Thanks guys,



Yeah Sandy Ruster is doing better than the last time you saw it, when we were picking our brains about white oil


Greg

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Congrats, Greg. OK, maybe I won't catch you again at Hagerstown.

Lou

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Greg, good for you! You must have thrashed pretty good to get that all done in time for Wilkesboro! I am looking forward to actually seeing you driving at Hagerstown, instead of holding an umbrella over you in the pits.

Brian

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74 Duster, 225, rear-mounted blow through turbo at 12psi boost, street/strip car
"Sixy Beast"

Dont Worry Brian, You can still hold the umbrella for me - Hopefully it will be for shade this time!!


HA HA

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Here are the 4 runs I made:


Run 1:

1.993 60'
8.71@80.65 1/8
13.60@111.38 1/4

Run 2:

2.0701 60'
8.70@81.46 1/8
13.55@101.06 1/4

Run 3:

1.9309 60'
8.51@81.71 1/8
13.36@100.76 1/4


See you at hagerstown for the good Air!

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Greg,

You are getting into good territory there! Looks like the 12s might be in striking distance... See you several hours.

Lou

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Ran a Best 1.90 60'

and another 101 Mph Pass


and a 13.26 Et.


Changed to some richer jets to the secondary Circuit to compensate for the good air.


Greg

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Well Alot Has happened since the last post in July.

I won My first Slant Six Race in Hagerstown Md with Ruster in it's Rookie Season.



I did hit a couple of TNT's around here since then - Tried a bigger carb and really nothing came of it.. Except for a better idle. So the old 500 CFM carb will be going back on and a Grear Change from 4.30 to 4.56.


I also managed to break a flexplate / Torque converter.

CARNAGE PICS BELOW! Nothing serious happened except for a bunch of rattling at idle like a #6 rod bearing was toasted.

Thankfully that was not the case.

Two welding points came off the Converter (see Pics) and one leg of the flexplate broke leaving one leg / bolt / mount driving the whole converter.

















More updates coming soon!

Ruster Is going on a serious diet this winter too!!!

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I would send back to Midwest and have them fix the mounting points. Looks like cold weld spots.

Lou

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That new flex plate looks good and strong hopefully you won't run into this problem again.
Lookin good and putting up some real nice times

Kev

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Why yes, I believe that is the nicest '68 Valiant I have ever seen....

Lou

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Correction!
Soon to be under 2575# nice 68 Valiant SIR!

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Well I got all the bugs worked out of the converter and flexplate on paper and in theory - I will have to wait until I get all this stuff put back into the car to really try it all out.


The TCI Flexplate is for an LA engine / 904 combo - Also it uses 7/16" sized bolts to mount a non - stock type converter - which I dont have. So I found some M6 Metric washers that were a few thousandths smaller than the flexplate to converter holes and welded them in to get the correct sizing there.

Also the V-8 flexplate has one bolt hole about 1/2" off where it would need to be to bolt up to a slant crankshaft. So I drilled and welded to fix that all up. Now I have A SFI Slant 6 flexplate (Kinda) with modifications.


Pics below.


Greg

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Thats the way to make things fit nice job interested to see the car back in action.

Kev

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Ruster is going on a Diet in a big way!


I started the Process of lightening up the doors.

I should get about 20# of glass, Window regulators, rustproofing and excess steel out of each door.

Some pics below:



Greg

New Trans Kickdown Adjustment - Eliminating the Kickdown linkage / Cable from Carb. - Since the Car actually just runs mostly at WOT there is no need for a cable.





Rear Doors Lexan Template


Rear Goor Gutted


Next 3 Shots are of the Metal, components and Sound deadner removed from the door.








Everything removed from rear door is 20#





Front Door Gets the same treatment Except the Glass track will remain for an operational front window - It will get pulled up and down with an old dog leash or seat belt.

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