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I've used their car hauler trailers twice to tow my Duster to the track 2.5 hours away from home when I lived in CO. My '72 D200 had no trouble pulling it up the long grades on I-25 and the built-in surge brakes on the trailer were nice to have on the downhill parts. Tie-down straps go around...

Good info, that's the kind of thing I was curious about. I know the theory about how this all affects valve timing but I'm wanting to know how it will actually run from others' experiences.

I know advancing 2 degrees from straight-up would be unnoticeable but the cam is currently at least 4 degrees retarded (8÷2) so I was thinking that little extra might help just a tad more and also compensate for possible future chain stretch. I'll go the full 4 degrees advanced as long as it...

The 360 in my D200 has always run a bit funny, kinda rough idle and harder to start than it should be along with garbage fuel economy. I finally checked the slop in the timing chain by barring the engine back and forth and there is at least 8 degrees of slack so I'm going to put in a fresh...

"Fixed timing"? Is the distributor locked out? What is your actual ignition timing advance? I'm assuming no vacuum advance either? Too little advance at idle and part throttle will cause massive heat rejection into the cooling system. Second guy this week with issues likely related to...

Food for thought... My daily driver 2000 Buick has the 3.8L V-6 with an Eaton M-90 Roots supercharger from the factory. It has a pretty sophisticated (for the late '90s) ignition timing control and knock sensor system. The knock sensors can tell the severity of detonation and the computer will...

One of those things you hear a lot from people who haven't tried it themselves... I asked my machinist (experienced race engine builder) if I needed to deck my 5.9 Magnum block to work with Cometics. He said not to worry about it, factory finish is fine. Engine has been together with ARP...

You could just hook the VA up to manifold vacuum to pull in that extra timing if you don't want to add it in with more initial.

YouTube is really annoying about that, they'll keep feeding you videos on the same stuff based on your watch history. If you go and delete all your watch history the same stuff will stop popping up in your recommended videos. Just another way they keep us glued to our screens and watching...

I've always used Lucas ethanol treatment in my Duster and D200, they run a bit smoother with it and aren't as prone to boiling the gas in the carb on hot days in traffic. I drive them 1-2 times a week though and they generally get filled up once or maybe twice a month. I also use it in the gas...

12 pages, dang... I think this goes to show both engines are good and have potential, if one was objectively better than the other all around there wouldn't be this much arguing. Just like the Chevy vs Ford vs Dodge pickup truck guys lol. I didn't vote because I like both and each kind of has...

Maybe my case is different, mine has longtube headers, 4-bbl intake and recurved distributor but stock 2-bbl cam and it'll do 0-60 in about 8 seconds with 727, 3.54:1 full-floating D60 and 33" all terrains. Very little throttle input needed to get the truck moving. And it weighs about 4400#...

360 was originally conceived for 1971 model year as a lighter, more economical alternative to the 383 in C-bodies which were Mopar's biggest volume sellers at the time. Bigger mains from the start were to improve crank fatigue life due to the longer stroke (in theory). Iirc 1972 they started...

Apparently they rust pretty quickly if the body panels aren't meticulously maintained. Some review videos on YT that are pretty hilarious, not very practical for doing actual truck things. Plus you get that characteristic Tesla bad build quality, and recently they had a recall on all of them...

I completely understand your situation, I moved from Colorado to Georgia just about a year ago for similar reasons and am much happier here. I wouldn't rule out GA, less hazards for hurricane stuff and cost of living is very low. Just stay away from Atlanta, obviously. The Carolinas are nice...