Fastest Duster on stockish suspension?

polyjohn said

Great replies Guys!

I ran a 68 Dart into the tens with an all iron 452 but.
It was an ex 8.50 car with a pro back half and huge slicks.

So I want to go back and start from scratch with a Plymouth Duster.
Got a nice bare shell and want to run in UK super stock.
Rules are fairly loose, but leafs are priority.

I never run a small block in anger but maybe I should consider this route?
Cost and knowledge wise, it’s easier for me to run a Big block.
Not a 440 block, but a 451 lowdeck 400 all old school like lol.

Always been a big fan of Koffel’s iron headed 451’s.

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How hard are parts to get in the UK? I'd build what I could easily source parts for.

Stroker small blocks think they are big blocks and are easy enough to get the power you'd need to run deep in the 10's. My 408 ran 6.57 in the 1/8 at 3220 pounds on pump 93 shifted at 6400, ported Edelbrocks, 10.8-1 compression, a Hughes flat solid cam, 727, S-60 with 4.10 gears and 325 radials, it would've done it on a 275 too.

If you have a bare shell, you are already starting light. You can reach your goal with a variety of rear spring set up's. If it were me, I'd go with Cal-Tracs (or something similar) either factory springs or mono's, slant 6 or 273/318 bars in the front and Viking D/A shocks all around. Viking shocks aren't that expensive and are a good value. That being said the above mentioned combo was on Rancho 9 ways in the rear and CE 3 ways in the front, so D/A's aren't required. The reason I changed was because a shock on the front and one on the rear went bad, I had stepped up the power and the car was doing some stupid stuff, that's when I found the bad shocks. I figured it was a good time for better shocks.

You have a blank canvas to start with, build what makes YOU giggle and go have some fun.

Justin