70 Duster 5.7 Hemi/46RH

tiltsix said
Very nice.I will be watching this,I have a 73 Duster with /6 3 speed in floor that I plan on putting in 5.7 and dakota 5 speed.................................Keep up the good work and Ill be watching for troubles I might have.....................................................................Jeff

Thanks! Hopefully I won't have too many issues...

pauly said
Looks nice. I have a 70 duster that I am slowly rebuilding as well. Mine will be a 340 4 speed car. Those kids will slow you down, but are worth every minute of it!! Wait until the second one comes along! I am finally getting back to working on mine again!!

Having a kid is the best thing that's ever happened to me! I love the little guy. Can't help but smile every time we hang out.

jbc426 said
Wow, nice work so far. I'm impressed with your workmanship, but curious why you guys don't buy some of the rust free cars available out here on the west coast and have them shipped back. Seems like it would be cheaper in the end. They are all over the place out here.

That beautiful new floor pan is going to need some cutting to fit that huge 46RH. Have you considered switching to a 200R4 instead? It bolts right up to the Gen3's, is smaller in size (so the floor remains stock), takes less power to spin and can be built to hold over 1000hp. Just something to think about.

Yeah I probably should have done that at this point haha. Time is really the main driving factor in going to look at a car out west or something, and I don't think I could really commit to buying a car sight unseen.

So far no cutting needed and the driveline is at 4º down like I said in my previous post. Might need some minor hammering to clear some of the linkage, but I haven't looked too close yet.

383Scampman said
Nice build , if you need a hand I'm right up the road in Tilton . Later, Tom

Thanks Tom!

superfragl said
That was my main concern about Milodon pan. Even though I have c-body, std. big block oil pan for those (as well as a-body) has a cutout for the idler arm in full right turn. I did not want to mess with steering link so I made my own pan - I combined hemi and big block oil pans, retaining the cutout. Now there is no interference, it holds 7.5 quarts (with oil filter) and it is not sticking out lower than stub-frame.

Yup, we'll see how it works out with the 73 and up linkage. I know about the notch for the big block pans, had this exact issue with my uncles 70 440 Duster. Totally forgot about it until you commented in that other thread...