"1970 Pro Touring Dart Build"
This will be the culmination of my previous build on the 71 turbo Dart.
As it currently sits.
Close to final paint scheme. Wheels and tires will be different.
Will also be getting a home made 4 link and mini tub.
Body work will be starting in ~2 weeks.
I already started the tear down of the 1990 360cid LA motor I bought a few years back. It was "rebuilt" about 40k ago is what the guy told me. After opening up the bottom end and looking at the main bearings one could see they were shot. Had an oblong wear pattern on them like there was play and it was knocking. After seeing that and it still having a stock cylinder bore size. It was decided to punch it .030 and stroke it to a 408cid.
What will make this build really nice is that between the years of 1989 -1992 Mother Mopar was in a transitional phase from the LA style motor over to the Magnum series. This block will work with all the older LA parts and the newer Magnum part. Plus it has a roller cam and lifters!
Degreased, sand blasted and painted the block so i wasn't working with a greasy mess. Gotta love olive drab.
308 casting heads. 1.88/1.60 valves.
PLANS:
Block is going to Car Quest in Hutch to have Jeff work his magic on it.
Going to be working with him on building this into a 408cid stroker motor.
Basically it will use a cast 4.0 inch crank with forged stock length rods and hypernetic pistons.
Cam will probably be custom ground. Open to any recommendation.
Using the stock 308 heads right now. Will upgrade to RHS heads and RPM Air gap later.
Shooting for 10-10.5:1
Going to get my 904 rebuilt to handle the tq from the 408.
Will update as I have more details and pictures.
This will be the culmination of my previous build on the 71 turbo Dart.
As it currently sits.
Close to final paint scheme. Wheels and tires will be different.
Will also be getting a home made 4 link and mini tub.
Body work will be starting in ~2 weeks.
I already started the tear down of the 1990 360cid LA motor I bought a few years back. It was "rebuilt" about 40k ago is what the guy told me. After opening up the bottom end and looking at the main bearings one could see they were shot. Had an oblong wear pattern on them like there was play and it was knocking. After seeing that and it still having a stock cylinder bore size. It was decided to punch it .030 and stroke it to a 408cid.
What will make this build really nice is that between the years of 1989 -1992 Mother Mopar was in a transitional phase from the LA style motor over to the Magnum series. This block will work with all the older LA parts and the newer Magnum part. Plus it has a roller cam and lifters!
Degreased, sand blasted and painted the block so i wasn't working with a greasy mess. Gotta love olive drab.
308 casting heads. 1.88/1.60 valves.
PLANS:
Block is going to Car Quest in Hutch to have Jeff work his magic on it.
Going to be working with him on building this into a 408cid stroker motor.
Basically it will use a cast 4.0 inch crank with forged stock length rods and hypernetic pistons.
Cam will probably be custom ground. Open to any recommendation.
Using the stock 308 heads right now. Will upgrade to RHS heads and RPM Air gap later.
Shooting for 10-10.5:1
Going to get my 904 rebuilt to handle the tq from the 408.
Will update as I have more details and pictures.