Wow, Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! I'm sure I've met some of you before. "pettybludart" told me about this site when he came over to buy some 8-3/4 axle parts I had for his new Dart Project. Special thanks to him! I'll try to reply to most of the questions in this post. Here's a bit of background of me and the Duster. I bought the car for $600 as an insurance "write off". I was still in high school at the time. High school, is actullay where I found my first part. I needed a
passenger side door. Somebody was driving an old Duster as a winter beater. I swapped doors with this guy in a snow storm in the school parking lot. This is when I became aware that I was into this hobby for the long haul. With 5 years of grinding, welding, painting, blood, sweat, and tears, it was on the road.
-Originally a 340 auto. Y1 paint code.
Car specs: (currently)
-360 Block (police inerceptor)
-TRW flat top forged pistons
-Aluminum Heads RPM's
-comp cam 280H
-727 Trans.
-10" SMR converter
-reverse patern valve body
-Gear Vendors O.D. bolted on the tail stock
-8.25" Rear end
-3.55 sure grip
-SSBC rear disc conversion
-Aluminum Wheels
-A.R. Torq Thrust 2 Wheels (15"x7"Fr. and 16"x8"Rear)
-Fiber Glass Bumpers
-Best 1/4 mile
-12.7 @ 104mph (through the flowmasters)
This project never ends!
Thanks,
Mark
