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Of course. I'm waiting to weld a reinforcement bracket on it first before I commit to fitting it under the hood permanently. The double-row seems to be unique to 5.2/5.9 Magnum applications, part number 52038018. They're on eBay for a ridiculous price new...

One of the fellows on the Mopar forums asked why I had modified the ballast resistor rather than delete it entirely. My reply said quite a bit about the build, and I thought I'd share it here too: I like the look of hiding all the little modifications or stealthy upgrading to newer parts that...

After one failure to solder the power steering cooler correctly yesterday (fins weren't clean enough to take the solder), I'm pleased to report 100% success: And it looks even better under the hood: Not bad for a junkyard cooler mashed up with a magnetic timing pickup bracket and a few...

Just Googled it. Thought I'd seen it all. In all this time, I'd never realized the Boss 302 was a Windsor with Cleveland 4V heads. Guess it's because most of them are out there with the aluminum covers. Rather like the sleeper look with the stamped covers :) Learn something new every day... -Kurt

Cleveland heads on a Windsor? -Kurt

I remember seeing that picture. Drool-worthy - that's my favorite wheel/tire combo that your car has ever worn. Those caps suit the paint scheme so well. The tu-tone Sportsroof look (especially with the chrome bumper) in this pic is also great - the blank slabside gives the whole thing such a...

Made a quick stop to the junkyard (not the one I got the engine from) today to scout out a few things. I must have gone by 30 Magnum 5.2's and 5.9's this time. Yard was CRAWLING with them, though every single one looked quite rough. I was able to pick up two really nice Magnum air cleaners...

+1 to Ray. None of the Ford rings are reproduced. The 15" rings are exorbitantly expensive due to their use both in '70 and '71 on the high performance models. 14x7" compatible rings are next on the pecking order, and though they aren't uncommon, finding a perfect set is difficult and...

A few proper daytime shots of the build: I took a hammer to the 318's original return spring bracket and reshaped it into something usable on the straight-up Magnum mounting boss: The MP conversion throttle bracket has been installed, seeing that the pivot pin should be a bolt-in...

Tell me about it. Easier than coring out a Duraspark module box, and cheaper too (about $25 to my door, ready to mount after tapping two holes). -Kurt

First - while looking for those radiator studs, I wound up finding a workable kickdown stud - a new repop of a Max Wedge crossram bellcrank stud: It's pretty much the same thing as the small block kickdown stud - with threads. Brewers Performance confirmed that the stud is 1-1/16" long (the...

Doesn't look as if the rocker exterior was damaged. Looks more as if something very heavy dented the inner wall of the rocker after it was cut (it wouldn't have bent so easily otherwise). Beat it back into shape from the inside with a mallet, weld up the gap with a piece cut off a donor rocker...

Couple of things tonight: First, the BPE power steering fitting arrived today. Works well, and the setup looks as if it came from the factory. '70 Belvedere/Satellite hose is a nice clean fit, and reaches the lower 1989 Ramcharger/B-series Van P/S bracket without issue: And my M-body...

That's one of the oddities of both of my Mopars - zero cowl rot. At least, any that would cause leaking. The drain holes on each side of the cowl are pretty large, and allow water to drain easily even if clogged with lots of leaves. I'm almost certain the big problem with Ford cowls was the...

Modifying the geometry of a Chrysler bellcrank kickdown by cutting and welding the rod at the carburetor seems to be regarded as something of a black art in the Mopar community. Some Mopar mechanics claim that they've never seen one modified from stock and work correctly. At this point, I'm...

Nah, not with Lokar out there. The stock setup drives me nuts though - someone designed that bracket to work with a certain combo of parts. -Kurt

More fun with Dick and Jane tonight, courtesy of the Mopar Performance P4876850 Magnum conversion throttle bracket, at right: Granted, seeing as anything associated with a Mopar kickdown that is not cable operated bearing the name "Lokar" is suspect, I should have known that I was walking...

Let's see - one year and two months later, I finally spotted it right where I first saw it - and this time I took pictures! It's a '71 Torino, not a '70. If my morning's memory of the VIN serves me right, it is originally a L-code (250 inline-6). With exception to the Magnum 500's, one...

Another "one step forward, one step back" sort of day. My Summit carb arrived, and seemed to bolt in fine - until I realized the throttle linkage was binding on the huge chunk of aluminum cast into the left side of the M1 intake. The nub of the throttle cable on the inside seen here was...

Unfortunately, I consider myself lucky to have found the '89 engine in the junkyard, much less any older. LKQ prices down here make eBay almost affordable too. -Kurt