Thanks Thor,

This thread will always be here for your reference..


There are still a lot of things to be lightened..

Some of them cost alot of $ so They will wait a bit.

I estimate about ~15 cans of Black so far..


Greg

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Greg, 15 cans at 1 pound each is 15 pounds! What are you thinkin man!! Rust is lighter than paint!!!

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12.70 @ 104.6

That's before the solvents flash off.

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Chassis dyno
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Yeah, I thought about that too.I sprayed the underside and running gear of my 64 and looks like most of it was on the shop floor.

I am waitning on a Few parts from A&A to Finish my transmission Swap / Refresh.

While I was Disassembling the front pump to replace the Converter bushing I found that the engine running the pump gear with no belhousing to support it wiped the Gear and Back Half of the Pump section too.. So I cleaned up a donor gear and rear half of a pump section.

The Final weigh In of all the New Yokes and drive shafts are complete:
Even though I am upgrading the Strength and durability of these parts I am not Happy that the 1350 u joints and yokes and AL drive shaft ADD 1.44# to the Driveline

Hopefully I can offset this travesty by Eliminating the Governor and Swapping to a Billet Aluminum Park Gear.. We shall see.

While I am waiting on trans Parts I put a flywheel and starter on the engine - I fired it up just to be sure that I didnt break any thing there.. I would hate to assemble the trans and everything into the car to find an engine problem...

It was all in good shape - YAY.

Pics:

New Driveshaft:


It weighs 10.93# Almost 1.5# More than the broken steel one.


Old Steel / Stock Driveshaft weights 9.57#



New 1350 Trans Yoke for the 904:




It weights 3.32# ------- .32# More than the stock one.



Old Trans Yoke - Weighs 3.0#



New 1350 Yoke for the rear End:



It Weighs 2.31# (.20# Lighter than the stock one)



Rear Yoke installed:



Yoke Holding tool made from old Bed frames: - 1350 & Small Mopar.


Hopefully the Removal of the Governor and the AL park gear will Get my 1.44# Back.

Greg

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Just asking Greg, but why did you go to the 1350 joints?

Mike even had 7260 joints in the blue Buzzin' car.

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Just take a healthy crap before racing and you won't even notice the 1.44 lbs.

I wanted the over engineered stuff that Will be hard to break. I haven't had Much Luck with the Smaller Stock stuff on the dart or on this car.


I also like the fact that the caps are retained on the Outside rather than the inside. Personal Preference.



Greg

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Yeah But my 1.44# of Crap isn't rotating in the driveline.

If it is I have some kind of problem to work out..


Greg

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HAR-HAR,,,,!!!!

I always like overkill
Ive seen some oldschool short cuts put peeps in the ground

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I'm amazed that your stock DS was that light. It must have been pretty rusted/flaked. I usually get 16-19lbs for an A-body DS with slip yoke.

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@USA Jon, Yep I dont want any racing stuff to put me in the ground.. I have had my share of smallish mishaps that no one was ever hurt in 'cept my pocketbook.

@ Lou - I don't know what to tell ya - - I never weighed much of any car part before the Ruster project...

This car was on Salty PA roads from'68-02ish

then it sat in the back of my dad's lot from '02- 2009.

Then The Ruster Project began.

This was the stock '68 Valiant shaft that came with the car -& I had it shortened as well when I put the 8 3/4" In.. I remember the Driveshaft shop had removed alot of the scale when I got it back - possibly alot of the mass was removed by the rust and welding etc.

O2 Sensor is in:

(it's reading dead Lean 'case I dont have an starter in the car to run the engine)



Greg

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It's possible your "lightened" shaft was weak and crumpled up when it spun up under overwhelming torque...

Lou

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Probably one of the best Friday the 13th's I have seen in a while..


I thrashed on Ruster for the Last Few days to get the Trans assembled and In the car.. When I ordered some parts fro the 904 From A&A trans I opted for the Billet park Gear and the Governor Delete Sleeve.. these pieces are for a full boogie manual Shift trans - If you can still get all 3 gears in "D" Dont install these - You will blow up or ruin something.
The Weight I Added with the Driveshaft I more than mad up for Bu suning the Super Light Trick A&A trans parts.


Hitting the TNT here in pittsburgh Tomorrow.. I dont want to drive to MD and have something blow up or fall out in front of any of the covalts..
Pics:


Old Steel park Gear & Governor Removed - Weighs a Hefty 2.81#



New Flyweight Billet Gear & Sleeve Weighs 0.690#



Parts Installed:




So after Putting the Aluminum parts in the trans I am now .68# Lighter than Before..

2191.5-0.68=
2190.82# - Inching ever closer to the 2100# mark!


I will make some passes tomorrow and post updates.


Cheers!

Greg

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