1970 Duster AlterKtion, 4 Link, LS/T56/Turbo and Minitub
So its time for an update. My **** luck has continued. That 6.0 block with the broken rod that I thought was okay ended up actually having an issue. It sent a part of the rod through the inner wall of the block into the oil galley. You couldn't see it from looking normally but when the machine shop started cleaning up the motor they noticed it when looking in the oil galley ports. So my buddy gave me HIS block that he was going to build. That one ended up being cracked in a few places lol. Now I have moved back to Vermont and the machine shop is in NC. Before I moved home my buddy and I built a pallet to put the motor on when its done and ship it from where I use to work to where I work now. Welllll now that I'm in Vermont its a bit harder to get a block down there. So a friend in Rhode Island had a good 6.0 mockup block he gave me for free and other friends delivered it up who were coming to VT anyways. Then another buddy was driving to NC for work so we put the block in the back of his KIA rental car lmao. Long story short, the 3rd block is the charm it seems per the initial inspection and the machine shop is working on it now!
This was a video from the move home. It was quite the convoy to get all my **** back! And that was missing the 34ft enclosed trailer with the Duster in it and my tool box etc. I've got some pretty awesome friends!
1st Block
2nd Block
Here are some pics of the car before we loaded it to move home.
So its time for an update. My **** luck has continued. That 6.0 block with the broken rod that I thought was okay ended up actually having an issue. It sent a part of the rod through the inner wall of the block into the oil galley. You couldn't see it from looking normally but when the machine shop started cleaning up the motor they noticed it when looking in the oil galley ports. So my buddy gave me HIS block that he was going to build. That one ended up being cracked in a few places lol. Now I have moved back to Vermont and the machine shop is in NC. Before I moved home my buddy and I built a pallet to put the motor on when its done and ship it from where I use to work to where I work now. Welllll now that I'm in Vermont its a bit harder to get a block down there. So a friend in Rhode Island had a good 6.0 mockup block he gave me for free and other friends delivered it up who were coming to VT anyways. Then another buddy was driving to NC for work so we put the block in the back of his KIA rental car lmao. Long story short, the 3rd block is the charm it seems per the initial inspection and the machine shop is working on it now!
This was a video from the move home. It was quite the convoy to get all my **** back! And that was missing the 34ft enclosed trailer with the Duster in it and my tool box etc. I've got some pretty awesome friends!
1st Block
2nd Block
Here are some pics of the car before we loaded it to move home.
