72 Duster Resurrection
Definitely like drinking from a fire hose!
Im doing my best to remember everything, but the info is all good, keep it coming!
Ok.....bummer. So my eventual 300hp-ish v8 upgrade will need and entire new rear end if I expect it to survive? I only want to drive on the street with occasional abuse..
A keen eye will find another car under tarp in the edges of some previous pics. Its a 71 dart (really jumped into the mopar world with both feet here..) The dart is a project for another day, but it does have a factory 318 v8 and I hoped I could steal the 8-3/4" rear end off it but...
This is the rear end on the dart.
And the tubes were also 2.5"-ish diameter...
So its another 7-1/4".....Were the stock 318 V8's weak enough to not break the 7-1/4" rear? I think this is all from the factory.
But I dont want to derail my main project here, the Duster. So I should just start looking for a 8 3/4 rear end I guess. (local, fabo market, etc..)
Definitely like drinking from a fire hose!
Im doing my best to remember everything, but the info is all good, keep it coming!
Ok.....bummer. So my eventual 300hp-ish v8 upgrade will need and entire new rear end if I expect it to survive? I only want to drive on the street with occasional abuse..
A keen eye will find another car under tarp in the edges of some previous pics. Its a 71 dart (really jumped into the mopar world with both feet here..) The dart is a project for another day, but it does have a factory 318 v8 and I hoped I could steal the 8-3/4" rear end off it but...
This is the rear end on the dart.
And the tubes were also 2.5"-ish diameter...
So its another 7-1/4".....Were the stock 318 V8's weak enough to not break the 7-1/4" rear? I think this is all from the factory.
But I dont want to derail my main project here, the Duster. So I should just start looking for a 8 3/4 rear end I guess. (local, fabo market, etc..)