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340 manifolds aren't exactly a clean fit in the early A body either, although they take less work than the Magnum manifolds. And then there's the port mismatch/sealing issues and outlet to head interference to deal with. And the cost. Magnum Heads On 340 Easiest (and since you're admittedly...

The initial Mopar ECUs were 5 pin units and used a dual ballast resistor. One side of the resistor feeds the coil, the other side feeds the ECU. On later systems, the 5th pin on the ECU was eliminated and a single ballast was used- the function of the dual ballast/5th pin was moved internally...

Do yourself a favor and put a new float on the old sending unit and reinstall it. Your other option is to install a MeterMatch unit and hope you can get it calibrated decently. Of course, you could order one from Australia, as they have the only manufacturer I've heard of with an accurate...

Bellhousing will fit, may have to do a little work flattening the pinch weld; depends what he's putting it in. He never did say. Uses a completely internal fork actuated by a hydraulic slave cylinder that bolts to the rear of the bellhousing- should not interfere with headers, but can't speak...

Heck, I've pulled trannies with 11" clutches out of early '60s trucks with Polys, so sometime before then. My '66 Sweptline 318 Poly has an 11 inch clutch, as did my '78 D200/360. The '89 NV4500 I've got uses an 11" (going behind a Gen3 using an eight-bolt 11" 4.7 flywheel).

Oh, they fit just fine. The 143t (11") flywheel was used on most all manual small block trucks- from A motors to LAs to Magnums. Only a few V6 Dakotas with the NV2500 used variations on the 10/10.5 flywheel.

AND Hee Haw- both on the same night!

The type of machining that needs to be done (you do NOT cut the flexplate) is more elaborate than rebalancing the flywheel to 5.9 spec, which there are diagrams for that are easy to follow. I would NOT do the sandwich method unless as a last resort, since it moves the flywheel deeper into the...

I used the V6 flywheel behind my 5.9, just had it rebalanced to 5.9 specs; but that will only work for you if you don't need the crank sensor (not running EFI). This was in a Dakota. It has survived just fine for over 3 years of indiscriminate thrashing. As far as "sandwiching" a flexplate in...

Just for accuracy's sake, the tensioners were never used on Magnum V8s, only on the V6s. It's my understanding that something about the odd firing pattern being hard on the chains and the tensioners kept them viable for a longer period at a time when Chrysler Corp. was beginning to offer 70 and...

Add me to the list. Got tired of spending $$ chasing the last 1%, just to have something I could take out once a week for a half hour. I've become extremely satisfied with turning into the old guy with whitewalls and a semi-quiet exhaust that just walked all over your knock-kneed Nissan with the...

That's how I do it. If you're having some "issues" you might want to elaborate on them so we can actually help you...

Currently running 205/65R15 all four corners on my Swinger. Similar to factory height, just a touch wider. My wagon will be running 195/75R14 all round, just because it's one of the only sizes I can get whitewalls in. My Dak runs 225/60R15s in front and 245/60R15s in back, with a 215/70R15 spare.