Videos: Petty’s Garage Builds Wix Filters One Bad Challenger

Forgeline Wheels is the biggest name in the roller industry. Unlike most aftermarket wheels that are designed purely for looks, Forgeline found their roots in auto sports, and have been the top choice of the SCCA, ALMS, Grand Am Series, and amateur series racers for the last fifteen years.

Thankfully, the word has spread to the street car enthusiasts, and since then the market has blown wide open for guys like you and me. Forgeline Wheels are now being found on anything from pro-touring 1G Camaros, to brand new Porsche 911’s, and everything in between -with a variety of styles, colors, and sizes to choose from.

A few months back, Wix Filters had employed Petty’s Garage to build them a car to showcase their company and to give their large array of products some much-needed exposure. While many of you may have never heard of Wix, you may be surprised to learn that they were the ones to invent the spin-on oil filter in 1954, a design that is still used by all of the leading filter manufactures today.

So when the call was put out for the Petty boys to get busy on a car for Wix, a late-model Challenger of the SRT8 variety was used as the foundation for the build. Petty’s Garage isn’t known to concoct anything half-heartedly, so the Dodge was reengineered from the ground up, making pretty much anything factory-installed obsolete, save for the body and most of the interior.

All new suspension components, a beefed-up rear axle assembly, a Magnuson-blown 6.1L-based 426-stroker, and a fortified 6-speed manual are just the main ingredients into building the ultimate Petty Edition Challenger. Throw in a set of Forgelines, larger Raybestos brakes, and a killer two-tone paint scheme in the Wix company colors, and you have one bad-ass ride on your hands. Oh, and for the record, that built and blown 426 is pumping out 750hp at the crank.

The one-off Petty Edition Mopar has been touring the nation since May, so keep an eye out for it at a show near you with the Wix display. You can check out the build of the car via the attached clips we’ve provided you, and if you want King Richard’s employees to build you one similar, head over to their site, or you can contact them by phone at (336) 498-3745.

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Rick Seitz

Being into cars at a very early age, Rick has always preferred GM performance cars, and today's LS series engines just sealed the deal. When he's not busy running errands around town in his CTS-V, you can find him in the garage wrenching on his WS6 Trans Am, or at the local cruise spots in his Grand National.
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