Joe Mc
No Car Like A MoPar!
Anyone ever straight axel a Duster?
I'm kicking this around. Why you might ask? I say why not?
So the subject indicates "Gasser" / "Oiler", hmmmm.
I could go either way. But I think it would be most odd if I made an "oiler". Once again, why? Well I think it'll cost a heck of a lot less to make 500 - 550 RWHP and 1000 RWTQ using a 24 valve, VP pumped Cummins than it would to try to come close to that with a small or big block gas engine. And this RW HP & TQ can be achieved with "stone" stock internals = bolt-ons only. See my "Daily Driver" listed in the signature below.
I know there's a good deal of fab to be done to the front thru the back of an A-Body to get it a Cummins to fit, hold the car together and have it drive correctly, but imagine a few things before you "click to the next post".
1-A exactly powered 7,000# truck like mine, who the owner beats the dog snot out of = 4 wheel drive boosted launches and other "antics" has turned mid 12's, on #2 oil, street tires and without drugs.
2-It would be for sure a unique ride - imagine hearing the sound of a rattling diesel with the whine of a turbo (maybe two...) coming down the road and you look to see what the heck is making all that racket to find it's a 73 Duster sittin high in the front with a single stack sticking out of the hood as it puffs massive quantities of blackness out of the stack passing by...
3-Turning a mid 10 quarter +/- in an old MoPar with a slightly old diesel engine.
4-Stock style 340 stripes with the call-out replaced with ISB designation for the 1999 Standard Output 5.9L Cummins.
So, anyone have any ideas? I'm sure I'd need some pretty hefty leaf springs and an axel up front and at least a D60/70 out back. For starters I'd have to lengthen the front sheet metal about 12-18" between the door and the front wheelhouse, acquire some 3" X 4" rails and remove the existing sub frames and so forth. All the electronics from a donor 2500 would have to be swapped over and then the wiring fun will begin.
Call me crazy go ahead... I don't have a problem with insanity, I enjoy every moment of it.
Your comments, whatever they may be, are welcome. BTW The 340 Duster, subject car, is one of those no nothing matches at all = clean artistic pallet.
I'm kicking this around. Why you might ask? I say why not?
So the subject indicates "Gasser" / "Oiler", hmmmm.
I could go either way. But I think it would be most odd if I made an "oiler". Once again, why? Well I think it'll cost a heck of a lot less to make 500 - 550 RWHP and 1000 RWTQ using a 24 valve, VP pumped Cummins than it would to try to come close to that with a small or big block gas engine. And this RW HP & TQ can be achieved with "stone" stock internals = bolt-ons only. See my "Daily Driver" listed in the signature below.
I know there's a good deal of fab to be done to the front thru the back of an A-Body to get it a Cummins to fit, hold the car together and have it drive correctly, but imagine a few things before you "click to the next post".
1-A exactly powered 7,000# truck like mine, who the owner beats the dog snot out of = 4 wheel drive boosted launches and other "antics" has turned mid 12's, on #2 oil, street tires and without drugs.
2-It would be for sure a unique ride - imagine hearing the sound of a rattling diesel with the whine of a turbo (maybe two...) coming down the road and you look to see what the heck is making all that racket to find it's a 73 Duster sittin high in the front with a single stack sticking out of the hood as it puffs massive quantities of blackness out of the stack passing by...
3-Turning a mid 10 quarter +/- in an old MoPar with a slightly old diesel engine.
4-Stock style 340 stripes with the call-out replaced with ISB designation for the 1999 Standard Output 5.9L Cummins.
So, anyone have any ideas? I'm sure I'd need some pretty hefty leaf springs and an axel up front and at least a D60/70 out back. For starters I'd have to lengthen the front sheet metal about 12-18" between the door and the front wheelhouse, acquire some 3" X 4" rails and remove the existing sub frames and so forth. All the electronics from a donor 2500 would have to be swapped over and then the wiring fun will begin.
Call me crazy go ahead... I don't have a problem with insanity, I enjoy every moment of it.
Your comments, whatever they may be, are welcome. BTW The 340 Duster, subject car, is one of those no nothing matches at all = clean artistic pallet.
