I drive a Demon (and not the other way around)
I used the opportunity of no engine in the car to paint the engine bay and trunk. My nose hair was blue for a while.
One of the things I wanted to accomplish was to upgrade the brakes from drums in the front to a single piston disk brakes.
Then, I also needed to change the k-frame to allow me to use the V-8 I had recently completed. I also wanted a anti-sway bar in front, too. The front end of a '75 V-8 Valiant would accomplish all of these things in one fell swoop.
Because the engine came from a 68, it didn't make sense to replace the valve. It would be better to use a post 71 set of heads because they had hardened valve seats. So, I found a pair of 302 heads (small, heart-shaped combustion chamber, topped off with a new Edelbrock manifold
Carter AFB, and stuffed with a Crane Fireball camshaft. I prettied it up a bit with a pair of Mickey Thompson finned aluminum valve covers. (Ultimately, I was not satisfied with the valve covers, so I pulled them off and sent them away.)
The engine, transmission, and a cop-car steering box was assembled on the '75 K-frame. Then I dropped the car on top of it. It took two weekends of work to get everything ready and 20 minutes to put the car on top of it.
I used the opportunity of no engine in the car to paint the engine bay and trunk. My nose hair was blue for a while.
One of the things I wanted to accomplish was to upgrade the brakes from drums in the front to a single piston disk brakes.
Then, I also needed to change the k-frame to allow me to use the V-8 I had recently completed. I also wanted a anti-sway bar in front, too. The front end of a '75 V-8 Valiant would accomplish all of these things in one fell swoop.
Because the engine came from a 68, it didn't make sense to replace the valve. It would be better to use a post 71 set of heads because they had hardened valve seats. So, I found a pair of 302 heads (small, heart-shaped combustion chamber, topped off with a new Edelbrock manifold
Carter AFB, and stuffed with a Crane Fireball camshaft. I prettied it up a bit with a pair of Mickey Thompson finned aluminum valve covers. (Ultimately, I was not satisfied with the valve covers, so I pulled them off and sent them away.)
The engine, transmission, and a cop-car steering box was assembled on the '75 K-frame. Then I dropped the car on top of it. It took two weekends of work to get everything ready and 20 minutes to put the car on top of it.
