My 71 Duster Project

[Captainkirk]

Thanks!

 

[smartken22]

OK I finally finished up the weatherstripping on the doors and quarter windows. Holy cow did those door windows take forever to adjust. I think that I spent close to four hours adjusting the window glass to fit them roof rail seals! It is perfect now though! I also installed my electric fan on the radiator. I took some measurements from another friends Duster in the car club from the water pump pulley and determined that the fan would not fit as a puller so I installed it as a pusher setup. Everything fit perfectly! Here are some pictures from today.

 

[Captainkirk]

Wow..this is looking really good!

 

[Captain Canuck]

Way ta go Ken..... its nice to see you back at it again! Any word from your engine builder lately?

 

[racerhog]

Looking Good.....

 

[SRT_DSTRHOLC]

I would have waited till the engine was in to put the radiator in....unless you're just test fitting and then in that case....proceed haha

 

[smartken22]

Thanks all! @ Captain...Actually yes, it is scheduled to be completed on or before the 20th of Nov. He called me last week and said he got the rotating assembly back from balancing and is doing assembly now. The heads are completed. They were totally rebuilt with stout springs and new single lock valves to match my cam. The heads already had port work done to them so all he had to do was port match the intake and exhaust ports to match my eddy intake and headers. Once completed I will bring it home and then put the rest of the accessories on it (headers, bellhousing, starter, carb) and take it back to him so he can put it on the engine dyno. He wants to break it in, seat the rings and tune it and re-torque the heads. He wants an additional $600 for the dyno tuning so I am working on coming up with that now. Why are engine dynos more expensive then the chassis dynos...is it cause of setup? I already have close to half so I need to do some more jobs on others cars to get the rest so there may be a slight delay there. I would rather have him dyno, tune and work the bugs out before I drop it in the car. I am getting excited! This has been a painful road with the engine dilemma. I owe my Dad a lot of thanks for helping me out with the build cost, otherwise it would still be sitting in my garage. More to follow!

 

[smartken22]

Oh definitely, I plan to pull it back out. I just slaved it in to make sure the electric fan had clearance and mounted up properly. Plus I figured it would be safer sitting in the engine bay vice my garage so I don't put a hole in it! Good looking out though!

I would have waited till the engine was in to put the radiator in....unless you're just test fitting and then in that case....proceed haha

 

[racerhog]

Hope that all goes Smooth..... Wow... Your really going to be ready for this up coming summer!!!!!

 

[Old Tired Rebel]

It looks great Ken sorry I haven't posted here in a long time.

 

[smartken22]

Thanks...no problem. Its good to see you again! I have been in and out myself. I have quite the busy life now!

It looks great Ken sorry I haven't posted here in a long time.

 

[smartken22]

I just got back from the engine builder earlier today and here are some updates. The build is still going well, just ran into a few minor issues which is why we are delayed a little bit. When he was installing the roller rockers onto the heads and mocking up the pushrods, he noticed that there is no pushrod clearance in the tunnels inside the heads. He says that this is due to running the roller cam setup which changes the geometry of the lifters/cam profiles. He is still able to make this work, however, he has to take the heads back off and port out the pushrod tunnels in the heads. This is costing me another $240 so there goes the money I was saving up for the dyno time. So right now he is waiting for a couple parts and to do the machining on the heads for the pushrods and we should be back on track. We are shooting for this weekend or early next week since this is a short week to get the motor back. More to follow as I get updates. Here are some pictures for you.

 

[HemiMark]

:thumblef:

 

[Captainkirk]

Nice old wood stove there!

 

[smartken22]

The engine longblock is finally completed! Here are some pics of the engine as we were offloading it tonight. I will mask it off this weekend, paint it and then start assembling the final pieces. Once I finish putting the rest of it together I will take it back to my builder for him to run on the engine dyno. I just need to save up for that. Let me know what you all think...Here are the specs on the build:

- 340 Small Block Blueprinted and Balanced
- Forged stock crank
- SFI Billet Steel Flywheel
- Centerforce D/F clutch
- Keith Black 0.030 over cast pistons cut to 9.3CR
- Forged rods with ARP Waveloc bolts
- Kevko oil pan
- Melling HV oil pump
- Comp Cams XR286HR-10 Hyd Roller Cam at 105 degree C/L 13 degree @ 050
.544 lift / 286 Duration
- Comp Cams Double Roller Timing Chain
- Comp Cams 8920-16 retro hyd roller lifters
- Comp Cams Double valve springs (I will post the spring pressures tomorrow)
- Hughes 1502 1.5 ratio roller rocker kit with holddowns
- Hughes custom built pushrods: 5/16" x .083" 4130 HT 7.900"
- Single groove valve stems
- Ported J Heads @ 68cc w/ 2.02" intake and 1.60 exhaust valves
- Edelbrock 7576 Dual Plane air gap intake
- Holley Ultra Street Avenger 770 double Pumper
- MSD Pro Billet Distributor
- MSD Blaster 2 Coil
- MSD 6AL-2 Ignition box

 

[The DC]

Your work is really inspiring!

 

[smartken22]

Tonight I got the engine all taped off and painted. I will let it cure overnight and then start putting her together tomorrow. More pics to follow as it progresses!

 

[smartken22]

Thank you!

Your work is really inspiring!

 

[smartken22]

Here are the latest pictures from the buildup today. Everything went very well and this engine is looking very good! I cant wait to get this thing on the engine dyno to see what kind of numbers it makes! Enjoy the pics!

 

[Captainkirk]

Making good progress! Can't wait to see what kind of dyno numbers you pull....

 

[dartweld]

cool,good work.

 

[Captain Canuck]

Oh yeah baby!!

 

[moparisbest]

Top notch build . Car looks amazing . Can only hope mine turns out that nice

 

[smartken22]

Thank you all for the awesome comments! This is a very excited time right now! Here are some pics of the rest of the build. She is ready for the dyno.

 

[smokindust]

car looks great, thank god everything worked out with the motor! that's awesome you and your son working together, I have a 12 and 5 year old boys my 12 yo has no interest in cars but my 5 yo loves cars and monster trucks so he has been wanting to help in the garage so im going to start letting him help me. what do you think your motor will make on the dyno? MARK.