My Duster 340, it's alive!!!!

[bbeckwith]

Now that the mopar is running I thought I'd post some more shots of the engine. I dont have all the wires nicely tucked away yet but it's looking pretty good anyways. I'm having too much fun, it runs great, and the pistol grip shifter is just tooooo cooooollll.







It's all just too much fun. Thanks again Don for your assistance given me while I was doing my first total engine rebuild. I have a lot more confidence now in my ability to wrench on mopar small blocks.

Bruce

[bbeckwith]

The motor is a 1969 casting 340 thats bored .040 over and fitted with forged Diamond pistons with Speed pro file fit rings. Calculated comp at 9.56 to 1 so good with available gas. Eagle h-beam rods on a new MP forged stock length crank with clevite 77 bearings throughout. Melling hi vol oil pump, ported J heads with 2.02 and 1.60 valves given a 3 angle valve job, port matched to an Eddy Air Gap intake with a Holley 750 dp, Carter fuel pump, and K&N filter. TTI headers and complete exhaust system with the beautiful rectangular exhaust tips as well. MSD 6A and billet distributor with MSD matching wires, (tho I just bought a MSD 6 AL for the rev limiter) Racer Brown SSH-25 cam, Double roller gears and chain and comp cams pro magnum roller rockers. Scat dampener, March underdrive pulleys, and powermaster 75 amp alternator. A pair of Spal 16" fans in a push pull setup with a relay triggered by a thermostat keep the motor cool. As of this date, I have only 35 miles on this motor and it is very strong so far, further tuning will get whatever I am leaving on the table at this time.

[Don]

Beautifull...I'm jealous...

[bbeckwith]

Thanks Don,

I spent a lot of extra time stripping and repainting the engine bay and sandblasting/repainting the front suspension pieces and adding new energy suspension polyurethane bushings etc throughout. I always wanted a clean/tight hot rod and now I've got one. Now to find someone with a chassis dyno around here and also put my 3.91 rear gears into the 8.75 to replace the highway 3.23s.

Bruce ;D