Updating the Super Street Mopar

Donor unit is in. I got started on the trans pan but a friend came by so I stopped for the day. Get after it tomorrow.

Been plugging away on the hybrid project. Hooking up various lines, cleaning the exhaust ports on the heads for new gaskets, figured out a pair of radiator hoses[ had flex ones, yuck!]. Yesterday I busted the carb apart. Hit it with B12 until I ran out. Got more B12 today, finished squirting it down, blew out all of the passages. Started getting that together today. I need to chase down a secondary diaphragm for it, old one has some cracks. My main goal is to just get it running. After that, will see what else Steve wants to tackle. Like brakes, no dust caps on the rotors, tie rod and ball joint boots toast, driveshaft too short plus some other stuff.

While I'm waiting for more parts to show up, I used today's time to shorten up the excessively long plug wires. Since these units are JDM Speed ricer ones, the wires are 10mm in diameter. That made it a challenge to get the new terminals on and crimped. I ended up putting a terminal in the vise with a 3/8 to help reform them. 1st picture is a normal one on the left, reformed on the right That worked ok there, but putting the squeeze on the crimping tool, have a Pertronix one with different die sets, was a challenge and workout for the hands. Much nicer now.

No pics of the hybrid, but have been getting pieces back on. Plug wires done, spun up oil pressure, set the distributor in after getting the engine on TDC, started making battery cables, hooking up starter wires, alt belt on, fan on, new t-stat in, headers on with some longer bolts, fuel lines run from tank to carb, carb together. Started working on throttle cable, finish that tomorrow. May have an issue with the KD cable, but will compare on a friends ride. Oil pressure line started. Still lots more to do till I hit the go button. A future project came by today. A 64 Plymouth owned by a new Mopar friend named Ken. Stroker 440. Has some lighting issues, rattle/vibration in the dash, shifter is loose, feels like it has one dead hole, need to calibrate/mark engine dipstick. I'll work on that after the hybrid is done but after I work on my wagon. Will be updating the brakes, suspension, steering, adding SFC's in.