Ringbrothers has additionally extensively upgraded the outside and inside of this wild 1969 Dodge Charger
October 31, 2023 at 14:45
The tuning minds at Ringbrothers have taken the wraps off the primary of three tasks they’re bringing to this 12 months’s SEMA Present in Las Vegas. It refers to this wild 1969 Dodge Charger as ‘Tusk’ and has fitted it with the craziest crate engine that Mopar has ever constructed; the 6.2-liter supercharged Hellephant V8.
Earlier than the staff at Ringbrothers might slot on this potent new powerplant, they labored extensively on the underpinnings of the automotive and had been pressured to rebuild the firewall. The Charger is now additionally based mostly round a customized chassis from Roadster Store with a revised suspension setup with Fox RS SV coilovers, impartial rear suspension, a 58.75-inch observe width, and a 1.25-inch spined entrance sway bar. What’s extra, the entrance wheels had been moved ahead two inches.
Learn: Ringbrothers Spent 10,000 Hours Creating The Final Chevy Pickup
commercial scroll to proceed
Solely after these upgrades had been made was it potential to drop within the V8, coupled to a Bowler Tremec T-56 Magnum six-speed handbook transmission with a QA1 REV Sequence carbon fiber driveshaft and a Unusual Engineering Ford 9-inch rear finish. Mopar constructed simply 100 examples of the Hellephant, every churning out 1,000 hp and 950 lb-ft (1,288 Nm) of torque to the rear wheels. Plenty of energy means lots of braking power can be required so Ringbrothers have put in a set of Baer Excessive 6S six-piston calipers.
In depth work has additionally been performed on the outside of the basic Charger. For instance, the entrance finish sports activities a brand new one-piece carbon fiber encompass with a single piece of billet machined chrome trim. Ringbrothers additionally redesigned the entrance valance and chin spoiler whereas additionally altering the form of each the entrance and rear bumpers. The rear quarter finish caps have additionally been prolonged, there are new door skins, and the rocker panels have been lowered. Adorning the outside is a shade often called ‘Black to the Future’ that has been contrasted by a lot of gold components, together with the wheels from HRE and the particular graphics.
The inside can be a murals. It has been fully reupholstered and has new gauges, a customized steering wheel, a Classic Air HVAC system, and a JL Audio system.
