I drive my Scamp, My CJ5 and 1969 VW Bug a lot when the weather is nice. Still have my 1997 Dakota I did a 5.9 swap with the factory EFI with over 230,000 miles to hall work stuff and toys. Still have 3 old school motorcycles I ride too so I have to spread the love. Now that I'm retired I get to...
Yeah or I can get in my SRT8 Challenger and have the HP and comfort too. Look at the OP. Some how this whole post went south. He wants a good driver and "local mechanic said that the Edelbrock is terrible" ... Really? If he would chime in he can get it to my place and I'll fix it. This isn't...
It's still so much easier to figure out a carb or ignition problem. There are so few parts. Why would you ever do that to an old school car? Kind of like added fuel injection to my old lawn tractor. Sure I could make it work, but why?
My 5.9 in my Dakota has cracked heads. Been like that for 2 years and about 5000 miles. Runs fine. Put and camshaft in it and new gaskets. Work truck so it gets abused.
I would throw that converter in the trash. Get a neutral balanced converter made for your combo and run the B&M flex plate for a 360. Tell the company that makes the converter ALL of the details like, camshaft, gear ratio, tire size. Tell them the truth and you will be very happy. Torque...
I'd run the 904 as well. You will need this flex plate and it will all bolt together. https://blueprintengines.com/products/chrysler-sb-steel-sfi-flex-plate-la-360-sb-external-balance-chrysler-compatible?srsltid=AfmBOor5yT1SjudBi3Af7J33FecPF30311-AsZKAhaaGItrBIEsZQNCv No need to balance the...