'71 Duster 440 or 360? Pros and cons
I've built 12 big block A-body's over the years.
As far as having to have custom drive shafts that's not quit correct.
A drive shaft that came out of a car that had a 727 in it stock will work.
The only thing you have to worry about is whether it had a 8 1/4 or 8 3/4 in it as they will only work with that rearend.
Low comp engines can be made to run low 12's.
Here's the combo with the pistons down the hole .160 and 8 1/4 rear end with 3.91 gears.
Stock 78 440.
Mopar .528 solid cam.
906 Heads,just cleaned up.
Performer RPM intake.
Holley 780 vaccum secondary carb.
Schumacher headers.
Stock ignition.
Aftermarket Coil.
Very well built transmission.
3500 converter.
Ran 12.21 all motor.
100 hp juice 11.59
Changed out the heads to stock stage 6 ran 11.87.
Trainee Jon.
This car has Atco front and rear sway bars,change the tires and now you have a carver.
Car weighs 3200 lbs w/out driver.
Total investment in this car not counting the cost of the Stage 6 and the trans as the trans is a back up for the 10 sec pump gas 67 Dart.
$8000
I did take the engine out of the 67 and put it in the Duster and ran a 11.05 et.
I do love the BigBlock A-body's.
Pump gas 440 Street car-10.71 et
9.08
Whether you build a big block or small block car,just have fun doing it.
Side note,when we go auto-crossing my wife's 4 banger beats all of my big-block car's.
2005 SRT-4 ACR.
So if you want A corner carver?
Big-block,small-block or 4 banger.
Again,just have fun.
I've built 12 big block A-body's over the years.
As far as having to have custom drive shafts that's not quit correct.
A drive shaft that came out of a car that had a 727 in it stock will work.
The only thing you have to worry about is whether it had a 8 1/4 or 8 3/4 in it as they will only work with that rearend.
Low comp engines can be made to run low 12's.
Here's the combo with the pistons down the hole .160 and 8 1/4 rear end with 3.91 gears.
Stock 78 440.
Mopar .528 solid cam.
906 Heads,just cleaned up.
Performer RPM intake.
Holley 780 vaccum secondary carb.
Schumacher headers.
Stock ignition.
Aftermarket Coil.
Very well built transmission.
3500 converter.
Ran 12.21 all motor.
100 hp juice 11.59
Changed out the heads to stock stage 6 ran 11.87.
Trainee Jon.
This car has Atco front and rear sway bars,change the tires and now you have a carver.
Car weighs 3200 lbs w/out driver.
Total investment in this car not counting the cost of the Stage 6 and the trans as the trans is a back up for the 10 sec pump gas 67 Dart.
$8000
I did take the engine out of the 67 and put it in the Duster and ran a 11.05 et.
I do love the BigBlock A-body's.
Pump gas 440 Street car-10.71 et
9.08
Whether you build a big block or small block car,just have fun doing it.
Side note,when we go auto-crossing my wife's 4 banger beats all of my big-block car's.
2005 SRT-4 ACR.
So if you want A corner carver?
Big-block,small-block or 4 banger.
Again,just have fun.