Recent content by 69Dartman

I replaced the water pump on the 318 in a 78 Dodge van I got cheap and I know some of the bolts need to be sealed but I don't remember sealing any of them. I don't drive it, I use it mainly for water tight rolling storage but I might need to move it around or actually haul something with it. I...

Well seeing how this thread is alive again after all these years I retired the Dart about 06 and bought my lil sisters old 95 Neon highline coupe she bought new. Has power everything but also has great feedback and isn't over assisted. We also had a slant 6 69 Dart for a while that had the...

I think I went 31/4 but it's been many years and you have to measure and all that because you can go two deep or too shallow and have issues bottoming in the trans or the shaft falling out. It was supposed to be for a 727/ 7 1/4 combo though just like yours I think and why not use used shock...

Did it 20 or more years ago to my Dart, now everything is up to 340 specs except the original 318. Yep, shock plates and the correct sized U bolts and shorten or replace the drive shaft and you should be home free. Then you can start playing with easy to swap gears and things. I started out with...

Well back in the day they were about all there was as far as good aftermarket headlights and they still work pretty well and you might be able to find a used set cheap. I'm sure there are way better setups if you want to spend the money but who still does anything for round headlights these...

If you want really nice 7" round headlights find a set of Hella euro spec ones. They used to put them in Toyota's around here in the late 70's as a option and I found a set at a garage sale years ago. they use H4 bulbs that are readily available and put out a nice pattern that has a kickup at...

My Dart has the original 318 in it and when I was running the stock BBD 2 bbl it got 12.7 in town with a 904, duals, and 2.76 gears. Now it has a performer intake, Thermoquad, 340 exhaust, 727, 8 3/4 with powerlock 3.23 gears. It gets around 11 or slightly better or worse now in town. I got 15.5...

I retired my Dart and drive a 95 Neon highline coupe my lil sister bought new. It now has 164k on it with the original engine that doesn't smoke or use a ton of oil. It gets 19 in town, 28 on the highway. It handles and stops well, is pretty zippy for a automatic and has cloth on the seats and...

I don't know how popular doing a American 69 Dart front end would be but it sure would make that thing unique over there I'd bet, or at least one of a few. Of course I'm a bit biased as I have a 69 Dart still that I got my license in and daily drove till 2006 when gas here got stupid priced and...

I ran 3 different boxes on my Dart, all of them failed by just shutting off eventually so I always left my stock box in place and have quick connects on the coil wires and things in case I have to change it out. Died on me at a light one time and I swapped the wires over and had it running...

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Sounds like the perfect plan and if you decide to run the 100 it should be all safetied up with all the mods done. There are guides online to build your own dash voltage regulators, I built a few but they were very slow to get the gauges up to proper readings and ran hot. Pretty sure we were...

I had a large stereo installed in my Dart so a big alt was nice as it kept up with the amps very well when really cranking the tunes while driving. The charging system in a Mopar is fast enough to pump out more current whenever a big bass note would hit, I could see it on my amp meter. I also...

The amp meters on the early cars are a direct feed from the charging system so everything your car is getting has to run through the amp gauge first. It can either melt down or get carboned up and not pass enough voltage to run everything. If it melts down you in the least fry the wires and...

I forgot about those, I had to run one when I had a AVS on here and the 2bbl throttle cable as they were a bit shorter I think and I couldn't get WOT either. Man, there was so much stuff that really needed to be changed just to do a simple carb swap now that I think about it. having the proper...