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and I need assistance with this ECU...its supposedly from the 70s and old stock from the military base....I have never seen such a color or design but it had the factory ecu harness on it...can anyone shed some light on it?

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some type of stock replacement , be glad it's NOT an ORANGE box

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I have learned :
ANYONE can buy a bunch of parts and build an engine.
It takes an expert to make all those parts work together in harmony.
Your buddy is fortunate to have you to help.

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I look at what people told him to get...this post it going to get updated a few times....He tells me this was his harmonic brand new http://www.summitracing.com/parts/pfs-80013

The engine have 350 miles on it...not only is it not black anymore, the white lines are gone and it has the onset of rust beginning...needless to say I couldnt time the engine. I had to remove the balancer so we can clean it up, paint it and then affix timing tape to it..How can a balancer lose ALL its paint in not even 500 miles?

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I look at what people told him to get...this post it going to get updated a few times....He tells me this was his harmonic brand new http://www.summitracing.com/parts/pfs-80013

The engine have 350 miles on it...not only is it not black anymore, the white lines are gone and it has the onset of rust beginning...needless to say I couldnt time the engine. I had to remove the balancer so we can clean it up, paint it and then affix timing tape to it..How can a balancer lose ALL its paint in not even 500 miles?

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You get what you pay for...81 dollars, what do you expect?

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that ECU looks fimiliar.... i think i put one on my cousin's pickup truck way back in the 70's. i would have bought it from National Auto back then since it was the closest parts store.

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Scoured the net and couldn't find anything....I know its asking alot but could you go to National Auto for me?

Just kidding

I am assuming its only of those Post-74 lean burn modules

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for a 6000 lb car....have a single plane intake, 3000 holeshot, 3.23 gears and a holley 750 double pumper....whoever told him to purchase a .440 lift cam needs to have his skull inspected. I had a 440 lift camshaft on my slant 6...

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for a 6000 lb car....have a single plane intake, 3000 holeshot, 3.23 gears and a holley 750 double pumper....whoever told him to purchase a .440 lift cam needs to have his skull inspected. I had a 440 lift camshaft on my slant 6...

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Nothing wrong with a cam like that...nice and tame and will make for a nice smooth cruising engine. For a 6000 lbs car, it will need the low end that cam will give. That being said the rest of the parts are mis-matched. With that cam, I'd stick with the stock converter or maybe 2000 stall max. Also, a dual plane intake would have matched that cam more than a single plane which will hurt the low end that cam is optimized for.

Also, if the plugs are soot black, it is (was) running rich, not lean. Whitish plugs indicate a lean condition.

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I look at what people told him to get...this post it going to get updated a few times....He tells me this was his harmonic brand new http://www.summitracing.com/parts/pfs-80013

The engine have 350 miles on it...not only is it not black anymore, the white lines are gone and it has the onset of rust beginning...needless to say I couldnt time the engine. I had to remove the balancer so we can clean it up, paint it and then affix timing tape to it..How can a balancer lose ALL its paint in not even 500 miles?

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How can a balancer lose ALL its paint in not even 500 miles?

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because it wasn't painted, it was anodized. it's metal basically covered with another type of spray on metal.

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and I need assistance with this ECU...its supposedly from the 70s and old stock from the military base....I have never seen such a color or design but it had the factory ecu harness on it...can anyone shed some light on it?

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some type of stock replacement , be glad it's NOT an ORANGE box

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Also there's no way a '58 Plymouth weighs 6000 pounds unless there's 1500+ lbs of bondo on it. It's a little wider, but not really any bigger than your Charger.

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