Vehicle Owner

Member ID: 440dust

Location: Kokomo, IN

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Vehicle Info

1971 Plymouth Duster

Bought: Apr, 1985

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile9.13 sec @ 146 mph
  • 0-601.26sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP790
  • Weight2990lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

  • MSD IGNTN 
  • Mopar ENGNE 
  • Wilwood BRAKE 
  • Mopar SPRNG 
  • HalShocks SHOCK 

Interior

Ratings

    • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
    • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
    • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.

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Bill’s Plymouth Duster

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This '71 is in violet fc7 in color. Effort was made to mostly clone a '71 340 Duster for exterior scheme. It uses a 540 all aluminum "400 replica" Indy Maxx block and 440-1 ICH Heads fully ported with 2.25/1.81 valves. Camshaft is a flat tappet (non-roller) Comp Cams .650" lift with 324 degrees duration using 1.5 Indy rockers. Crank is a Bryant 4.25" stroke, rods are Childs & Albert 440 and pistons are J&E flat tops setup for 14.93:1 compression. A single 1050 Holley Dominator Carb sets on an Indy Cylinder Head Intake. Headers are TTI 2" step to 2.125" primary into 3.5" collectors. The car is back halved with Raceline 4-link frame rails and uses a RMS Mustang II rack n pinion K-member, HAL QA1 Stocker Star front coil overs and Strange coil overs rear, Sierra drag disk brakes rear and Wilwood front disks, and Weld Alumna Star 2.0 wheels.  The car weighs 2770lbs without driver, 2990lbs with driver.

440dusts 1971 Plymouth Duster

Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_REPO95Cmk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuTSkCS87A0

 

 http://www.bunkerhillrace.com/

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Best Quarter et to date is 9.13 @ 146.6 mph with a 5.78 eighth mile time.   The best eighth mile time is 5.72.  RPM datalogger is the primary tuning tool for both converter selection and suspension.

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 12pt lugnuts, lightweight fronts from MrGoFast27@aol.com rears are ARP.

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Video Links of car before the conversion from '73 to '71 Duster and new paint:

http://videos.streetfire.net/search/bracket/1/3c396073-b599-4b15-87ae-6fb9a9c7a666.htm
http://videos.streetfire.net/search/late+cathy+brown/0/59fb2fd4-f2e5-4089-8e45-79aa984dcd51.htm
http://videos.streetfire.net/search/540dust/0/0c1361f5-baaf-47af-8ddf-18dd6075748b.htm

Transmission is a Powerglide with Ultra bell and Neal Chance Billet bolt together 9.5" converter, a Reactor aluminum flexplate and a Coan pro transbrake valvebody. Trans uses a 6 disk hi drum setup and 5 clutch reverse pack. Planet gear is a Transmission Specialties 1.80 straight cut in a Coan carrier. Driveshaft is from Patterson Driveshafts in Indy.
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The car used to be a '73 and was charcoal in color. The car was painted this winter and I converted it to a '71 because I always prefered that year. Also made the doors and doghouse removable. I have owned the car since 1985 and it has been a bracket car the whole time. Another link to pics .. Bigblockdart.com/casner/casner.html.

Recently lowered pics.
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The car is all steel except hood and bumpers and lexan windows. Inside Autometer gauges are used with Turbo Action shifter and ACD RPM activated CO2 shift mechanism. Delay electronics are from Biondo (Mega 85) and Ignition is a MSD 7AL2.

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More Pics.
New Team Spirit 40' Trailer.


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New 540 low deck short block for 2006 season.

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Preparing for 2010 season freshen-up.

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New four link rear suspension and AlterK front suspension and Wilwood front brakes and S&W chute mount and Simpson Chute.
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escaperoute  

Posted by: escaperoute

02/09/2010 02:45PM

Amazing work. 5/5

Motrhead  

Posted by: Motrhead

01/27/2010 05:45PM

Very Nice!

trtep  

Posted by: trtep

01/13/2010 11:49PM

5* and some ideas: http://wpmotors.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/1969-vauxhall-pc-cresta

HardRockR  

Posted by: HardRockR

01/08/2010 05:54PM

Very nice Duster, thanks for checking mine out. Love the purple. I wish mine was more than a sunday cruzer. 5 stars.

JNKD427  

Posted by: JNKD427

01/06/2010 07:34AM

15*'s Total for Your "KLEEN" Duster! Kokomo, IN Shouldn't You Be Going in Circles?

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: 440dust

Location: Kokomo, IN