Whats everone working on?
I'm working on my '72 Swinger Special with a 225 Slant 6 and 904 Torque-Flite transmission. Right now I'm mainly gathering the parts but I have done a couple of things. First I removed the stock fan, which was a 4 blade fan bolted solid to the water pump, (as in no fan clutch). I replaced it with a 16" Flex-A-Lite S-Blade Electric Fan mounted in front of the radiator in pusher mode, and I have already installed a Pertronix Ignitor Electronic Ignition, Pertronix Ignitor Coil, Blue Streak Cap, Accel Super Stock Plug Wires and Bosch Platinum Plus Plugs. I have purchased a Super Six Intake with a remanufactured carburetor (not an Advance Auto Special, it was done by a quality carb shop) and a Mopar Performace Cast Air Cleaner assembly to top it all off. I also have a new set of Hooker Super Comp headers after a month of waiting while it was on back order and then welding up the head flanges and grinding them flat because they were so sorry from the factory. They were only .137 from being flat, the flange itself wasn't warped at all, the welds that seal against the head port bosses were just ground terribly and after complaining to Hooker customer service and getting no help I just fixed them myself. I will NEVER buy another set of Hooker Headers again and if anyone else had made tuned headers for a Slant 6 I would have returned these in a heartbeat! Luckily I ordered them painted so I didn't have to grind off the coating to weld them. I live 30 minutes from Jet-Hot Coating's World Headquarters so I'm getting them coated with their Sterling Silver coating which is better than the standard coating and from what I've read, way better than the coating Hooker uses. Behind the headers I am installing a full 2 1/4 dual exhaust with a Magnaflow stainless X-pipe, a pair of 4 inch round body Magnaflow Stainless Mufflers and a set of stainless tips, which have not been bought yet. I also have a Trans-Go Shift Improver Kit to install to firm up the ol' slush box and a new Motive-Gear 3.55:1 Ring & Pinion and a Dana 7 1/4 Powerlock Sure-Grip to Install. This completes phase 1 of my quest for performance. Later I plan to rebuild the head with oversize valves, 3 or 5 angle valve job, .090 milled off the bottom and a full port and polish job. Then I plan to install a performance cam, double roller timing chain and a Aussie Speed & Performance 4 Barrel intake and a small Road Demon 4BBL carb and a Gear Vendors Overdrive Unit. That's what I'm working on. I got my hands full for a while but that's the way I like it :o)
I'm working on my '72 Swinger Special with a 225 Slant 6 and 904 Torque-Flite transmission. Right now I'm mainly gathering the parts but I have done a couple of things. First I removed the stock fan, which was a 4 blade fan bolted solid to the water pump, (as in no fan clutch). I replaced it with a 16" Flex-A-Lite S-Blade Electric Fan mounted in front of the radiator in pusher mode, and I have already installed a Pertronix Ignitor Electronic Ignition, Pertronix Ignitor Coil, Blue Streak Cap, Accel Super Stock Plug Wires and Bosch Platinum Plus Plugs. I have purchased a Super Six Intake with a remanufactured carburetor (not an Advance Auto Special, it was done by a quality carb shop) and a Mopar Performace Cast Air Cleaner assembly to top it all off. I also have a new set of Hooker Super Comp headers after a month of waiting while it was on back order and then welding up the head flanges and grinding them flat because they were so sorry from the factory. They were only .137 from being flat, the flange itself wasn't warped at all, the welds that seal against the head port bosses were just ground terribly and after complaining to Hooker customer service and getting no help I just fixed them myself. I will NEVER buy another set of Hooker Headers again and if anyone else had made tuned headers for a Slant 6 I would have returned these in a heartbeat! Luckily I ordered them painted so I didn't have to grind off the coating to weld them. I live 30 minutes from Jet-Hot Coating's World Headquarters so I'm getting them coated with their Sterling Silver coating which is better than the standard coating and from what I've read, way better than the coating Hooker uses. Behind the headers I am installing a full 2 1/4 dual exhaust with a Magnaflow stainless X-pipe, a pair of 4 inch round body Magnaflow Stainless Mufflers and a set of stainless tips, which have not been bought yet. I also have a Trans-Go Shift Improver Kit to install to firm up the ol' slush box and a new Motive-Gear 3.55:1 Ring & Pinion and a Dana 7 1/4 Powerlock Sure-Grip to Install. This completes phase 1 of my quest for performance. Later I plan to rebuild the head with oversize valves, 3 or 5 angle valve job, .090 milled off the bottom and a full port and polish job. Then I plan to install a performance cam, double roller timing chain and a Aussie Speed & Performance 4 Barrel intake and a small Road Demon 4BBL carb and a Gear Vendors Overdrive Unit. That's what I'm working on. I got my hands full for a while but that's the way I like it :o)
