Rapom's Rocket - just another Duster build thread

Well everybody either likes Chevy cowl hoods on Dusters or no one gives a hoot...

Been exactly 30 days since my last post and it's about time for an update. Seems like everyone I know or love has needed one thing or another done for them lately but now it's time for me to get back to work on the car. I got a couple of days to play in the shop and it has produced some results.

Pic 1: Hung the power steering cooler which will be plumed into the return line between the pump and the steering box with high press rubber hose. Yes, it's big. Beginning to wrap the wiring harness with some neat stretch tape I found at a local hardware store. Looks OE but is way more HD than the stock tape ever hoped to be.

Pic 2: Electrical cables getting roughed in: 1/0 battery cable (blue), 4 ga charging cable (black) and main electrical supply (red). I ended up with 4 ga instead of 6 because I found a supplier who had some cheaper than any of the 6 I was considering.

Pic 3: Routed the wires along the drivers door trough then up behind the kick panel to the top of the firewall. The two 4 ga pass into the engine compartment through a factory hole. The starter cable passes through the clutch linkage hole and is clamped along the frame and pinch weld seam with cushion clamps. The stock rubber boot for the clutch linkage worked perfectly to pass the cable through.

Can't get over how nice that column support bearing mod turned out.