buds truck Posted March 5, 2011 Report Posted March 5, 2011 as most of you guys know, I am putting my 53 on a Dakota frame. I thought I would share some pics of my progress. I need to order a new radiator for it and I will be ready to start her for the first time. I will do that prior to putting the body back on. I put a 65 Mustang gas tank in the rear. I still am contemplating where to put my spare... Thanks to Dan Babb for making my radiator search much easier. Bud Quote
48Dodger Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 Looks Awesome Bud! 318 or 360? We had so many conversations I can't remember. Looks like you went with a Q-jet. I remember you saying this is for your wife to drive. Is it a pre-75 Carb or a "Mod-Quad". Its a good choice for driveability, but you might look into "stock 350" primaries and Vette secondaries to take advantage of those nice headers. The 2 things that come to mind also are tuning the jets/idle mixture and air door. Take a whole day to get that mixture right and find the "sweet spot". Dont get fooled by the typical 1.5 turns out vacum check deal. The secondary air door is a booger too. The auto tans guys will keep it loose and the standard trans guys will have it tight as a drum. read up on the best way to tune that baby. lol. Just having fun talking out loud...I know your a smart feller, lol, can't wait to see it!! 48D Quote
buds truck Posted March 6, 2011 Author Report Posted March 6, 2011 Tim, it's a 318 bored 30 over with a cam grind that you recommended for a good lumpy idle. The carb is a pre emissions quadrajet that actually came off a mopar motor. I had it sent out to a specialist to be rebuilt and had to give him a long list or required answers pertaining to what kind of motor I had with what percormance mods were done and what kind of driving I would do with it. He tunes the carb to the exact specifications for the motor. We shall see what it does when I get it running. Bud Quote
48Dodger Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 Lot of Mopar trucks and vans had Q-jets through the mid-eighties, not so sure about pre-emmisson motors. Carter designed the Thermoquad to replace the AVS in or around 1971. It was when the Carter stop making TQ's that Chrysler went to the Q-Jets in the 80's. For fun, look and see if its a Carter made "Q"....it'll have a "MFD by Carter for GM" on the body. In the sixes, GM had trouble keeping up with the demand. The nice thing about the Q-jet is it won't give more then the motor can use. Their range is somewhere around 750-800 cfm...but your 318 may not need more than 600, so the air valve won't ever open all the way. Its not a true race carb (factory set-up), but has a bitch'n tone when the secondaries kick in, and huge aftermarket to make'em race capable. I'm betting you got a great build. 48D Quote
Bob_Koch Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 I kept my 53 frame and put the same mustang gas tank in the rear. I'll be interested in finding out you solve the spare tire problem. Quote
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