Well since there's a place for it now, I guess I'll post my Mopar project - a 1971 Demon that I bought February 08.

It's a slant-six/auto Demon with a 7.25" rear end and the entire thing's economy-class - or will be, until I get through with it.

That looks like a clean demon...always loved those cars. Goodluck with the car and keep us updated

I first started on the engine. I got it running, but since it's no longer running due to a spun rod bearing, I won't go into too much more detail.

After it was running, I started working on the dash, replacing the non-functioning stock unit with a panel from Redline Gauge Works and stuffed with Auto Meter Designer Black II gauges and Detroit Speed and Engineering LEDs.







I wired and installed it all myself.

Boy there sure don't come much cleaner than that, heck a light color sand and a good buff job and I bet that paint would even gleam!

Then I started working on the brakes. The upper control arms are from Magnumforce, as are the spindles. The brakes are Magnumforce's Wilwood kit.







The kit's great - it just won't fit over my 14" wheels (even though it fits the 4" bolt pattern). So up front now I'm rolling on trailer wheels.

And now is the biggest project I've ever undertaken. A buddy handed me an old 5.9L Magnum 1998 long block for free.



Over the last eight months, I've been rebuilding it into a torque monster with all-new parts from Speed Pro, Sealed Power, Clevite, Edelbrock, Holley, Milodon, and Racing Head Service.

July 08 - back from machine shop (.030 over, dipped, and reassembled short block):



September 08 - short block painted:



February 09 - Dampner, heads, pulleys, distributor mounted:



March 09 - almost there (Edelbrock intake, Holley carb mounted):

And for my final catch-up update, here's what I want to look like in a year or two:

Your very lucky! What a solid car to start with, just think of all the time you don't have to pour into the body......more time and money for the goodies!

Thanks for posting pics of your Demon. I can't wait to see the finished car. Keep up the good work and inspiration for the rest of us Demon owners.

Thanks for the kind words, guys.

Thanks to some great guys: scratchnfotraction, posest, hotroddave, and B1Arno, I am much closer to the prize than I thought I would be right now:

Awesome car Brian! Looks like we have twins!

I love the looks of your motor and suspension parts. This car is going to be nice when it done...

Lookin good there. Hope your able to get the engine in this weekend. I know you want to go to Infineon and throw some torque at the track there.

I would give ya a hand this weekend, but I'm in Spain till the end of the month. Don't know if my bro will see your post and jump in. Good Luck. BTW, what ya do with the slant?

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A couple weeks ago, someone from slantsix.org gladly took my old slant and trans out of the Demon.

Within the last two weeks, I started work on the engine bay. I cleaned and repainted with a custom-mixed metallic spray from Jerry's Paints in Sacramento, CA. For the $14/can, it was great. It's a little more glossy than stock, but color-matches perfectly. I painted the k-member and suspension pieces with Rustoleum Rust-Tough semi-flat black paint.



Then I began rewiring the bay. A lot of the wiring was corroded or just looked bad, so I cut and re-soldered a few wires to make it look good. I also, thanks to MowP4rsn's help, I got a new battery tray from E-Body Ed to replace my corroded tray.

Since I am using an electronic speedometer, I decided to rewire my original setup (through the speedometer grommet) to the bulkhead plug. Other than not being able to find the right female terminals, it went alright, and now I don't have wires where they shouldn't be.

Saturday was the big day. SuprB70 came over to lend his support and tools to me and my neighbor Russell. This job was definitely a three-person job, but we finally got the Demon a new heart:





My neighbor Russell:







I began wiring it yesterday, and plumbing is the task at hand this evening. I hope if all goes well that I can fire it up by the end of this week!

The payoff was SOOOO worth the year of building this engine.