My "new" '74 Duster- or why I need a project like a hole in the head

rapom65 said
Thanks for trying on the alternator. Nice pics of the car. Makes me want mine done so bad it hurts. Sold my 15" rims and tires and have borrowed my friend's 345/40 x 17 tire and rim to do some measuring for the eventual 18s. Mocking up the new Cougar fan for mounts and 50% done with rewiring. Need my controller so I can finalize everything. The TS 100 AMP alt. is on the motor and looking sweet. Need to make a spacer to get the pulley alignment spot on. No light at the end of the tunnel, yet.

That's a lot of tire! But I guess that's what mini-tubs and a 3" relocation will get you. I'm pretty happy I stuck to 295's. I could probably go a little bigger if I rolled the fender lip and did a "reverse tub" on the wheel well to remove the bump toward the outer edge, but even 295's are pretty darn expensive. And with the ~420 hp or so I'm making I really don't need anything bigger.

fez440 said
looks like an awesome drive

Yeah it's a great drive. Beautiful scenery, some decent sections of corners etc to have a little fun. Of course most of the time I was stuck behind some slow poke, but that's the way it goes. And the car handled all of it very well, even with climbing up to Echo Summit at 7,382 ft from basically sea level down in Sacramento.