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    NV3500 Swap Pictures?

    Thanks, I hadn't thought about searching under a different trans name. Thanks, Alex
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    1973 Duster - From Strip to Street

    So, over 2 years after I get this poor, rusty creature, there is more progress - Found some 16" mustang wheels for now, until I can find some flat black 18" FR500's with the right backspace. Tore apart the front end, pulled the motor and trans, and am working on frame repair. Once the...
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    NV3500 Swap Pictures?

    The NV3500 is a 5 speed manual transmission from 90's-2000~ Dodge Rams and Dakota's, along with a number of Chevy applications. The ratios are relatively wide, but with a 2.76 rear end, you have, essentially, the first gear in an 833 with 3.65(no such thing, but that's the equivalent.) gears...
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    NV3500 Swap Pictures?

    Well, I know it's been done a few times, but I can only find pictures of a couple - one here, and one over on moparts. Does anyone have any other pictures of how you did your crossmember and interior? I'll post up my install pics once I finally get started, I'm doing frame work and some other...
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    Show me your pro-touring Duster

    Well, since we're digging up this old thread, here's mine - Not sure that it qualifies just yet... SS springs with blocks and flipped hangers, and I'm waiting on Just Suspension 1" torsion bars. Hellwig front and rear sway bars are in, now I'm looking for FR500 18" wheels in flat black...
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    [SOLD] Edelbrock LD4B with Virgin Ports and Plenum (and some other junk too)

    Edelbrock LD4B intake here. The good - As far as I can tell, the ports and plenum are uncut, and the crossover hasn't been messed with. The bad - Two of the carb mounting holes are stripped (have been since I got the running engine it was on), and should probably be helicoiled. Looking...
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    value question

    Just like a lot of our cars here, you'd be lucky to get what you put into out of it. In my case, that's impossible! You'd probably get offered 1500-2000 around here, being a /6 auto, with quarter panel rust starting. Doesn't bubbling paint usually mean it's rusted through from the backside...
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    1973 Duster - From Strip to Street

    Definitely should have titled this "From Stripped to Street" :oops: Finally got the 360 built and swapped in - Pictures now, story later...
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    wont stay running...again

    It sounds like What my old 318 would do, back when I first got that motor running - Turned out to be caused by both a vacuum leak, and severely retarded timing, but you already checked timing.
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    '70s Murray Wildcat bike project?

    On pedals, the left side thread is (normally) reverse threaded. For the crank, the right side is (again, normally, except for a few old French and Italian designs) reverse threaded. I'd check over the frame for any weak spots in the frame walls if you plan on riding it, as broken frames totally...
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    Unfired Rebuild Compression?

    Gotcha - I'm just kinda learning as I go, best way to learn is by doing and all. Thanks for the info, and I won't go messing with things. Until they break, that is. Then it's fair game...
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    Unfired Rebuild Compression?

    The bottom end is supposed to have a couple hours of run time on it already, What I've been worried about is whether he actually replaced them like he claims to have. But, when I do start it, I have no room to complain about bad rings, because I (kind of) trust the guy I got it from, so I...
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    Unfired Rebuild Compression?

    Psh, I'm just so amazing that I can pull cord start a 14:1 compression V-12! :tard: Yeah, I know, I'm a little bit retarded today... It's been a long day, and I've been a little worried about the rings on this supposedly freshly rebuilt 360 block since I got it.. But hey, I AM insane, paranoid...
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    Unfired Rebuild Compression?

    Had it sitting on the stand, and was curious - pulled out my compression gauge and a wrench and took a peek. Never heard of it being done, never done it before, figured hey, why not?
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    Unfired Rebuild Compression?

    No overbore, stock pistons, heads milled enough to run well on a 318. Got about 40 psi on 1&2, and 45 on the rest. Just wondering if it's the unfired head gaskets...
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    Unfired Rebuild Compression?

    What would be a "normal" reading for an unfired, stock-ish 360? I've got some numbers here that worry me just a bit.
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    Mopars at the battleship

    Really wanted to make it over there, and, while I could get the 360 finished and dropped into the Duster in time, that doesn't change the fact the I HAVE TO WORK Sat and Sun. Guess I'll have to wait til next year... Looking forward to it, though!
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    340 r.i.p.

    Shoot, I'm still a little confused how it got into the pan in the first place, much less past the screen...
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    Craziest/Stupidest/Most Intersting Way You've Moved An Engine?

    Complete engines, blocks, cars, anything, what's your story? Moved a couple of small block blocks, heads, etc. today... Through sand... On an appliance dolly. Alone, because my partner was 1: Afraid to get her hands beat up, and 2: Probably couldn't carry a cast iron head to save her life!
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    dipstick length

    Here's the stick out my 318, no accessories - looks like a 28" stick and a 9" tube. Basically about 10" inside the pan, this one says full about 8.5" from the pan entrance, and add about a half inch below that. Is agree that the easiest and probably most accurate would be to mark your own, though.
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    dipstick length

    I'm wondering the same thing, actually. Possibly the same as a 318 pan? Will be watching this thread... EDIT: yup, same stick and tube as the 318 - looks like Summit has one, ebay probably has a bunch(can't check on a work computer...) I can measure mine when I get home, if someone else...
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    Why does everyone assume I'm rich or have a huge budget

    Pretty sure it's just the words "Pro-Touring"... The builds everyone reads about sound like a millionare threw 100k at an already expensive car. So that's what everyone seems to assume...
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    Another 360 Build question thread...

    According to my calipers, the cam has a 1.250 center circle, and a max lobe height of 1.572, which works out to .483 at 1.5. Given that, I'm guessing that its the MP 284* hydraulic, p4120231, with .484/.484 lift, and .241/.241 duration at .050. So much for the p.o...
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    Another 360 Build question thread...

    Measured the difference in face height between the '85 heads and the 915's, and the 915's are shorter by .10 - by my calculizing, that's 8cc(give or take). Assuming (yeah, I know, im a total retard for assuming, but I don't have a cc tool just yet.) that the 85's are a typical 71~cc, that brings...
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    Another 360 Build question thread...

    So, I have here, a stock bottom end '85 360. I have a set of '71 360 J heads, milled to a visible, but unknown extent, or the '85 smog heads that came with the 360. Also, I have an LD4B intake with Eddy 600, or the '85 360 intake with the original Qjet. The rest of the engine will be...
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    904 shifts too early

    Definitely sounds like a kickdown problem - I would get under the car and see if you can adjust the kickdown arm further up on the rod.
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    318 Retards Under Load?

    After pulling the heads back off the 'teen for the 360, I discovered an oddity. #1 cylinder has, quite obviously, not been fired since the heads went back on. Cylinder head is still clean, as is the plug. I will, of course, not be reusing the distributor cap or plug wires on the new 360...
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    1973 Duster - From Strip to Street

    Picked up an '85 360, mechanically complete, running when pulled, yesterday. Pulled everything I'm not going to be using off(to include a/c, smog stuff, power steering, and the 20 million belts that ran it all), and started cleaning it up. I'm planning to use the 360 head I already have, with...
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    318 Retards Under Load?

    And when I say it retards, that's just because that's what it feels like - Kind of like dealing with a computer controlled car, and your fuel curve is messed up because the guy playing with the tune missed something. It's like hitting a rev limiter, except that the limiter is 4500 rpm higher or...
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