Captainkirk's Duster project
Captain, the strife you detail over time, cost and allocation of dollars to real life expenses are exactly why chose to go with what Ma put together with some hot rod up grades.
I will run a rebuilt '74 stock bottom 318 with stock pistons and heads. However those heads have an over size (1.88 intake/1.6 exhaust) valve job. Cost the guy I bought the motor from $375 for the valve job and porting, blending and gasket matching.
Add a Purple Cam, a Performer intake with a nice little 600 cfm Holley and some stock 340 exhaust manifolds and my Duster will have a very economically built 318 that reminds me of the low cost hot rodding we did in the late 70's
Best of all to me, My car won't be a clone, but a true low buck build tribute to the hot rods of my high school days...
I will run a rebuilt '74 stock bottom 318 with stock pistons and heads. However those heads have an over size (1.88 intake/1.6 exhaust) valve job. Cost the guy I bought the motor from $375 for the valve job and porting, blending and gasket matching.
Add a Purple Cam, a Performer intake with a nice little 600 cfm Holley and some stock 340 exhaust manifolds and my Duster will have a very economically built 318 that reminds me of the low cost hot rodding we did in the late 70's
Best of all to me, My car won't be a clone, but a true low buck build tribute to the hot rods of my high school days...
