So you want 2 go Big block...Read this first!
The last Bigblock duster I built cost under $6000:
Picked up the 73 duster rust free at an auto auction as a /6 car for $650
Bought a wrecked mud bogger at the same auction with a newer .030 cast piston 440 for 600.00 looked brand new inside put in a hyd mopar purple cam in it for 150.
schumaker headers 600
727 our tranny sponsor built for us(way more than we needed so i wont include the full retail for that because a stock 727 with a shift kit wuld prob be just fine so figure 6-700 bucks for it if you had to pay full retail for a rebuilt 727 with a shift kit)
used 8 1/4 rear wth an auburn posi( I know they arent ideal but we have at least 250 passes with sticky tires 26x12.50 hoosier quicktime pros on it and it hasnt flinched a bit) 500.oo
schumaker motor mounts 150
used performer rpm intake 100.00
2.5 in exhaust w/turbo mufflers,dumps,and an x-pipe 250
junkyard radiator from a 1-ton ford 20.00
plug wires 80.00
stock 340 dual snorkal hoodscoop 180 from yr one
750 dp holley used rebuilt and tweaked 200.00
megashifter 250.00
driveshaft 80.00 from wildcat auto
torque converter 250.00
wheels/tires rear draglites with 26/12.50 hoosier quicktime pros, fronts skinny steelies with dogdish hubcaps and offbranf skinnies 400.00
misc 400.00
We didnt do any bodywork or anything to the interior or paint because we didnt need to, its not a show car but its pretty nice no dent dings or anything, a few scratches but its a cool old school hotrod. runs 12.23s with some 906s we alleady had, just bigger valves, was bowl hogged for them and just blended from there nothing spectacular but they work pretty good prob call them 600 bucks if you had a set you could do what we did to ours. That about it. That was the original build now it has a set of ported and milled stage 6 heads and a big plate on it but hasnt made a pass since will update when the track opens.
Engine
Duster
You can spend as much money as yo want,this just shows what can be done on a low $ build.
The last Bigblock duster I built cost under $6000:
Picked up the 73 duster rust free at an auto auction as a /6 car for $650
Bought a wrecked mud bogger at the same auction with a newer .030 cast piston 440 for 600.00 looked brand new inside put in a hyd mopar purple cam in it for 150.
schumaker headers 600
727 our tranny sponsor built for us(way more than we needed so i wont include the full retail for that because a stock 727 with a shift kit wuld prob be just fine so figure 6-700 bucks for it if you had to pay full retail for a rebuilt 727 with a shift kit)
used 8 1/4 rear wth an auburn posi( I know they arent ideal but we have at least 250 passes with sticky tires 26x12.50 hoosier quicktime pros on it and it hasnt flinched a bit) 500.oo
schumaker motor mounts 150
used performer rpm intake 100.00
2.5 in exhaust w/turbo mufflers,dumps,and an x-pipe 250
junkyard radiator from a 1-ton ford 20.00
plug wires 80.00
stock 340 dual snorkal hoodscoop 180 from yr one
750 dp holley used rebuilt and tweaked 200.00
megashifter 250.00
driveshaft 80.00 from wildcat auto
torque converter 250.00
wheels/tires rear draglites with 26/12.50 hoosier quicktime pros, fronts skinny steelies with dogdish hubcaps and offbranf skinnies 400.00
misc 400.00
We didnt do any bodywork or anything to the interior or paint because we didnt need to, its not a show car but its pretty nice no dent dings or anything, a few scratches but its a cool old school hotrod. runs 12.23s with some 906s we alleady had, just bigger valves, was bowl hogged for them and just blended from there nothing spectacular but they work pretty good prob call them 600 bucks if you had a set you could do what we did to ours. That about it. That was the original build now it has a set of ported and milled stage 6 heads and a big plate on it but hasnt made a pass since will update when the track opens.
Engine
Duster
You can spend as much money as yo want,this just shows what can be done on a low $ build.