posted 03-13-2009 07:01 PM                  

Did you have to change the spring & shocks up front to handle the extra weight?

posted 03-14-2009 12:41 PM                  

I wish i could buy them a plane ticket to fly here to Wilmington to my shop to talk to my face like they would on the internet. I guarentee you the ticket would expire.

Now hopefully once we are past this we can actually talk about my project with Ken's prowler.

We have been making good progress on the car. Not much to take pics of but a bunch of little things things that are tedious and need to be done.

I was hoping to keep the driveshaft length the same and not alter its location or length. .... But its not going to work that way, and still be able to fit a supercharger on the front without moving the radiator. So we are keeping the driveshaft in the same location, but just shortening it approx 8"

We also fabricated our custom bellhousing adapater to mate half of the prowler bellhousing to the 6.1 hemi motor. It utilizes the prowler flex plate adpater and pilot shaft that fits perfectly in the pilot bearing in the crankshaft of the 6.1 motor.

posted 03-14-2009 01:47 PM                  

Shocks themselves are simply gas/fluid assited dampeners. They don't care how much weight is placed on them(to a certain degree) All they do is dampen the up and down movement of the springs so the vehicle doesn't bounce around on the road.

The hemi motor weighs about 80lbs more than the v6, we aren't running a/c so there about 15 lbs gone from the car, also the cats are gone, another 8 lbs.

There isn't much concern with the weight difference, it will handle just like you have a passenger in the car, not a big deal, not big enough of a deal requiring a spring rate change, this isn't a forumla one race car, its a daily driven sports car with a HUUGGE motor in it. He's not trying to shave .01 seconds off his lap times.

I took many many many suspension engineering classes, many many, You can spend your whole life studying suspension setups. You can also spend your whole life critizing everyone else's setups.

posted 03-14-2009 03:51 PM                  

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Originally posted by performance_innovations:
Regarding the shock and spring rates

..... my heads puts a dimple in the convertible top when driving) to the weight. You see what I'm getting at?

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posted 03-15-2009 08:47 AM                  

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Originally posted by MeanGene:
Brandon - Hi Tech,

Keep the info coming... many on this site would definitely like an "alternative" to the V-6. Looks sweet in the bay.

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posted 03-15-2009 10:23 AM                  

I agree, you wuld not change the spring rate for 50-100lbs. I have seen some hot rods at shows where the spring rate is so bad the car seems to bouce down the street.

OneCatnDog,

The custom oil pan and exhaust look trick! Aluminum oil pan will disapate the heat better than a steel one. Nice work and keep the photos coming.

Cnote,

posted 03-16-2009 01:37 PM                  

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Originally posted by spoons:
Perf Inno,

Cnote,

I see you having a hardtime selling your cat....if I didn't have mine already I would buy yours. $38k and it's all tricked out. Why not sell the trailer with it to?

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This is the last time it will be on Ebay. I was thinking over the weekend and watching a few Prowler video's, I want to keep her.

The V8 thing would be a long time down the road, I love the car as it is now. Guess not driving it for a long time can make you wonder why you have it. This Prowler is a keeper.

posted 03-16-2009 02:47 PM                  

Congrats on your new Charger (from your other post), but keeping the Prowler is what you should also do. As long as you have the room, the Prowler will always be "special" and yours is one hell of a car with all the mods you have done.

And for the Hemi Prowler project...BEST WISHES FOR SUCCESS!! No reason why you can't get it done...where there's a will, there's a way...Let's be honest..this is just another motor installed in an engine compartment..and hot rodders have done that over and over...time and time again. Never let it be said it cannot be done...at least for me the word "cannot" doesn't exist in my dictionary!

posted 03-23-2009 07:48 PM                  

As far as the Hemi......I have also seen the Hemi P/T Cruiser, Added 2 rows to the radiator and had NO problem with heating up. This is one beautiful car, The firewall was moved back to fit, The owner of the car did all the work himself, and did one Fantastic job , as the car looked like it came right out of the factory that way .