Recent content by ray79rt

If you have too much fuel pressure the fuel should be overpowering the floats in the carb if that is the source of the rich condition. You would see fuel dribbling in the throat of your carb while idling. If you have a rubber fuel, (pressure of suction side of pump) you could pinch the line to...

I have a 72 Demon/Duster with 408 stroker, all fiberglass weighs 2600 empty and runs 6.70's in the eighth. Needs nothing but an owner. $8500. I have an ad on this web site.

Wow, I have been shifting mine at 6500 for 13 years with the stock spring. What can happen to the spring?

1972 Demon/ Duster drag car for sale. I bought a new chassis car so old reliable has got to go! 408 cast iron headed small block in a 2600lb all fiberglass body (bumpers, doors, front fenders, trunk and hood, lexan windows. Chassis has Afco coil overs on the rear with ladder bars. Stock frame...

If your car is accelerating hard the tires will have wrinkles all the way down. Have a friend check your black marks on the starting line. Low air pressure will cause two dark lines at the edge of your tire print. To much air will cause a dark spot in the middle. Even darkness all the way across...

Mike, you are very lucky to have had someone as special as your aunt in your life. It sounds as if there will be many stories to tell with your family. God bless you and your family. I bet she cooked as well as she hunted! From a fellow arky, Ray

If you want to use the 1.75 backing plates and redrilled axles, ford ranger drums are the closest fit I have found. I put them on my sons 72 Swinger. You may need to grind the lip of the backing plate down 1/8 inch or so, or it may drag on the drum. Ours have been on for year and a half with no...

After poop day, will we still be full of crap?

Hey guys, I asked back in the fall for suggestions on replacing the headers on my drag car. The most popular choice was super comps 1.75 primary so I bought some and installed in place of my cheap 1 5/8 headers. My combo is a 408 11 to 1, j heads with good porting, 560 lift solid cam, victor...

Chuck, is that 719 grams without the wrist pins? If so than the new pistons I have would be very close. I wonder how the machine shops balance a crankshaft without having the torque converter bolted on when working with an external balance. My machinist told me he has only done internal shafts...

I always use more than I think I will, but then I primer the floor, the work bench, the driveway sometimes and always the walls, messy me

318 crank would fit then? I know they are internal balance and most are cast. Cast would be ok for this street build. If i use an external balanced shaft, how do I keep the stator in the torque converter from moving around while it is bolted to the crank during the balancing process?

I hope you guys and gals can help me. I am rebuilding a 72 cast crank 340 in a numbers matching car. It is a late 72 model so it has a cast crank as the 73s do. I want to earlier 340 pistons to regain the compression that is lost in the 72 and 73 models. Does anyone know the correct weight...

We did the same swap as you on my sons 75 valiant to make it look as a 72. The entire rear section with the bumper support braces have to been used from the 70-72 model. Here are a few pics. This one is of the finished car. http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd145/ray79rt/72swinger.jpg These...

Odd problems like yours is usually caused by the trans trying to shift into two gears at once. I would suspect that the rear band may be trying to apply when you are in second. (or maybe direct clutch pack appling instead of rear band, either one would cause your problem) Second gear should...