Duster finally coming back together...

Here's some video of the fire-up today.

I temporarily bolted the Pype's Race Pro muffs to the ends of Schumacher's using some flex tubing. Basically the equivalent to muffs right on the ends of collectors. Worked great for the break-in. I'll get the exhaust system on proper later.

We stopped it about 10 minutes into the break-in 'cause it was approaching 210'. (Looks like a shroud will be absolutely necessary - or a new radiator setup). Fixed a leaking lower rad hose before resuming. One of the clear sight plugs on my carb broke and just popped off while we were waiting. So, I had to pull the front bowl and remove what was left, then put the sight plugs back in. Weird.

Front pump seal is leaking a little. Started leaking before we even fired it, but I had intentionally overfilled the trans. Don't know yet if it's a permanent leak or just residual oil in the bellhousing. Not looking forward to pulling the trans.

Overall, it went pretty well with no catastrophic failures. Sounds decent too.

http://blip.tv/file/728393/

or lower quality YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA0toTU22dQ