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Cuprum-74

Cuprum-74

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Hey folks, new guy saying hello.
A little about me:

I just got back from a deployment with the Air National Guard, I'm a Gearhead, Geek, and Jack-of-all Trades.
I'm a new father (son was born during my deployment).
I'm a new owner of a 1974 Plymouth Duster 318. (Bonus money from my deployment yay!) It's going to have a hopped up 1990 360 roller cam (donated from the 1988 Power Ram I had). I'm in the process of rebuilding the motor right now as we speak, The motor has hardly any wear in the cylinders so it going to stay 4.00 in bore, just honed. It is going to have about 9.7 to 1 Compression ratio.
The duster is in pieces (bought it that way) with the body stripped down to the metal.

Currently I'm looking around for:
Oil pan (truck pans obviously don't work)
Hyd. Roller Cam with around .480 -.500 lift.
Longer oil pick up tube for mopar cars.
A727 or maybe even an A518 transmission (A904 won't cut it)

Later on I'm getting:
Aluminum Heads
Alluminum Intake Manifold.
Rebuilt Thermoquad or Road Demon.

Pictures coming soon...
 
Welcome aboard, and THANK YOU for your service.

I'm a bit curious as to why you think a 904 won't "cut it". They can be built to withstand high horsepower applications and they are far less of a drag on your horsepower.
 
Welcome to FABO!!! Congrats on the new car, your new Son, and Thank You for your service!!!! :salute:
 
Badsport said:
Welcome aboard, and THANK YOU for your service.

I'm a bit curious as to why you think a 904 won't "cut it". They can be built to withstand high horsepower applications and they are far less of a drag on your horsepower.
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Yeah that's true, but here's the deal I already have a free 727 rebuild kit (which I found in the back of a junkyard Ramcharger) it also has a no yoyo kit.
The junkyard is selling ANY Tranny for $125.00
So I have several choices.
A727 (Cheapest to rebuild)
A904 (Less drag+not as cheap to rebuild)
A518 (OD+definitely not as cheap to rebuild)
A500 (Less Drag+OD+not as cheap to rebuild)

Source: http://www.makcotransmissionparts.com/Chrysler.html
 
New myself, welcome and thank you for your service to this great country
 
Thank you for your service .....congratulations on your new son ......and welcome to a really cool site. Looking forward to the pic's.
 
I pretty much bought this thing in pieces.
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This is the only cancered out spot on the whole thing.
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Once everything is put together on this thing, I'm going to paint it myself.

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Just think I painted this motorcycle myself with HOK Tangelo Pearl.
 
Welcome! Congrats on your new son. Raise him to love Mopars! Looks like you have a great project there. Don't be afraid to ask questions, great people here who can help out with most anything. Keep the pictures coming.
 
Welcome to FABO, good looking project you have there.
Congrats on the new little one, and thanks for your service.
 
Welcome, very proud to have you on this site. Nice Duster, looking forward to seeing it's progress.
 
Welcome aboard! My 1st car was a 74 Duster. Congrats on the young 'un. Make sure you post your questions in the appropriate forum, you will get more responses that way. Have fun!
 
Howdy from Hadlyme,...Thanks for Serving,...Congrats on being home for the holidays with your family...

I've got a SB 727 that I built some years ago,...got all the go-fast MoPar stuff in it,...My old shop foreman and I built it, but it never got used,....shoot me a PM if and when your ready.
 
Welcome! With that lift you want,you probably could get that re-ground out of your existing cam.Check out small block forum.
 
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