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where is your spot at the swap meet?

Sounds like you are on the right track. I did just balance my 340 flywheel and mcleod pressure plate as a unit and was surprised at how much weight it took to correct it. If the flywheel and clutch doesn't change the vibration, it is possible they may have messed up the calculation for the...

Can you describe the balance issue. Have you pin pointed it to the engine?

If you have the heads off you can measure the stroke. That will give you some more info. Did it come with a balancer? You can tell if it was a externally balanced from that. Likely if it is an aftermarket steel crank it will be internally balanced

what are the final machining specs you used ?

The research I did shows it has smaller exhaust valves than the HP version of the engine. And a different casting number on the heads.

Please help me ID this engine. From my internet research looks like a 67 440 non-high perf engine with 0.020 oversize pistons. Any other info from the other symbols would be helpful. Thx

Does your car have the spool type or the wafer type engine mounts.

Use this instead of the pilot bushing for sure.

See you there Chris!

Who is attending the Western Mopar Madness event? It will be held at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta on July 27, 2019. Its a huge Western Canadian Car show with drag racing and a burnout competition too. Should be a great event. These two famous Hemi cars will be there too. Western...

Big fan of Tony for sure. His best article from Cars illustrated was "powershifting 101". No more grannyshifting a four speed for me after that! It was accelerator pedal to the floor all the way down the quarter mile and just bang through the gears. Good stuff!

Is that not Tony Defeo from the old Cars Illustrated mag?

They have a passage under the plenum that flows engine coolant through. Common mod to these was to block that off with epoxy. It goes against the thoughts of keeping the intake cool for max HP.

to my knowledge no one is repoping 73-76 duster hoods, so it is most likely Oem. Is the outer skin aluminum perhaps? if so it may be from a feather duster.