'70 Dart 392 Project; what direction?

I'm waiting to order a Holley pan, too. Been watching the date but I am seeing mid October, not November. Sorry I don't have another source.

I was watching their headers and saw them bump the price by $220 so I jumped on a set on eBay for the original price. But the seller couldn't locate the set he showed in stock so now I wait for a new shipment and watch the date move back a month each time the estimated ship date arrives.



I looked but I can't find what you settled on for headers and mounts. I did look up the TTI recommendations and they say you can run a z-bar but you have to modify it. If you are running the Holley mounts, the motor moves and the z-bar mount won't be in the right spot so you would need to build a new one of those. No idea on the Holley headers, they don't seem to make any comments probably because the stock trans/bell isn't in the factory location so it's kind of a "roll your own" deal if you use their parts.

So, I guess it depends on how much you want to build the parts to make the stock stuff work. Either way, looks like it requires some custom parts. Or you go hydraulic.

I know the bell will bolt to the motor, and assuming the flywheel is for a conversion, in theory from the face of the flywheel back it should be old school SB stuff so your factory stuff should work. Assuming you can get it hooked up.

Maybe that helps??

Definitely helps! Furthering the discussion always helps.

I don't plan on having this up and running until next spring/summer at the earliest so I will likely wait for the Holley pan myself.... I like the O-ring style gasket and the cast aluminum over the stamped steel of the Milodon.

Haven't decided on headers yet! I am running the HDK tubular front K member with his mounts + power rack/pinion steering so my header options are up to my preference. I do like the 3" collectors on the TTI's over the A body 2.5" collectors for the Hooker headers...

You know how these threads/builds go, everybody wants to know what fits and what doesn't before they actually try bolting components together. Once we get to that point it usually becomes MUCH clearer what needs to be done and it's usually not a big deal (I'm 100% guilty of this). At this point I'm leaning towards attempting to make the Z bar setup work... If anything just because I have it already to go!

With that said, does anyone have experience on clutch pedal feel on the A833 with hyraulic TO bearing vs traditional? I'm okay with a little stiffer clutch but my wife will want to occasionally drive this as well and it'd be nice if she didn't get a left leg workout while doing so :) Last time I drove an 833 was 15 years ago....

Mike