Super tuning car runs good shooting for great

skep419 said
Bring this thread back from the dead.

Didn’t read through everything but found two rod caps swapped causing an out of round situation which caused the rod bearing failures.
Since then I have swapped out solid motor mounts. (Vibration is more or less gone/header was hitting steering box) Installed headlight relay kit. Exhaust was redone, added electric cutouts and o2 sensor bungs for the lc1 innovate wide-band. Spring perches got welded back in 3” Inboard -4 deg pinion angle. 275’s are back. Welded brackets back in for the stock console with the B&M quicksilver. New stereo,dash speaker/6x9’s.

Still have this oil leak that won’t ever go away. sitting still it won't leak. rev it all day. drive it down the road nice and it leaks.
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I just got my 5.9 Magnum build running in my Duster and I've got the same damn leak. I never even touched the #5 main cap, just swapped oil pans... whatever as long as it's small I'm just going to ignore it. I have a crazy idea it might have something to do with the torque being applied to the driveline when you're accelerating, might flex the oil pan juust enough to let oil through?? Bah who knows...

You'll love the wide-band AFR readout if you haven't run with one before. It really helped me understand my carb, along with a vacuum gauge; both of those are like having lifelines on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" lol

Btw I installed speakers above the rear seats and in the front doors and it sounds pretty good but could be better, how is your setup with the dash speaker?