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I've been eyeballing that set up as well. do you have any input as to what to use for a MC and proportioning valve?

Thanks for the excellent feedback folks. If there's any other suggestions, I'm all ears. I'd really like to use the wheels I have to avoid spending another $800 to $1000 on new wheels.

I'm looking for some feedback from anyone who's used this conversion kit, or recommendations for a manual disc kit that won't break the bank and retains the small bolt pattern. 1966-74 Dodge Dart Mopar A-Body Front Disc Brake Conversion Kit for 5x4 Bolt Pattern & Manual Brakes

It's going to be close, but should have about 1" clearance. I'll know for sure once it's dropped into the engine bay.

I kinda forgot to update. Sorry!

A fuel pump away from complete. Those old Commando valve covers have a lot of time into them. I didn't realize how rare/expensive they are these days. Mine were pretty beat up, but when I saw the prices on old Commando valve covers, I decided to restore them.

Alright fellas, I formulated a plan today. Being that I'm a painter/glazier by trade, I have plenty of scraps of Lexan kicking around. I'll make a template out of Lexan to have a new mounting bracket cut out on the plasma cutting table at the welding lab at the college where I work. I spoke to...

No worries man, there's no way I'm taking a grinder to that new aluminum head!

The car was originally built by a friend of mine with various parts and pieces. The pulley is likely from a '68 318 or 273.

The harmonic damper part #

Alright folks, here we go with silly questions from polarman again. So I installed the harmonic damper on my new BPC4083CT engine the other day. I pulled the crank pulley from the old 318 and took it to work to paint it up. I got home to install it, and no matter how I clock it, all 6 bolt holes...

Bear in mind that the alternator mounting is a work in progress. There's a separate thread on that elsewhere in the forum...

The clearance issue is in the first pic I posted in this thread, and that was at the max of the tension adjustment in the stock mounting location. Can you kindly share your set up? FYI, I'm running the pre 70 water pump because the lower radiator hose would be on the wrong side of the pump if I...

It's the set up that was on the engine that was in the car, but the original iron 340 X heads sat more flush with the block whereas the aluminum heads have a bit of an overhang, hence the clearance issues. Push comes to shove, I work at a university with a welding program. They have a CNC plasma...