Recent content by aduc73

Nice car! was it factory 4speed or was it auto?

:thumbup: If the car been sitting too long, the fuel isnt good anymore, it could caused the hesitate Remove, clean gas tank and rebuild the carb, drive for 2 days, car should run better

thats forged crank.

Come on, if the guy have thought of start the engine (while put water into crank case to flush it) he isn't stupid. This story must be a joke.

Please dont do this! Chrysler already destroyed the Challenger because poor build quality, messed up the Charger by making it 4 door and now they want to use the Barracuda in hoping it will bring their business back on track? Its not the name that make people buy the car, the quality will do...

Do you want to sale just shifter and linkage?

dropped $80, need to break the ice. I have a lot of good stuff for sale. Someone take it, it a good block.

New price $100

1978 440, last year of production, standard bore, turn by hand. It was running, I used 452 heads and the short block(complete bottom end, crank, rod, piston) for sale. $150, pickup only

Yes, I thought that capacitor is ballast resistor. So what is the capacitor for? Does it play any part of ignition system? Can you please explain why do not leave the coil energized to battery for more than 1/2 min? And do I need ballast resistor in order to run the engine? (Engine out of car...

The engine is all stock, single point distributor. Coil and ballast resistor look like this: I wired the ignition system somewhat like this, except I dont have solenoid and switch, I wire + of coil direct to + of battery and other end of resistor go to ground

Working on my 383 engine, its been sitting for a while. Crank the engine, no sparking. Engine out of car, negative (-) of coil connect to distributor lead; positive (+) of coil connect to positive terminal of battery; ballast resistor connect to (+) of coil, other end to to ground. Negative...

Thanks marks340 for offer free driveshaft. The driveshaft is in excellent condition, even free Marks pack it very well and super fast shipping! Thanks a lot Marks!

Thanks FABO, thanks for all reply and thanks toplscuda for helping offer , I appreciated it!

I got a deal buying a 318 Duster in Missouri. I'm thinking of buy a plane ticket and drive it back home. Car is good condition, but I never drive 40 year old car that long, its 1000 mile trip, do you think the car can make it in 1 day? I did 1000 mile trip with 99 accord in 1 day before. Hows...