to do now. Hey guys, we have the front of our mercury knocked down and with that stuff out of the way, this big rusty hole, well it doesn't look that good, the way we're going to solve it is with rust barrier by dupli-color. Now the application for these things is relatively easy and will do this. everything looks a lot better, you're going to want to start by taking a wire brush and brushing any scale off the surface, then we're going to remove it real quick and get some degreaser out to make sure there's no oil left in here to mess with.

With our paint we can now start brushing our paint. This paint works as a rust preventative and protection. Placed on with a brush roller or HVLP spray gun once dry you can see our trim looks much better. Okay, everything underneath is dry, we're ready to start putting the car together. We have a couple of balls. gaskets from rockauto.com and installation is super easy, especially when compared to how painful it was to take those old ones out now, you just screw them into place and then you are ready to go, you can use a screwdriver to gently push this edge rubber in its seat, then a little twist can put the gasket in place, after that three bolts is all you need, put it home when it comes to the binders on our mercury, we wanted to make sure we had it a system of brakes that could stop that old Merc safely and quickly, but there really isn't much on the market for a 72 mercury without reinventing the wheel, so we called it electric stop brakes and I actually cross-checked their part numbers and found something that would work for us.

These are Z 36 drilled and slotted rotors from powerstop. They are built for heavy duty applications and are precision machines to OEM specifications. The drilled holes keep the surface temperature up to a cooler 180 degrees and the grooves keep that surface clean, we'll pair those with a really good set of pads and that will provide all the stopping power we need for our big Mercury and since It's a direct fit, installation should be nice and easy. Alright, we have our axle on the backing plate, all clean and ready to be reassembled. Now we won't bother showing you how to install the caliper, rotor and the rest of the brakes.

They've already seen us do it. It's a lot of times mr. Mark, we're so close to taking this old lady for a ride, what do you think I'm ready for? You know, we've all seen someone use those inch wide ratchet tie down straps to secure a vehicle that's being towed somewhere and hopefully it wasn't you we saw, but the fact of the matter is that those things just aren't strong enough to support something like the weight of a car and you could end up with a disaster on your hands. Summit Racing has these Heavy Duty Two Inch Tie Down Straps and these Pro Pack Axle Straps that are perfect for transporting your vehicle from point A to point B.

The kit comes in this handy tool bag and you can get it at Summit Racing for around hundred dollars. thirty bucks if you're looking to clean an old engine, old parts or anything on a car that builds up a lot of that greasy crap you might want to check out this crap, it's an all purpose cleaner and degreaser that is designed to break down the More resistant to grease and oil, this material will cut through dirt and grease without damaging plastic services or etching aluminum for everyday use. You can dilute it to 35 to 1 if you're cleaning the shop floor, go to 20 to 1 or you can.

Get straight out of the bottle if you're trying to clean something super nasty, we're out of time today so keep it between the ditches.