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09-06-2012 04:09 PM #1
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09-06-2012 05:10 PM #2
I may just do that.
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09-06-2012 05:11 PM #3
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09-09-2012 05:15 PM #4
I think you're only 8 hours away so it wouldnt be too much of a drive. Let me know and I'll see if I can swing it.
Got my shortblock buttoned up, now to lap the valves and replace the seals before I bolt the heads on.
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09-09-2012 05:17 PM #5
Short block is looking goodKen Thomas
NoT FaDe AwaY and the music didn't die
The simplest road is usually the last one sought
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09-10-2012 04:37 AM #6
Thanks! thanks for the deal on the intake and the delivery, too. How was the rest of your trip?
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09-10-2012 06:27 AM #7
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09-12-2012 06:50 PM #8
This should move it around a little better than the flathead.
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09-12-2012 06:55 PM #9
Looking good, I figured the manifold would clean up pretty well. That left exhaust manifold is going to be very restrictive and the right is not much better. Headers really opened up the 318 I had in my 75 Duster.Last edited by NTFDAY; 09-12-2012 at 06:57 PM.
Ken Thomas
NoT FaDe AwaY and the music didn't die
The simplest road is usually the last one sought
Wild Willie & AA/FA's The greatest show in drag racing
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09-12-2012 07:47 PM #10
Yeah, I didnt want to use them but after investigating this swap i found everyone who went with the stock steering box had either use the early Dart manifolds or fenderwell headers. For a cruiser I decided to go with the manifolds for now. If I ever swap out the steering box for something else I'll switch to headers.
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09-13-2012 06:12 AM #11
The plugs on the left bank are a bear to replace and you'll need angled boots to keep the wires off the manifold. I went with Taylor after the Moroso's I bought for it didn't fit right.Ken Thomas
NoT FaDe AwaY and the music didn't die
The simplest road is usually the last one sought
Wild Willie & AA/FA's The greatest show in drag racing
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09-13-2012 10:02 AM #12
Thanks, Ken. I'll try those Taylors. It's a bizzare looking manifold, for sure. I had to do a lot of shopping around to find these at a reasonable price. Some on Ebay were going for $300 a pair and I wasnt about to pay that much.
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09-13-2012 10:49 AM #13
I'm thinking headers for a 75 Duster might work as the gear box on that thing looked like it was designed for 1 ton truck.Ken Thomas
NoT FaDe AwaY and the music didn't die
The simplest road is usually the last one sought
Wild Willie & AA/FA's The greatest show in drag racing
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09-16-2012 05:26 PM #14
I thought so, too. But after pricing a set of those I opted to go with manifolds for now. $500+!!!
I spent half a day at the boneyard gathering some misc pieces yesterday so I didnt get as far as I hoped this weekend. I did get a few more things bolted on the engine, cut a set of shock mounts and welded them on the frame, painted the front of the frame with some POR-15, and got the suspention back on after cutting one coil off the springs. I need to work some OT this week but im hoping to get the engine and trans bolted together at some point and start mocking up the drivetrain to build mounts.
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09-16-2012 05:50 PM #15
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