My "new" '74 Duster- or why I need a project like a hole in the head
Ok, so I guess it's time to wake this thread up from the dead. :D I have in fact been working on my Duster. Unfortunately for the thread, most of what I've been doing has been pretty boring. Carb tuning for one. After trying and trying to get my car dialed in with the 770 street avenger I had on it, I decided that I was trying to fight with too big of a carb and switched down to a 670. A few minor changes later and I'm pretty close to where I want to be with the carb.
I also swapped out my stock mopar electronic dizzy with welded up advance slots for a much easier to adjust Mallory electronic distributor (thanks Tracy!!! :thumbup: ). A quick adjustment on the advance and I'm pretty well set, now sitting at 23* advanced at idle and about 11* of mechanical advance, for an all in of ~34* at about 2,600 rpm. Seems to like that better. :D
I also made a pretty big cosmetic change, swapping out the stock '74 Duster tail panel for an AMD Demon tail panel. :snakeman:
I started with the good old stock rear end of a '74 Duster (well, except for the bumper)
Stripped everything down...
And got to work drilling spot welds
Ok, so I guess it's time to wake this thread up from the dead. :D I have in fact been working on my Duster. Unfortunately for the thread, most of what I've been doing has been pretty boring. Carb tuning for one. After trying and trying to get my car dialed in with the 770 street avenger I had on it, I decided that I was trying to fight with too big of a carb and switched down to a 670. A few minor changes later and I'm pretty close to where I want to be with the carb.
I also swapped out my stock mopar electronic dizzy with welded up advance slots for a much easier to adjust Mallory electronic distributor (thanks Tracy!!! :thumbup: ). A quick adjustment on the advance and I'm pretty well set, now sitting at 23* advanced at idle and about 11* of mechanical advance, for an all in of ~34* at about 2,600 rpm. Seems to like that better. :D
I also made a pretty big cosmetic change, swapping out the stock '74 Duster tail panel for an AMD Demon tail panel. :snakeman:
I started with the good old stock rear end of a '74 Duster (well, except for the bumper)
Stripped everything down...
And got to work drilling spot welds