1973 Dart Sport
Balance is the key to keeping stress low...
The car is looking nice!
Not looking as good as that Duster! Can't wait til I'm at that point with this car haha.
Slowly coming to terms with the fact this thing probably won't be done this year. Too many things I want to do that are best done right and done while the car is mostly disassembled. I want to "correct" that one finger sloppy steering I used to have with the car. It's almost a grand for a new Borgeson Steering Box and a direct fit coupler for it. I'd rather not spend so much for something optional at this point buuuttt: It'll give me much needed header clearance, will be 100x easier to do with the engine out and it seems down right idiotic to put a bunch of money into rebuilding this front end only to put in a crappy 40 year old steering box.
Firm Feel would be a slightly cheaper option, their stage 3 rebuild is $380, $500 if I want the thing powdercoated (I do) but I'd be stuck with same bulky box. Going with the Borgeson really only adds the $200 coupler since I'd rather not cut my column and just bolt everything. My time for the car is limited a lot more than my budget for the car at this point.
The good news: after watching a few videos I'm pretty confident I can go through that 8.8 rear and not mess anything up. Probably buying a new carrier with carbon fiber clutch pack already installed so i don't have to disassemble the old one. Its like $230 for the carrier, the pack was $110 on it's own. I'm really only paying $120 for a new and assembled carrier, well worth it in my opinion since it will likely save me an afternoon. Sticking with the 3.73 for sure, I think it's a solid all around gear ratio so I'll just need to replace the old bearings,use the old shims and not have to worry setting the pinion depth. Going with a solid spacer as well so setting the preload will be idiot proof, just a matter of shim, measure and repeat.
