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Hi all,
I'm a 22 yr old recent college graduate (BS in Mechanical Engineering) and I own this 1970 Plymouth Duster that I bought when I was 14. Been working on it ever since, but the college years kept me away from it a lot.
These are the first pictures of it (from 2000 when I bought it)
It was a 318/automatic car with a 7.25 rearend and 4-wheel drums. It even came with a melted dash harness and a shot steering box, front end, speedometer stuck at 110, and shot leaf springs...not bad for over 245,000 miles
I got it running good, swapped some '74 disk brakes and an 8.25 sure-grip rearend on it before I started driving it every day during the summer in high school...added some Cragars as well. The original engine finally wore out (no oil pressure) so I purchased an 89 D150 318...put that in with a 4-bbl, etc...then swapped in a 4-speed as well...tried driving it and I was hearing a loud ticking noise, and then a bit later I had some smoke coming out of the breather...I did a compression check and found no compression...pulling the head, I found this:
I then put a different set of pistons in, added Magnum heads, and had the intake leaking coolant into the engine that wiped out the new bearings as well as the cam. I then purchased a 1977 360 from a guy in detroit near where I went to school, swapped the magnum heads and dropped it in.
I have done a few other mods along the way, but I'll just show you specs and pictures of the car now:
Hydraulic Clutch!
Specs:
70 Duster
360-Magnum Heads-Summit K6901 Cam-R/T Springs & Retainers-Spitfire Headers-2.25" Dual Exhaust-600 Holley-Edelbrock Performer RPM Air Gap
A-833 Cast Iron 4-speed
8.25 3.21:1 Sure-Grip Rearend
Cragar Street Stars
Autometer Designer Black Electric Gauges
88 Sundance Seats (temporary)
I'm a 22 yr old recent college graduate (BS in Mechanical Engineering) and I own this 1970 Plymouth Duster that I bought when I was 14. Been working on it ever since, but the college years kept me away from it a lot.
These are the first pictures of it (from 2000 when I bought it)
It was a 318/automatic car with a 7.25 rearend and 4-wheel drums. It even came with a melted dash harness and a shot steering box, front end, speedometer stuck at 110, and shot leaf springs...not bad for over 245,000 miles
I got it running good, swapped some '74 disk brakes and an 8.25 sure-grip rearend on it before I started driving it every day during the summer in high school...added some Cragars as well. The original engine finally wore out (no oil pressure) so I purchased an 89 D150 318...put that in with a 4-bbl, etc...then swapped in a 4-speed as well...tried driving it and I was hearing a loud ticking noise, and then a bit later I had some smoke coming out of the breather...I did a compression check and found no compression...pulling the head, I found this:
I then put a different set of pistons in, added Magnum heads, and had the intake leaking coolant into the engine that wiped out the new bearings as well as the cam. I then purchased a 1977 360 from a guy in detroit near where I went to school, swapped the magnum heads and dropped it in.
I have done a few other mods along the way, but I'll just show you specs and pictures of the car now:
Hydraulic Clutch!
Specs:
70 Duster
360-Magnum Heads-Summit K6901 Cam-R/T Springs & Retainers-Spitfire Headers-2.25" Dual Exhaust-600 Holley-Edelbrock Performer RPM Air Gap
A-833 Cast Iron 4-speed
8.25 3.21:1 Sure-Grip Rearend
Cragar Street Stars
Autometer Designer Black Electric Gauges
88 Sundance Seats (temporary)
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