1974 Duster
Soon were going racing!
Finished some major work to the house the past week (took the week off from work to do no less!) and started digging into the GTX. Decided that I'm going racing this fall and I'm not just taking the Duster but the 'ol girl too which hasn't seen the track since 1996!
Just finished replacing all the fuel and coolant lines, changed the oil and filter, replaced the oil pump pressure spring with a lower rated one, serviced the transmission, checked the valve lash, wired up the nitrous system, serviced, purged and sealed all the related lines and touched up some general wiring.
The only thing left to do now is order some extra nitrous jets (Holley revised the jetting since purchasing NOS systems) a fresh set of seatbelts and mount the slicks on a set of steel rims. I'm not going to be running the weld wheels as I don't have long studs and have no plans on installing them.
This will be the final outing to the track for the GTX since I want to convert the car back to a 4-speed for the fun factor and reinstall the power steering I removed all the years ago. Since I have no desire to beat up the body further this will indeed be the last time once the 4-speed goes back in.
This week I hope to have the 44RH out of the Duster and break it down, I'll try and post some pictures! I have to order a ring and pinion too.. I think 3.90's are going in.
Gary
Soon were going racing!
Finished some major work to the house the past week (took the week off from work to do no less!) and started digging into the GTX. Decided that I'm going racing this fall and I'm not just taking the Duster but the 'ol girl too which hasn't seen the track since 1996!
Just finished replacing all the fuel and coolant lines, changed the oil and filter, replaced the oil pump pressure spring with a lower rated one, serviced the transmission, checked the valve lash, wired up the nitrous system, serviced, purged and sealed all the related lines and touched up some general wiring.
The only thing left to do now is order some extra nitrous jets (Holley revised the jetting since purchasing NOS systems) a fresh set of seatbelts and mount the slicks on a set of steel rims. I'm not going to be running the weld wheels as I don't have long studs and have no plans on installing them.
This will be the final outing to the track for the GTX since I want to convert the car back to a 4-speed for the fun factor and reinstall the power steering I removed all the years ago. Since I have no desire to beat up the body further this will indeed be the last time once the 4-speed goes back in.
This week I hope to have the 44RH out of the Duster and break it down, I'll try and post some pictures! I have to order a ring and pinion too.. I think 3.90's are going in.
Gary