440 in a 74 Duster

[wjaholic]

I am going to put a 440 and auto tranny in a 74 duster, I have rebuilt the suspension front and rear, upgraded to an 8-3/4 with 742 case with 3:23 gears and limited slip.  My question is the wiring, the existing wiring harness is pretty much useless. It was a 318 auto with coloumn shift, I could repair it If I really wanted to but, what is another way to do it? I repainted the engine compartment and am getting ready to do the rest of the car.

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[Jim_Lusk]

The only wire that's really appreciably too short is the coil wire and the oil sending unit wire is a little too long. If your harness is in good shape, use it.

[bOb shingler]

nice job on the paint.

[wjaholic]

I have still got a lot of work to do.... I have to cut the drivers side b - post out and replace it along with both the quarter panels. I am going to weld in subframe connectors and more than likely a roll bar (not sure how I am going to lay it out) but I will have to wait and see how my budget looks when I cross that bridge.

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[Bakaruda]

The engine compartment looks great.

[mopardad]

If you really had to , you could go to Painless wirng. They have a lot of good products for ground-up wiring projects.

[wjaholic]

Thanks for the complimants on the paint, It took me

forever

 to get it to where it is now, I have attached some pictures of what it originally looked like. I will look in to the painless components, I thought maybe somebody new of a manufacture that made new harnesses. Thanks,

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[Jim_Lusk]

You can buy replacement harnesses, but they aren't cheap (then again, neither is a Painless kit) or you can get a used /6 harness (wires are long enough for a big block).

[mopardad]

Judging by the before pics, you have a workshop similar to mine....

[wjaholic]

It's amazing what can be done on tight budget.

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