The ATI dampner with magnets is the way to go. I used Andy's bracket that also has a pointer on it. It really cleans everything up nice.

As for why run a crank trigger? Well some engines are that finicky on timing. Some will see decent gains, just by 1/2 degree of timing. Only way to do that is with a crank trigger.

It sure about the hate for toyotas. Made in the USA with a made in the USA powertrain, not one from Mexico. Ours has had surprisingly little work after 12 years. Only thing not routine was the struts started leaking about four years ago. That was at 115k I think. I did plugs at 110k, but it didn’t really need them. Mpg never dropped and it idled well, I just thought they had to be cooked…nope. Did four rotors and pads after 120k. Two batteries and two sets of tires. The paint did die after 7 years is only real issue. Oil changes at 10k miles when I was racking up miles all the time. Then yearly when my wife took it over and drove less. Then I quit even bothering with that and it goes about two years on a change for least the last four years. Nobody I know has trouble with these cars. It got over 30 mpg by hand when I drove all interstate, still gets about 25 in mixed use today. What exactly are you guys doing to fudge them up?

One of my daily drivers is a 2000 Toyota 4Runner. Great rig, has 240,000 miles on it and it runs like a champ. Doesn't use any oil, still has the original exhaust system, factory installed shocks and springs, etc. Basically trouble free for 24 years. Had to replace a wheel bearing at 200,000 miles and had to replace the valve cover gaskets at 220,000. That is about it.

New ATI damper, part number 917127E. Fits big block engines with a thicker timing cover such as a gear drive, Jesel belt drive or the Indy cast timing chain cover. The hub is just a little longer than the normal hub, roughly 0.200 longer for extra clearance. $300 includes shipping in the lower 48. PM me on the board. Prefer Paypal or Zelle for payment but will accept cash or money order.

Yes, I used a Lean Burn distributor once a long time ago. But I grew tired of the crappy spark plug wire ends that those old distributors had so eventually I switched over to a locked out MSD. After that I migrated to a belt drive distributor. The belt drive distributor solved a bunch of issues although it did create a couple in the process.

Good friend of mine whose son works as wrench at a Toyota dealership says their service bays are full of broken Toyotas every day. Same with Honda, a dude I went to high school with was a Honda wrench at a Honda dealership for close to 30 years, broken Hondas every day. His personal vehicle is a Dodge Ram 1500. Japanese cars aren't too bad I guess, they're just really overrated.

Let me clarify my statement on Mopar not doing any wind tunnel tests on the 1969 Dodge Charger 500.
I was told by Richard Pettys Brother in 1998 or maybe late 1997 that Richard had wanted to race one of the 1969 Dodge Daytona Chargers for the 1969 season, he was told that they, the Mopar race gods, wouldn't let him do that so he raced for Ford in 1969. As a result of that change Plymouth came out with the 1970 Superbird and Richard came back to race one of them (probably more than one of them) for the 1970 season

The biggest problem with a Prius lasting 386,000 miles is that some poor soul has to drive it that far!

I was fortunate to have a mechanic next door to my shop for the last 25 years. Really knows his stuff and reasonably priced, weeks to get your stuff in the door. I have learned what to stay far away from and what is great. Toys Hondas Subaroos are long lasting vehicles, had a Prious with 386,000 miles with engine miss (original batteries) turns out a frayed injector wire, still getting up. If you want a car that will eat you alive buy a Range Rover, cam sensor was 5 grand and took a month to get! He will tell you ANY domestic new car is junk right now. I had to buy a SnapOn scanner box to keep my 2015 SRT out of the dealers shop with all the codes that keep coming up (31,000 miles) out of warranty. Codes started the month after that. Tell me that’s not programmed into the computer. As far as the brake job costing big $$, anytime going to ANY dealer will cost big. Hook up to their machine is a flat $175, then $125 an hour and triple $ for parts. Buy something to stay away from them.

There are lots of stupid people in the world. You think Dodge dealers don't fleece anyone?

dart/challenger factory service manual
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factory service manual dart/challenger
shows 198-225 318-340 383-440 426hemi
$55.00 USPS lower 48
prefer check/moneyorder
paypal family/friends OK

pm, email garycastagna@gmail.com, call 4017871180