My car with a tall indy intake and heads fits under the hood. I use a drop down air breather base, You can also use this drop base with th original 69 on back air breather lid shown below.
With or with out a hood scoop?
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My viewpoint is if your Duster has the 340, then go with either the 340 hood scoops or the 340 hood decal. I cannot say I am a purest because my '71 Duster has a 360 and we all know there not installed in MOPAR cars until 1974. Because of that I changed out the original grill and installed a shark tooth grill which came with the 340 engine from 70-72. I guess what I am saying is I believe in adding any option which is authentic to what is in the car. What I do not like is when someone puts 340 or 360 decals/accessories on a Duster when they have either a slant 6 or 318 engine.
PG Duster
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I had the same experience, I had a 71 Camero that I used to race in NMCA & PSCA and put a fiberglass hood with light Tension hood springs and my hood cracked. Wow pulling the finders off to get at the springs, that’s a bit much as I might damage the paint and not to mention lining it up again. Body shop.
PG Duster
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Sounds great, I will be making shake down passes on the car in January at Irwindale raceway Thursday nights. Just got a new trans and converter. I haven’t been to the track yet with this car.
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Beautiful Car I say leave it alone
Dan Georgino
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If you have a swap, do it. But never touch original. It's up to you, if you want that original or Hot Rod look. What does your Engine look like?
hcarr
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Leae it with the lat hood!If you are going to put scoops on it use the snorkel one like in the number 11 post. Def. more period correct !!!
33IMP
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Irwindale is my home track too. There is a guy there that races a dark green duster/dart sport, I was thinking it might be you. I guess this post clears that up.
(Secret to getting lots of laps at irwindale.... be there when the gates open at 4pm. You can get ten passes in in the first hour)
Joe Mc
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Beautiful car
As previously mentioned: I'd not molest the perfect hood you have and really like the flat original look. That said, as others, if you just got to have a scoop(s) get another hood with scoop(s) already on it.
As previously mentioned: I'd not molest the perfect hood you have and really like the flat original look. That said, as others, if you just got to have a scoop(s) get another hood with scoop(s) already on it.
demonjim
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It's just really whatever you want to do. I always really liked the look of the snorkel hood myself. One thing I will mention about your Duster; get some different rear wheels with more inside offset and get as much of the rubber inside the quarter panel as possible. Just a neater look. Just my opinion.
demonjim
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There is a company in California called up22 that offers a Duster or Demon fiberglass hood in pin on or hinge mounted with several different scope styles.
Funny (B body story) well, not that funny! I sold it last month, but I had a 62 Dart more door. I cleaned it up pulled the stuck slant, did the body/paint. My plan was to drop in a poly 318 or mabe a B motor. I had fabbed a max wedge scoop out of 20 ga mild steel. Only way to tell it from a $1500 oem aluminum scoop was a magnet.
A friend over in La is a 62 b body nut and he wanted it for parts car, but wanted it for cheap. Then he bitched because I cut the hood for the scoop. Yes there were 62 Dart Max Wedge cars, but they never had the scoop! Anyway a guy drove from N Pa here to S E Tx for that Dart!
I have a 64 Belvedere more door driver I have got pretty darn nice, but I did a mild custom two tone paint job on it/ Yea I have enough to make it one color if wanted. No, I do not have an extra hood. Yes I will cut the hood for the scoop!!! Is this car worth much? No maybe would bring $5-6000 maybe.
I like the car. I will like it even more with the scoop (maybe the low hemi scoop?)
and it will all run cooler with the hole in the hood. Does it ever overhear? No! lol
A friend over in La is a 62 b body nut and he wanted it for parts car, but wanted it for cheap. Then he bitched because I cut the hood for the scoop. Yes there were 62 Dart Max Wedge cars, but they never had the scoop! Anyway a guy drove from N Pa here to S E Tx for that Dart!
I have a 64 Belvedere more door driver I have got pretty darn nice, but I did a mild custom two tone paint job on it/ Yea I have enough to make it one color if wanted. No, I do not have an extra hood. Yes I will cut the hood for the scoop!!! Is this car worth much? No maybe would bring $5-6000 maybe.
I like the car. I will like it even more with the scoop (maybe the low hemi scoop?)
PG Duster
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The car was sitting lower but the tires and headers were scraping on dips on freeway and street, I had to raise the car up in the front by the torsion bars, and get rear caltrac springs with a taller ride Hight. The wheels off set are wrong, the wheels came with the car. Those weld wheels are pretty expensive, I will get ride hight down after I buy the wheels with right off set.
the wheels are$$$.
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PG Duster
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That’s what I used to do with my Camero, and run King of the hill brackets.
PG Duster
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You may have seen this car at Irwindale raceway that I sold and bought my Duster. Good to be back to Mopar.
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PG Duster
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Gardena California.
PG Duster
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I will have to look them up.
PG Duster
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PG Duster
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Now I’m kind of thinking like that
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