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    firing order help - please pardon my ignorance

    thanks for the replies. everything went well last night. distributor in - wires hooked up correctly. engine fired right up!!! however my JUST REBUILT blower with new seals and bearings sounded like a rock crusher so it's coming back off and going back to the guy who rebuilt it tomorrow. oh...
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    5" Speedometer Ideas

    I need a 5" Speedo for the Rocky Mountain Custom Dash in my 71 Pro Street Duster. The dash is painted in Hammered Black. I already have Tach, Oil Pressure, Volts/Amps, Water Temp & Fuel Level via gauges I bought last year from MSD. I used their Lazer gauges and the Speedo was on back order...
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    firing order help - please pardon my ignorance

    well duh. I'm sorry for even asking that question. I made my own rod last weekend and ran the oil pump off a drill and completely forgot that I knew the direction. thanks again Jeff
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    firing order help - please pardon my ignorance

    looking down from the top, does the distributor contact rotate clockwise?
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    firing order help - please pardon my ignorance

    ok - I just got my engine back together - had another member here build me a long block. I ran cylinder one up the top of the compression stroke (driver's front cylinder, right?) and put the distributor in so it points to the #1 wire. I want to make sure I have this right before I try and fire...
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    Kevlar Clutch

    I'm using a zoom kevlar clutch with a 68 lb steel flywheel on the street. it's welll behaved, engages easily and I like it. I have a pro street 71 duster with a blown 340 and 5:13 Dana Rear.
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    $1,795 Master Cylinder - gotta a get me one!

    ebay - where else! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390011660089 :wack:
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    anyone have a part # for a 340/360 dipstick tube

    I insist on paying you plus shipping. I'll pm you with my address, etc...
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    anyone have a part # for a 340/360 dipstick tube

    it's part number: 3418933 the dealer can order one for me for $10.50 & no shipping, but I won't have it till the week after next. I'll give you the same & pay for shipping if you want to sell it. I'd prefer to have it by next weekend. thanks
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    anyone have a part # for a 340/360 dipstick tube

    local dodge/plymouth dealer tells me his parts catalogues only go back to 1984 and probably has the dipstick tube I need but he needs a part number. anyone have a part number for a 340/360 dipstick tube? thanks in advance. jeff
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    340 short block - what's it worth?

    Block is $750 as it sits - pan, block, rods, cam, lifters, pistons, timing chain, melling HV pump and pickup, balancer and crank. pick up only I am 3 miles from Cecil County Dragway.
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    Post pics of your Duster please...

    My 71 and my next car
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    340 short block - what's it worth?

    sorry - like my post states, I don't know any of this stuff.
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    340 short block - what's it worth?

    I just yanked the 340 out of my duster. Origins of the engine are unknown. The fella who built the engine for the car was deceased when I bought it. The J-heads are for sale here separately. It's a 340 rotating assembly - crank, con rods, pistons, cam, timing chain, etc. The cam is a sold...
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    Fiberglass Hood

    I agree AAR is the best quality and especially FIT!
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    Milodon 340 Oil Pan

    no mods needed...everything bolted right up. - call TTI - they're not very good at updating their website since the 935 and 936 pan can were introduced after they built their website pages. ps the 936 is the same pan as the 935 except the 936 has a notch for the cross bar
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    Milodon 340 Oil Pan

    Used on my 340 for about 6 months. I'm getting a nw 360 built and have no use for the 340 pan. Mildon 30936 LO PRO DESIGN for 340 Designed for 340 Chrysler engines where superior oil control and increased ground clearance is desired. Features increased oil capacity, which is an...
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    Recommendations on A body disc brakes conversion kits?

    thanks I saw the other thread on here regarding the same question I asked (after I posted mine - sorry) and saw the one company www.scarebird.com that looks pretty interesting and would be less expensive but I'm not much of a mechanic and have a tough time getting time off during the day to hit...
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    Recommendations on A body disc brakes conversion kits?

    I have drums on the front of my 71' 340 Pro street Duster and to put it mildly - they suck. It's time to upgrade to a disc brakes. 1) what kit do your guys recommend? 2) How do I determine which bolt size I have on the front wheels so I buy the correct kit. here's one option I've look at...
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    O.C. Cruise weekend in May'08 - Roll Call

    I was in O.C. scoping out hotels yesterday. I'll probably be staying uo around 35th street. Green 71 Duster with a blower - narrowed rear, tubbed. see you there... Jeff in North East, MD
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    torque setting please?

    340 engine - j heads well my fun with my "refurbished" 340 Blown Duster came to an abrupt halt last Saturday afternoon when I blew a head gasket. The car was a trailer & garage queen for the prior owner and although the engine has nice goodies and is tight with great compression and virtually...
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    Blacked-out grille?

    you got that right!
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    Blacked-out grille?

    I had one for sale on ebay for $250, but here we no takers. I'll hang onto it until I can sell it for that amount. Headlight bezels not included (they're the same as a 71 duster) and not hard to find. jeff
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    hey guys - tell me about head studs

    where does one by these studs and what mods to the block and or head are necessary? thanks jeff
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    Blacked-out grille?

    I tried a blacked-out 69 Valiant grill on my 71 duster and it did not look good. However I have F/B bumpers painted to match the car - the back grill might look better with a vhrome bumper below it. I repainted the sharstooth grille metallic silver and it looks great!
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    hey guys - tell me about head studs

    I have a 340 with an 871 blower on it. I recently purchased the car and "renovated it", but left the engine alone. Previous owner put a new set of Jheads on it and used Felpro Blue's. I have blower motors in my boat and on the engines my friends and I only use Cometic gaskets. A few of my...
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    off topic but performance related

    on that day my boat was at home sitting on its trailer because I am focused on running the event. the fastest boat that was was running about 150 and the slowest about 65. about 100 boats participated and roughly 350 people. We had a Hughes 500 Helo that day - four seater capable of running...
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    off topic but performance related

    I thought you guys might be interested in this short video I put together from a full length DVD of an event I run on the Chesapeake Bay every year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU-4tTelmsg ps: My Duster is back home in the garage - it's "makeover" is complete and the weather is supposed to...
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    My Blown 340

    your dash looks great - I love it!!! jeff
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