Yard Sale
My plan is to keep the appearance as-is and work on the drivetrain. I want to reduce as much weight as I can increase the power and see how we get on. Id like to get it into the 13's on the engine and maybe spray it deeper. But before any of that begins I had to address some issues such as a nasty exhaust leak and some serious pinging under and type of load.
I broke out the timing light too see what our initial was at. What I found was a half of a hose clamp that was being used as a timing pointer, assuming that was TDC I saw 16 degrees..I pulled it back to 5. The pinging was still there but only under a very heavy load, called it good and started looking at the exhaust. I found a totally wasted muffler and a exhaust pipe with plenty of natural weight reduction. I decided to let that ride for now and started looking for some foundation parts . I hooked up with a guy out near Irwindale that had his place stacked to the gills with mopar stuff. I picked up a set of headers an unported 318/360 performer intake and a set of leaf springs from a 340 car. I wasted no time getting into it. The header install went about as good as possible, but I really didnt like how close the power steering box was to the header. So I went ahead and sourced a manual box and a splined u-joint ( it was cheaper that the conversion part). The following weekend i crawled back under and started the swap. While we pulling parts off the AC stuff was removed. We weighed it all, I cant believe how heavy some of these parts are.
My plan is to keep the appearance as-is and work on the drivetrain. I want to reduce as much weight as I can increase the power and see how we get on. Id like to get it into the 13's on the engine and maybe spray it deeper. But before any of that begins I had to address some issues such as a nasty exhaust leak and some serious pinging under and type of load.
I broke out the timing light too see what our initial was at. What I found was a half of a hose clamp that was being used as a timing pointer, assuming that was TDC I saw 16 degrees..I pulled it back to 5. The pinging was still there but only under a very heavy load, called it good and started looking at the exhaust. I found a totally wasted muffler and a exhaust pipe with plenty of natural weight reduction. I decided to let that ride for now and started looking for some foundation parts . I hooked up with a guy out near Irwindale that had his place stacked to the gills with mopar stuff. I picked up a set of headers an unported 318/360 performer intake and a set of leaf springs from a 340 car. I wasted no time getting into it. The header install went about as good as possible, but I really didnt like how close the power steering box was to the header. So I went ahead and sourced a manual box and a splined u-joint ( it was cheaper that the conversion part). The following weekend i crawled back under and started the swap. While we pulling parts off the AC stuff was removed. We weighed it all, I cant believe how heavy some of these parts are.
