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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