Duster....

[bayyum]

So with the gas prices going up and me wanting a daily driver.. I was thinking. A 4 cylinder turbo duster.. What do you guys think??

 

[JR]

Are you talking about one of those little crap boxes from the late 80's- early 90's or actually dropping a 4banger in a Duster (a real one and not one of those little crap boxes) ? Why don't you just find a running and driving slant six duster for 500 bucks, give it a tune up and drive the piss out of it? It will be easier and cheaper to fix than a crap box.

 

[bayyum]

Like a real mans duster. Bot those weird things. I'm putting out a thought.. Maybe fixing a slanty would work.. I dunno

 

[JR]

Just find a running slant six car and drive it.


Mine gets better gas mileage than my neighbors new BMW and it is easier to work on.

 

[thanson_mopar]

just tune up a slant, you can get decent milage out of them.....you dont want a turbo four cylinder duster....too much fast and the furious.

 

[JR]

There is that and the fact that we would all point and laugh at you.

 

[bayyum]

Oh thanks JR so nice. And I just want something with ok gas milage.. Probably a slant

 

[JR]

:wave::bootysha::-D

 

[waggin]

slanty's have that awesome neck snappin horsepower they will pass a lot of gas.....................stations :cheers:

 

[jrlegacy23]

:snakeman: Slant 6 Turbo!!!!! :munky2:

 

[Keith Mopar]

So with the gas prices going up and me wanting a daily driver.. I was thinking. A 4 cylinder turbo duster.. What do you guys think??

There is a guy on big Block Dart that has a turbo 2.5 in a Valiant, used a Dakota bell housing and is rear wheel drive for something different. I don't know all the info on the build just those few things.

 

[Lone Yankee]

Amen. My dad had a /6 valiant that was better than 80% of the cars being made today. It was a stripped down model but it was stone-axe reliable, went through snow like it was on rails and I swear he 30 mpg from the thing.

Besides, you can still buy a hell of a lot of gas for the price of a turbo-snorked 4-banger.

My two cents -LY

 

[xring]

I loved the FWD Mopars. The Dusters/Shadow are basically the same underneath as the Daytonas. The 2.5 Turbo is reliable, easy to modify, and gets good gas mileage. You can find a decent '80s FWD Mopar for <$2000 and drive it home.