New to the forums just recent picked up a 1974 duster 318/727 combo. Backstory is the previous owner had a crazy ex and she took a hatchet to all the glass and a couple body panels. So i got it cheapppp. Honestly has a bit of a mad max thing going on so ill leave it until i get all the mechanical equipment sorted out.
Plan is to turn it into a street/strip machine and drive the piss out of it. Has disc brakes in the front that need help, and what all appears to be a factory front end. Looking at throw a bunch of QA1 parts at it to help it steer straight, the 318 gets hot but also doesnt have a fan shroud at the moment so ill get one of those made and see if that dies down.
I have a 1975 440 block sitting in my garage waiting for a reason to dump money into it, but i also like the idea of a 408 stroker with a 8-71 roots sitting on top.
If i stay small block i can do all the exhuast, cooling, engine bay clean up since the dimensions will be the same. And i can keep my front tires. and i could build the 408 and getting it moving and add the blower down the road.
But a 440 with fenderwell headers does sound pretty appealing as well.
Looking for 5-600hp that should move that a-body pretty well
