72 Demon slanty-to-340 Resto

moparmat2000 said
I'm gonna run 340 bars, and dropping 200 lbs off the front of my car with a diet of aluminum parts, this will stiffen em up. I will be using KYBs

Just call your dentist and make some appointments to replace your fillings when you start driving that thing :rolleyes:. I ran KYBs for almost 60k miles on my Challenger. I’ve done some stupid stuff, but that ranks right up there. Putting Bilsteins on that car and tossing the KYB’s in the trash was one of the better mods I’ve done. Whole new car for ride quality.

knote72 said
ok guess I can replace rod ends. I'll weight cost vs weight on whether to go hydroboost or lighten front end and go manual discs. I'll table that and rack up the numbers later.

I plan to daily this thing as much as I can, so it needs at least a 5spd (the slant as it is revs up doing just 50). The 6spd t56 is enticing, super low rpm at highway speed, but if the 855 is available by the time I'm ready for the trans then I'll opt for that instead. It may be a couple years out so hopefully they catch up on orders.

I have the 8.25" in my Dakota (if it'll fit), I hear it's good up to 500hp which is a bit more than I figure on putting out, but I'll have to weigh the work and parts availability for installing it over the 8.75".

Don’t toss the hotchkis steering arms, they should be ok with some seals. Here’s the ones I’m talking about, I think these will be the right size.

Seals it WS62506PK

The heims on the UCA’s are going to be a bigger problem for wearing out anyway, at least based on the rate I have to replace the ones on the Hotchkis UCA’s on my Challenger.