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I drained the oil. No big chunks came out, so that's good...lol It honestly still ran good and revved like normal. The squeak clack sound is what got my attention.

I caught it somewhat early. I haven't spun it over to look at the other side of the cam, but the part I can see is fine. Probably just needs to be polished. Likely just needs a teardown and clean with a new set of lifters.

I don't have a prop valve since I run 4 wheel discs. But the lines do pass near the location of the stock valve. The car already had port EFI with a MS3X controller. It has an in tank pump in the Tanks Inc tank. I autocross regularly with varying levels of fuel and never once had a fuel...

Yep. Finally going to be one of the cool kids. I'm hoping to have the 408 out by tomorrow night. After that I just need to trim the frame rail pinch weld, swap the trans over, and it's going in!

Torque converter bushing removal tool 9000... Good for one use only...

Forgot to mention what I did there. The factory rods connect to a "mushroom" head type stud. They easily knocked out of the z-bar. I think they were just pressed in and not even welded. (aftermarket z-bar). The pedal was another story. If I remember correctly, I had to cut the head off and drill...

Check out post 197 of my build thread here --> 12:05 Garage- ’70 Duster build To accommodate the offset for of the top rod where it connects to the z-bar, I just made a spacer to put between the heim and the z-bar. This setup has proven to work great and the adjustability is endless. The long...

Nope, not for me. I made all new linkage with heim joints. It’s smooth as butter.

Forgot to mention I have an HDK suspension, so this thing will just fall into place, or at least I hope so.

I'm using the cast lakewood housing. You can see there was a small interference with the TTI header, but that was easily fixed with a grinder. Note the clearance on the starter from an early 2500 with a manual trans. This thing is smaller than the mini starter on my 408! It will fall on the...

I also made aluminum fuel rails from some blank fuel rail extrusion.

For those not following along on my build thread, I'll highlight some of the G3 Hemi swap specifics here. Here's a quick background. 70 Duster I've owned since 1997. I use it as a cruiser, and autocross. It's got a 408 LA in it with solid roller cam, indbrock heads and port EFI made by yours...

Yes, No Problem Raceway. You are lucky there are so many events nearby. I was looking at the results from yesterday since I couldn't go, there were only 36 cars. The weather was nice, not sure why the turnout was so low.

It certainly is close. Pulling the 408 is my next large thing to do. Ringing wires out and modifying the z-bar will be weeknight projects this week. That street T is aluminum and the sensor doesn't weigh anything. It will be fine.

My local SCCA just released their May date and location. They are trying a new spot which happens to be the drag strip I used to frequent. There's also a small road course at that track and they are having the autocross on portions of the road course. I have to click this job into overdrive so I...