12:05 Garage- ’70 Duster build

racerjoe said
Ordered some 450lb coil springs and I plan on hitting the local auto cross this weekend. I'm hoping this will be a good measurement if the car (and me) is working better since I know where I usually land compared to the regulars in their Miatas. The only problem is sometimes they make courses that are more favorable to them vs a big heavy car. Pax time is supposed to adjust that, but I don't who knows...

What’s the motion ratio on the HDK?

Yeah that’s definitely the problem with some of the AutoX club stuff, the course can sometimes be tailored to the club setting it up. Muscle cars on a Miata track is tight!

DionR said
Hey Joe, what seatbelts are you running? I did a search and didn't find that you posted anything about that.

I'm debating about pivoting to a '73 Duster for my G3/T56 swap and leaving my Duster LA powered and more stock. One drawback to the '73 is the seatbelts, I like that the '74 has a more modern 3 point setup. Been kind of looking around to see if anyone has talked about what and how in regards to seatbelts and figured you always have good solutions to things like that.

‘73 should have a shoulder belt anchor. Does that ‘73 still have the detachable shoulder belt that hooks to a stud on the lap belt?

My ‘72 Challenger had that style, I replaced it with a 3 point retractable belt from XV. In my ‘74 Duster I ditched the factory 3 point belts and replaced them with a set from seat belt planet? I think? I have the specs somewhere, you just need to specify the shoulder drop, the overall length and the length of the buckle riser.