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Battle Ground, Washington
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Entry/Update Date: #2 / 1 Feb 2014
Model: Gold Duster, hodgepodge of shelf parts, junkyard scrounging and drag racing left overs
Year: 1974
Application: Hobby, Driver, Track days, Autocross
Engine: 365 cu in, ported Eddy RPM heads/airgap, 10.25:1, Holley 750 , TTI headers
Estimate HP: 450ish, chassis dyno'd @ 406 hp/421 tq before Eddy heads/Crane Gold rockers/compression bump
Trans: '75 iron case 4sp OD, Lakewood bell, billet flywheel, Centerforce "Dual Friction" clutch, Hyd clutch conversion, Hurst "Pro Billet" shifter, E body Pistol grip, 4sp hump conversion Gears: stock
RA Ratio: Narrowed 8 3/4, 742, 3.55 sure grip, C body axles, 3" studs, current Green bearings going back to Timken tapered rollers
Front Tire Size Brand Model: not purchased yet ?x15
Front Rim width: 15x7 4"BS
Rear tire Size Brand Model: MT "I" block N50 (give me a break they're all I have plus I have 2 new sets to wear out!)
Rear Rim Width: 15x10 3 5/16" BS
Front TB Dia: .890s for now but 1.06 planned
Front End brand: stock K welded & gusseted
Front Shocks: Hotchkis Fox non-adj
Front Sway bar Dia: Helwig 1.125 hollow
Urethane bushing where? Rear suspension, f/r shocks, front sway bar
UCA: OEM, Moog K7103 offset bushings
TR: OEM 9/16", Proform alum adj
Strut Rods: Dillinger chromemoly adj
LCA Reinforcement? Full length plate
Caster/Camber/Toe: TBD per board recommendations
Rear Leaf Suspension Model Rate: NA
Aftermarket Suspension: Home built Triangulated 4 Link, 1.5" tubes, mini tub, lower 4 link mounts "in frame"
Shocks: Strange single adj, QA1 150# springs to be matched with TB upgrade
Adj Setting: Compression Rear Sway bar Dia: NA
Front Brakes: '76 single piston, braided DOT hoses
Brand Pad: Wagner 1CM7017 severe duty carbon metalic
Rotor Dia Width: Reybestos 11.75 x 1.0
Caliper Piston: 2.75"
Cooling Ducts: yes
Rear Brakes: '85 New Yorker finned drum
Drum Size Dia Width: 10 x 2.5
Rotor Dia Width: NA
Caliper: dito above
Parking Brake: OEM w/ modifications
MC: '85 New Yorker power disk, 4 bolt adapter
Dual Circuit Dia: 1 1/32"
Booster: rebuilt OEM '74 A body disk
Proportioning Valve: OEM '74 A body disk, bias adjuster plumbed in rear line
Brake Fluid: None selected yet, high wet boiling point due to NW climate
Steering: Firm Feel Stage 3, Saginaw pump, cooler in return line, floor shift power steering column conversion
Chassis: OEM
Subframe Connectors: 2 x 3 x .120 wall welded & tied into rockers
Torque Boxes: no
Roll bar, Roll Cage: none at this time, designing harness bar behind front buckets, rear seat deleted w/ firewall
Aftermarket stiffeners: 2 x 3 x .120 wall lower radiator support bar, lowered & widened for 28" aluminum radiator, OEM fender support struts tied into engine compartment cross brace
Comments: Hope I didn't ruffle feathers posting a car in progress
1. Best above improvement:
2. Least effective above improvement:
3. Next improvement Likely: definitely tires and rims!, uprated TB's w/ matching rear coil springs, ultimately "FAST" fuel injection & Jamie P's 5 speed if unhappy with 4sp OD
4. Above car handles IMO on a 1-10 ( 10 best Z06, 1 yugo): 10 sitting on jack stands VROOM - VROOM!
5. My satisfaction with handing of above car 1-10: 0 right now
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