71 duster build

I bought a 71 duster here in Regina that was in an accident then sold by SGI to the highest bidder. The car Was bought here in Regina in 71 by a 50 yr old lady the car has 20,000 original miles on it and was a 225 six cyl car bench seat etc. I built a low deck 426 wedge, 383 block with 440 crank. 525 hp and 552 tq. nice stump pulling street car. 727 TF 3500 stall with 8-3/4 with 3.73 gears. Interior is mint, needs door panels in the front and carpet, seats and rest of the car are mint. Bench seat stays in the car, its got that lovely blue plad interior. I have the Dr Diff spring relocation kit with new Afco 166 lbs / in springs in the rear, with 15x8 weld wheels with 4.5 BS and Mcreary L-60x15 street rubber.

WoW...that's a clean looking car. Is that a white vinyl top or a white painted roof ?

Its a white vinyl top, going to leave it that way with a white 340 stripe on the side.

Its pretty well a rust free car, just the usual surface scale on the bottom and behind the rear tires. Floor, trunk are mint mint. No rust on doors or quarters, but granny did need glasses, as there are some evidence of an accident. But has all been fixed.I have one stock fender and one repacement on drivers side where she crashed. Rad support and frame horn were fixed, Going to install glass pin on hood, with dual snorkle scoop.

Grumpy427 wrote:Its a white vinyl top, going to leave it that way with a white 340 stripe on the side.

Nice

Hey Grumpy427, are those McCreary tires from a company called American Racer Tires (Tread Type BB Soft Asphalt Compound tires)?
That Duster is pretty cool by the way........especially the interior.

Yes they are, I got them from Race car products in Coledale Alberta. They are a dealer.

Wow, That's a nice looking car. Love the blue plaid interior.

WOW!!

Very nice car!

Cley

Thank you guys. The car is pretty mint, its going to be painted B2 blue whit roof and white stripe.

1968 383 block .030 over. Stock 440 steel crank ground to fit the 383 bock, .125 off the mains, .100 off the counterweights. Diamond forged pistons, Eagle H beam rods. All balanced and blueprinted. Lunati voodo solid lifter flat tappet cam.

Advertised Duration (Int/Exh): 272/280
Duration @ .050 (Int/Exh): 243/251
Gross Valve Lift (Int/Exh): .546"/.566"
LSA/ICL: 110/106
Valve Lash (Int/Exh): .016"/.016"
RPM Range: 2600-6800

Edelbrock RPM performer heads, out of the box bolt on. Edelbrock RPM performer intake, with AED 750 HOM carb.. Motor wanted 32 total timing, and no carb spacers. Heads are a 210 CC runner.

Spent saturday in the garage, got the rest of the welding done that needed to get done on the body. We also tacked the new spring pads on the housing, moved them in to match the ofset spring hangers. Housing goes to the machine shop this week to get complete welding done, Bernie has a jig to make sure the housing stays straight .

Offset spring hangers from Dr. Diff with 1" lowering hole.

TTI headers with plug wires run.

AED 750HOm double pumper. On the dyno we made 2 jet changes and ended up bang on the money.

Smiths radiator 22"..

looks almost too good, maybe it should be mine, I'm jealous.

Nice rad

Rad was not cheap, was built by Smiths radiator. He assured me it would cool my big block without fail and be a direct bolt in.
http://www.smithsradiator.com/mopar/abody/index.html

Grumpy427 wrote:Offset spring hangers from Dr. Diff with 1" lowering hole.

That's a nice piece. I'm going to give that idea to a friend doing a 71 Cuda... Thanks

Sure looks as if it was going to do its job and then some.

Yes it moves the spring in enough. You can fit a 12.5" section width tire.