What did you do to your Hellcat today?

[Jimmy N.]

Quite surprised at the material on the oil cooler drain plug. Didn't think there would be anything on it but it was nearly as bad as the oil pan plug.

And here I thought that I was supposed to leave the oil cooler drain alone, so I wouldn't lose all the crap in the oil.

 

[Ralph]

LOL, I just went through almost 2000 .jpgs in my HC folder looking for an image I took of my Dimple plugs with similar miles on oil/engine and couldn't find them...


But you'll just have to trust me in that mine showed much less "stuff" on them, I would describe it as "hair", and thin enough that I could still see the surface of the magnet through the hair...


I don't know that it means anything, but I would stay on top of it.



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Thanks for looking through your photos. I appreciate the effort. I will stay on top of things. I even found a small "chunk" of metal in the drain pan that the magnet didn't catch. Haven't seen this much in the oil since the turbo went out on my SVO Mustang. Hope next time things have improved....

 

[Jimmy N.]

*CAUTION*
NONE OF THE BOLTS REMOVED WERE TORQUED TO THE REQUIRED 7 ft lbs. Some were just slightly more then finger tight. You might want to check yours.

Well thanks a lot, Paladin. I just spent an hour checking all 120 of them. And not a single one was loose.
That's an hour I could've been using up fuel and wearing out tires.

 

[Paladin06]

Well thanks a lot, Paladin. I just spent an hour checking all 120 of them. And not a single one was loose.
That's an hour I could've been using up fuel and wearing out tires.

You do know the SC MOUNT BOLTS are 22 ft lbs while the lid/cover bolts are 7 ft lbs?

 

[Jimmy N.]

Thanks, Paladin, but I cheated and only checked the lids.

 

[Paladin06]

Added a touch of honor😎

I did this on my 2008. The only issue was when you wash/dry the car the corners kept coming up. I finally removed it.

Now the battle flag on my Redeye sunroof has not had that problem.

 

[coolblue]

Put Lightweight seats in. LONG WEEK. Did ALOT more but not all went as planned, soooo (for now) I'll just put up this post and stay on a positive note. Also****** SHOUT OUT to Ron Silva (@DRAGRCR )****** His harness was the ONLY thing that did not give me a hard time this week, worked as stated and was TRULY 'plug-n play'. THANK YOU. No dash lights. WOOOO HOO!. Planted brackets are very well made and only needed minor tweaking to fit perfectly. Seats are very snug yet comfortable. Just hope they hold up long term.

 

[JRabq]

With all the insanity, I finally got my summer Continental ECSs on the HC. They are SO much better than the A/Ss. Had to go for some warmup time....great mental vacation!

 

[VARedEye]

I did this on my 2008. The only issue was when you wash/dry the car the corners kept coming up. I finally removed it.

Now the battle flag on my Redeye sunroof has not had that problem.

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Love the look! Thanks for the heads up on pealing. I was thinking about adding some opti-coat hyper seal to help prevent that and hopefully reduce the fading from ultraviolet rays.

 

[VARedEye]

Put Lightweight seats in. LONG WEAK. Did ALOT more but not all went as planned, soooo (for now) I'll just put up this post and stay on a positive note. Also****** SHOUT OUT to Ron Silva (@DRAGRCR )****** His harness was the ONLY thing that did not give me a hard time this week, worked as stated and was TRULY 'plug-n play'. THANK YOU. No dash lights. WOOOO HOO!. Planted brackets are very well made and only needed minor tweaking to fit perfectly. Seats are very snug yet comfortable. Just hope they hold up long term.

Love the seat. gives the interior a much needed aggressive look.

 

[DGatzby]

Ordered more tires! What else would a responsible driver do since we burn fuel and rubber for a full hybrid effect. Oh, plus I may want some fresh front track tires for the home track later in June

 

[ACMAVRO]

Put Lightweight seats in. LONG WEAK. Did ALOT more but not all went as planned, soooo (for now) I'll just put up this post and stay on a positive note. Also****** SHOUT OUT to Ron Silva (@DRAGRCR )****** His harness was the ONLY thing that did not give me a hard time this week, worked as stated and was TRULY 'plug-n play'. THANK YOU. No dash lights. WOOOO HOO!. Planted brackets are very well made and only needed minor tweaking to fit perfectly. Seats are very snug yet comfortable. Just hope they hold up long term.

Those look really nice. What’s the weight savings? I wonder if they have something to match the red color of the nappa/alcantara’s🤔

 

[coolblue]

Those look really nice. What’s the weight savings? I wonder if they have something to match the red color of the nappa/alcantara’s🤔

Thanks. Normally, I would've weighed both originals and the aftermarkets, and put up a full detailed post. But when I said "LONG WEEK" I meant it . Lotta' money spent and not a lotta' result, so when these went in I said "fu&* it, I'm gonna get something done this week!" and just put'm in without a detailed analysis of weights and measures. The drivers seat is the big savings. When you lift that mutha' out of there and then put in the aftermarket, you know your saving something. LOL. From what I've read it's @ 70lbs.(maybe 80 total?). Plus I did the back seat delete a few weeks ago so I'm thinking 120/130 total? I weighed the car shortly after I got it and it weighed 4240. If I could get it under 4K I'll be happy for now.

 

[ACMAVRO]

Thanks. Normally, I would've weighed both originals and the aftermarkets, and put up a full detailed post. But when I said "LONG WEEK" I meant it . Lotta' money spent and not a lotta' result, so when these went in I said "fu&* it, I'm gonna get something done this week!" and just put'm in without a detailed analysis of weights and measures. The drivers seat is the big savings. When you lift that mutha' out of there and then put in the aftermarket, you know your saving something. LOL. From what I've read it's @ 70lbs.(maybe 80 total?). Plus I did the back seat delete a few weeks ago so I'm thinking 120/130 total? I weighed the car shortly after I got it and it weighed 4240. If I could get it under 4K I'll be happy for now.

80lbs.. hellyeah! They look great regardless

 

[fumanchu182]

Ripped apart the engine bay for a spacer and blanket install.




Everything is disconnected just gotta wait for a friend to help me lift the blower. 103 lbs is just awkward to move from this postition by yourself. Had to give the supercharger a tappy tap tap with a rubber mallet to get her to budge. While she is out gonna clean that engine bay.

 

[BULL]

If need be, I have a technique I used when I had to do it by myself that is very straight forward and reasonable that allows you to do it by yourself.

 

[Hunter]

If need be, I have a technique I used when I had to do it by myself that is very straight forward and reasonable that allows you to do it by yourself.

Do tell.

 

[DGatzby]

Filled it up. My log says I have not filled up here since April. I know it came back from OK fill and sat for almost three weeks. Wow. So I tried some Shell 93 with no additives (at least on the way home).

Then just to verify a few things I did a quick 0-60 check. Got the horrible lag, hemi fart, timing pull btw shifts, whatever you want to call it, but it was quite a violent few seconds, complete with a little wheel spin of the 345/30's.. 3.4 seconds says the previous 3.3 was not a mistake and the new supercharger while definitely more quiet than the former is adapting fine. These things have so much power! My talented co-pilot spotted a 14 psi boost. On partial throttle anyway, it just don't seem to moan as much as the first unit.

Shell 93 vs BP 93, no difference, actually the Shell gas alone felt worse on that first little dash. Going to load up with Octanium and drive it this week and will try the dash to 60 again.

 

[fumanchu182]

If need be, I have a technique I used when I had to do it by myself that is very straight forward and reasonable that allows you to do it by yourself.

do tell

 

[BULL]

Do tell.

do tell