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Simplest way to swap it is go to a salvage yard, get the engine harness off a model with the 5 pin ignition box. Get the vacuum advance distributor as well. Get a new ignition box, and a new resistor for the firewall. Everything should plug in. Just unplug the lean burn engine harness, and plug...

The main problem with the Chrysler alternator was the belt being too loose. You have to use a crowbar to tighten the belt with. Plus make sure to use the Mopar voltage regulator. All other brands are worthless. Learned all this from 8 years of keeping a Mirada alive

I just cleaned mine up with Scotch brite pads, and sandpaper. Primer helps. I think they make silver metallic epoxy paint. If not, maybe silver Plasti-Kote. Should stand up for awhile.

That is what mine cost when I bought them. Plus a couple cans of silver metallic paint.

Why not go with poor man's rally's .Get some cop car slot wheels. Probably no more than $25 a piece. Then get twenty chrome lug nuts, and four chrome trim rings from Pepboys, etc. I did this on one of my Miradas untill I get one with the ten sppoke factory mags.

Yep! That means 16's in the quarter. But that was with the 2.49 rear. Never ran it after I got the Sure Grip

I spent about two whole days porting them out. But I didn't have carbide bits. Just what I could find at Tractor Supply. They are good flowing heads when you open them up. Plus I put the headers and 3 inch pipes.

I had an '81 Mirada that came with 318/ 2bbl, and 2.76 rear. The spider gears went bad, and I replaced the axle with a 2.49 from a parts Cordoba. That was worse, so I finally found a 2.94 Sure Grip from a cop car, and bolted it in. I took an 1985 318 roller cam 2 bbl engine, and reworked it...

I put 4 sets of lowers, and 3 sets of uppers, in my Mirada in 8 years. Go for the Moogs. I finally did. You want to take the lowers and stick them in the freezer overnight. Then they will practically drop in. The uppers I couldn't find a socket for, so I used a pipe wrench. It works for putting...

i was wondering if there is a conversion formula to convert cam lift from thousandths of an inch to sixteenths or thirty seconths of an inch?

I came up with a simpler fix than this. Mine screwed up years ago on my '81 Miranda. I went to junkyard, and bought the complete wiper trans assembly off a '88 Fifth Ave. Be sure to unbolt the arm from motor. This eliminated the wacky bushing with ball bearings. I measured the distance between...

Better off to leave the back manifold studs in place. They go into a water jacket on the head. If you use bolts, use pipe dope on the back ones.

Just an addendum. I had an 81 Miranda, and tried to put the 80's-90's 10 spoke Jeep wheels on there. They bolt on, but have too much backspace They caught on the A-arms, and the car wouldn't even move.

I would just find a replacement axle at the nearest salvage yard. I had to swap out several in my old Miranda. The first one the spider gears went bad. I bought a junkyard 8 1/4 for $75 and just bolted it in. Later I changed to a Sure Grip 2.94 out of a cop car. Pretty easy to change.

As well as I can remember, I used a 3/8 pipe nipple to make my door adjusting tool. I cut the threads off one end, then I cut it so it had two tits sticking up that were 1/8 wide. I cross drilled the other end, and spot welded two finishing nails in the holes. The thread size should be 3/8 pipe...

I built a 300+ 318 back over 15 years ago. Got most of my parts from Jeg's and Summit Racing. I took an '86 police 318 two barrel, and built it up. Put a regular hydraulic Competition Cams .444 lift cam and lifters. Double roller timing set. New oil pump. Spent 3 days porting and matching the...

I used the Hedman's on my Miranda. You want to use the factory heat shield on the starter so it doesn't burn up. Didn't have any problems changing plugs. Use Champion.

Lots of good ideas here. I built a 300+ 318, and put it in my 81 Miranda. I started with a roller cam 2bbl engine out of a 85 fifth avenue. I tore it down to the short block. I spent 3 days porting and polishing the heads. I put a 444 lift hydraulic cam and lifters in. Plus had to change the...

Lots of parts for it in Ukraine. They have factories for them there. I lived there 8 years for some stupid reason. The cool ones are the seventies/eighties Volga. They look like a cross between a 67 Fairlane and late sixties Belvedere. You can buy running ones for a few thousand.

Yeah, it was a great show. Loved the episode where they were going to give Al a new Viper if they could video his Duster rolling up 1 million miles on the odometer. Classic!

Yep. And how about the tranny Bell housing bolts on any of these cars? I took mine out the first time with a box end wrench. Then I went and bought a set of ratcheting box ends for the next time.

eBay or Craigslist.

Try your local UHaul dealer. They do custom hitches for most anything.