Re: Starting to work on the Duster
[Re: MoonshineMattK]
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I'm enjoying your threads. Thanks for taking the time to post and upload pics No problem, glad you are enjoying the thread. I'm working a few hours a day on the Duster so it just keeps moving along. The work isn't going super fast but I'm making progress every day.
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
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Some pretty sharp looking brackets, are those laser cut and cnc formed? we have those machines where I work and they do an awesome job and spot on accurate.
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
[Re: AndyF]
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Andy,
do you still have the Hemi billet timing covers?
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
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Some pretty sharp looking brackets, are those laser cut and cnc formed? we have those machines where I work and they do an awesome job and spot on accurate. I get all of my stuff laser cut but I bend on a manual brake. I don't have the money to afford a CNC brake press.
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
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Andy,
do you still have the Hemi billet timing covers?
Thanks Yes, standard product on the shelf. Mancini Racing or Hughes Engines should be able to get you one
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
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Are you going to reinforce the upper mount?
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
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I'll need turn signals but maybe I need to mount up an old time box on the column. I suppose you can still buy those old turn signal switch boxes. Check out American Autowire 500148 Turn Signal Toggle Switch Thats what I used for my car. Didn't want the old turn signal box switch on side of the column Thanks for that tip, 27$ at summit. Could mount the switch on the column as well
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
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Looks great Andy! Just a thought. You might want those coils mounted low as most BB's have the plug wires happier going from the bottom up. I'm mocking up the coil packs with the TTi headers and for the passenger side it looks like the cleanest solution appears to be if I mount the coils on the valve cover and then loop short plug wires down between the tubes. The driver side might not be as simple........
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
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Yeah I can see that these headers will be painful for any sort of maintenance. Replacing the starter is probably a half day job with these headers in the way. And it looks like pulling the trans out of the car will require moving the headers out of the way.
I'll keep looking at different options for the coil packs but right now I'm leaning towards putting them on the valve covers. Pulling the covers isn't that bad, just unclick the connectors and the plug wires and then pull the cover off. The coils come with the cover so you don't have to mess with them. I suggest removing the torsion bars for the install, no big deal, keep the bars lubed up for easy removal by hand. Make a pigtail battery cable connection for starter so you can have it wired to starter when installing headers. I use studs on the outer bolt holes for the headers and loosen up all bolts and can get tranny out without completely removing headers.
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