famous bob
mopar misfit
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Starting a BB Duster project
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That would be great if it fits!
I'm going to replace all of the gauges and instruments with this digital dash. The Pro Dash screen will be the only thing in the dash. The Pro Dash even has digital toggle switches on the screen so you can turn things on or off by touching the picture of a switch on the screen.
Holley EFI 553-111 Holley EFI 12.3" Pro Dash
I'm going to see if the Milodon road race pan will fit with the DC K-frame. I'm pretty sure it will require some mods to make it work but from what I can see so far the mods aren't too difficult. I'm also going to see if I can get this big anti-sway bar from Hellwig to fit. It also won't be a bolt on but I'm sure with some fab work I'll have a nice street/strip setup. The Duster isn't going to be a road race car but I'd like to be able to come around a freeway off-ramp without having it feel like a greased pig.
Don’t like greasy pig feeling anything....
Oh, by the way that is a pretty sick dash set up. Very cool.
Oh, by the way that is a pretty sick dash set up. Very cool.
mopowers
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That looks good Andy. What kind of spoiler is it? Where'd ya get it?
It is a steel spoiler. I'm pretty sure I got it from Spoilers by Randy but it has been a few years so I could be wrong. https://www.spoilersbyrandy.com/70-73-duster
A Moparts member helped me out by locating a set of lower control arms that had the anti-sway bar tabs so I got those mocked up on the K frame. I've tried a couple different oil pans with limited success. I have another one on the way that should work.
Also finally got the Weld wheels for the front. I guess they had to build them since it took about 5 weeks. 17 x 6.5 with clearance for the Viper calipers and the correct backspacing.
Also finally got the Weld wheels for the front. I guess they had to build them since it took about 5 weeks. 17 x 6.5 with clearance for the Viper calipers and the correct backspacing.
I bent up some tabs to mount the spoiler to the lower core support. I made the tabs longer and wider than the factory tabs since I wanted them to come out and support the front of the spoiler as well as just the top. This spoiler came from Spoilers by Randy. He supplies some mounting hardware with the spoiler but I tossed his hardware in the recycle bin and built my own. I don't want to drive over this spoiler at 130 mph!
Here are the four pans I checked on this build. The black pan works the best so it is the one that I'll use. It is the MRE547 pan which is advertised as a Hemi pan but it really seems like a deeper version of the factory 187 pan. The orange pan in the picture is a factory 187 C body pan. It fit and would've worked but I'd rather use the Mancini pan since it is 6 qts. The Milodon road race pan didn't fit with the spool mount K frame and the long green Hemi pan doesn't have a notch for the idler arm.
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Excellent build, thanks for sharing!
It looks like I can squeeze the big radiator out of a Cordoba into the space available. It is a tight fit between the frame rails but it clears. The Cordoba shroud also fits just fine and I think I can make the hoses work also. This is an old stock radiator but new ones are available from Rock Auto for $300 so I should be good to go. I'm going to take this radiator over to a shop in the morning and see what they say.
You just squeezed a Cordoba radiator into a Duster?!?! I had no idea that was possible and I have a Magnum and a Duster sitting right here!
DANG!
DANG!
famous bob
mopar misfit
Something looks weired with the fan ? How big is the fan ? keep it coming !
Yeah I've had this radiator sitting in the shop for a long time and I never thought it would fit so I didn't try it. The car came with an aluminum radiator but it was hacked up and kind of ugly so I decided I needed to find another radiator. I figured I'd try the Cordoba one just to make sure that it didn't fit and it slid right in place. I'll need to trim the brackets a little bit and I'll have to have the outlet on the lower tank moved from the passenger side to the driver side but then it should work. It is only a two row radiator but it is big so it should keep the engine cool. If it can't keep the engine cool then there is room to go with a three core radiator the same size.
mygasser
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you probably know but that fan was about the worst horsepower killer of all the fan types tested on the dyno in one of the engine masters episodes. something like 30 hp lost from memory.
neil.
bluefish
mopar dave
Nice project and nice work. The fan in his pic eats a lot of power. If your going to use a mech. fan use this one. I just ordered the 19" to replace it as it will fit my 69 charger schoud that I used in my A body better.
mygasser
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The one in post 191.
Gdub310
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If anyone knows anything about making power with the BB Mopar, it's AndyF. He wrote the book on it - literally. IMHO, it should be required reading for anyone posting in this subforum.
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