My duster is officially a v8 car FINALLY!

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dustyaman

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Finally my 360 is in the duster and is running! No transmission yet but did a bell housing modification to be able to get the the starter to bolt up to the transmission. Used a truck manual bell housing with the flywheel that came with the engine. Engine specs are: 360, .030 over, low compression, big valve j heads, comp cam xe268he cam, rpm air gap intake, brawler 650 carb mechanical secondary,
Doug's ceramic coated headers. It's come a long way from being a slant six car. I've always wanted a small block in my car. Alot of wiring modifications involved since the wiring was made to fit the slant.

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I also wanted to thank everyone on this forum also. There was so much research i did searching the forums. There are so many good, smart individuals on this forum. Thank you to everyone.
 
dustyaman said:
Finally my 360 is in the duster and is running! No transmission yet but did a bell housing modification to be able to get the the starter to bolt up to the transmission. Used a truck manual bell housing with the flywheel that came with the engine. Engine specs are: 360, .030 over, low compression, big valve j heads, comp cam xe268he cam, rpm air gap intake, brawler 650 carb mechanical secondary,
Doug's ceramic coated headers. It's come a long way from being a slant six car. I've always wanted a small block in my car. Alot of wiring modifications involved since the wiring was made to fit the slant.

kylewiseman74 on TikTok

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Sounds very potent.Nothing like the sound of open headers. I like it.
 
Oldmanmopar said:
Sounds very potent.Nothing like the sound of open headers. I like it.
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IT SOUNDS VERY HEALTHY!! Total gratification tearing the engine down to nothing and rebuilding from scratch. First engine I've ever built from scratch also.
 
Great job, very healthy sounding! I would love to see more pics, the straight and clean body in B1 powder blue really does it for me with that one...
 
I know the feeling. Mine was originally a 198 slant 6. Now a 414 stroker. Congrats on getting it together!
 
I would definitely recommend it. I used a cast crank, eagle sir rods, hypereutectic pistons. All cheap parts. I think I spent about $1000 at the time for the rotating assembly.
 
Maybe down the road I will build another engine while I drive this one around and enjoy it.
 
Looks awesome.
dustyaman said:
Finally my 360 is in the duster and is running! No transmission yet but did a bell housing modification to be able to get the the starter to bolt up to the transmission. Used a truck manual bell housing with the flywheel that came with the engine. Engine specs are: 360, .030 over, low compression, big valve j heads, comp cam xe268he cam, rpm air gap intake, brawler 650 carb mechanical secondary,
Doug's ceramic coated headers. It's come a long way from being a slant six car. I've always wanted a small block in my car. Alot of wiring modifications involved since the wiring was made to fit the slant.

kylewiseman74 on TikTok

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Looks great.
 
srduster340 said:
I would definitely recommend it. I used a cast crank, eagle sir rods, hypereutectic pistons. All cheap parts. I think I spent about $1000 at the time for the rotating assembly.
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You must have gotten those parts a few years ago at that price. Still a awesome car
 
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