HEY BRO. I WANT TO INSTALL MY HEADLINER MYSELF AS WELL. 70 CUDA. I'VE GOT THE JIST. THE SAIL PNLS. HAVE ME ??? YOUR PIC SHOWS THAT YOURS ARE NOT IN YET, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? MY HDLNR. HAS MATERIAL, FOR THAT AREA IS THERE A HARD BACKING? I'M MISSING, OR IS IT GKUED & STRECHED? THANKS. NICE CARS YOU'VE GOT!

The sail panels are separate hard molded panels, and they are covered with the same material as the headliner. Sounds like you are missing them.

any new updates??? photos?

After a long delay, here are some new pictures. I have been working on the car every week, but a lot of the progress was not so visible. A lot of parts were custom machined for the engine installation, EFI, brakes, etc, small hardware and parts were cleaned and painted, and so on.

I was mainly working on the engine (tear down, and reassemble with upgraded parts) and on the rear disc brake setup (all custom built).

The firts pic is the brand new crate hemi stripped down to a bare short block, new cam and roller timing set installed and degreed.

Engine block repainted. I didn't like the fact that the block was painted by the factory after machining. All the exposed machined surfaces were bare metal which does not look good.

Bellhousing painted to match, all painted with a spray gun, and proper paint, no rattle cans here!

New parts ready for assembly.

Heads were CNC ported for a little extra power, valve spings upgraded for new cam. These intake ports flow 350 CFM @ 600 lift, that is better than a stock 426 hemi head and better than most aftermarket BB heads! The exhausts flow 200+ CFM! This is a mild port job, nothing radical.

Re-assembly.

Re-assembly #2.

I modified the heater tubes, as on the 6.1 hemi they stick straight up, this would not make for a clean looking installation. I re-oriented the tubes so they point to the pass side, this will make for a clean heater hose routing.

Intake manifold. The runners were CNC ported, the plenum was hand ported.

Assembled long block. Still need to add the EFI parts, alternator, motor mounts, etc. I'll be getting the parts back from the anodizing shop on Monday, then I can finish installing the accessories.

Looking good. Nice details on the engine build. Be excruciatingly detailed on the photos of the EFI installation, please.

On the rear brakes, my original plan was to use the 74 Imperial rear disc setup. I used this setup on another car in the past with excellent results.

However I wanted to upgrade the calipers from the ugly stock cast iron to something a little more modern... Well, after a few mock-ups one thing led to another... I ended up almost custom making the whole rear brake setup. The reason was that there was nothing in the aftermarket that met all my criteria: (1) Parking brake in rotor hat (2) Lightweight aluminum calipers (3) Retains stock adjustable wheel bearings (4) Appearance that would match the front setup which is Viper calipers on 13" rotors.

Finally this is what I came up with: Chrysler LX rotors (12.6"), SRT-8 rear calipers, custom mounting brackets, custom axles, stock 74 Imperial parking brake setup which uses small brake shoes inside the rotor hats.

Back side view mock up. You can see the custom mounting bracket with provision for the park brake.

Brake shields. I used the 74 Imperial pieces, but they had to be cut and re-welded, (1) for a different offset and (2) one flipped as the Imperial uses the same parts on both sides, with one caliper mounted toward the front, one mounted toward the rear. While this works fine it looks odd. I wanted both calipers mouted toward the front.

Custom mouting bracket designed for the Brembo/SRT-8 caliper, compared to the stock Imperial bracket.

Back side.