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    Pulling Transmission and Engine 69 Barracuda

    Agreed. Take out your torsion bars, trailing links, shocks, unhook your upper control arms from the subframe. Disconnect all the lines and wires to the motor, as well as your brake lines, unhook the steering box from the steering wheel, and remove the driveshaft. Then put a jack and/or some...
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    URGENT!! Crack on block

    As a welder by training, I agree. You're not going to get that little nugget back on in such a way that the threads work. Buy a Nickel welding rod (Ni99 or similar) knock the flux off with a hammer, and use an oxy-fuel torch to build the area back up. I recommend the oxy fuel torch because...
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    You might get a kick out of this

    the 318 and 727 for the dartness were hauled home in a ford focus sedan! tell 'ya, that thing felt wayward as hell. And I've moved engines several times in the trunk of the dart. Dang what I wouldn't give for fold down seats in the dartness sometimes. haha!
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    2nd try? On the cheap friendly comp?

    At 16 (2006 AD), my first car was a '72 4-door dart with the slant six. Noone in my family has ever kept or worked on classics or hot rods, nor did I have any help picking out, buying, or fixing it. I drove it for three years before I tried to turbocharge it, but ran out of steam...
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    Stroker motor combonations

    More cubes= lower rpm for the same power, broader power curve, flatter torque curve, more low end torque. Makes the car easier to run fast, and I'd argue with a lower rpm requirement you can get away with less valvespring pressure, meaning less valvetrain wear. Which is a plus if you drive the...
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    340 crank in 318?

    800hp from 318 cubes is possible. On 15lbs, custom rod & piston combo, good quality heads, custom cam (for your exact combo) turning it 7500-8200rpm, modified oiling system, studded everything, maybe even a main cap girdle. Balanced, blueprinted, damn good heads, and an excellent ecm system...
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    Dartness Part II for "On The Cheap Contest"

    Okay, lemme rephrase. A motor that runs fine but which has some miles on it. Nothing mechanically wrong, still has even compression, still holds oil pressure, no excessive blow-by. Just used. "Worn out" wasn't the right phrase to use. (edit: Nor is it what I said, looking back)
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    Dartness Part II for "On The Cheap Contest"

    Well, I'm starting a new thread to separate my entry into the Go fast for cheap contest from the work I'd done previously. I figured that it is an excellent starting place for the contest, since it's not at all atypical of what you're likely to find on craigslist for $1500 or so. It...
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    The friendly drag comp rules

    Put this at the top of the thread, in big, bold letters. :blob:
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    Mopars with Steel Wheels

    Steel wheels, painted hubcaps :glasses7:
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    2nd try? On the cheap friendly comp?

    cool beans. Should we try and minimize using wild tools too in that case? Stick to the briefcase flux core welders and such?
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    2nd try? On the cheap friendly comp?

    I just recently finished my workshop and I've finally started tearing into my dart. So I guess I might as well take part. I'm doing a more all-over resto-mod but my budget is very very tight, so perfect. So.. Should we each make a thread showing progress and costs as we go? Perhaps link...
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    Stock piston Rev limit

    Well, yeah, the age old issue of cheap-fast-reliable pick two, but I've run into a connundrum. Quite simply there seems to be no consensus as to what the factory components are good for. on the one hand you have people who put thousands of dollars of forged lightweight components into a motor...
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    What color block? What kinds of paint?

    I painted mine body color, with body paint. Believe it or not. It's just your average single stage urethane, Tangerine Perl. Then I crinkle blacked the valve covers (off-the-shelf stuff) brackets painted with rustoleum, and I used aluminum engine paint on the intake. No durability issues on...
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    Stock piston Rev limit

    so I should be fine with a 6200 redline (about max for a basic hydraulic cam) as long as I don't go lean and make piston soup. :headbang: later on in the build I might get a 360 block and a stroker kit and go for 700+, but for now I just want something fun and practical. Something I can mess...
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    Stock piston Rev limit

    Well, I've finally begun embarking on the motor project I've had sitting on the back burner for over a year now. And I have a question about stock 318 pistons. I have a low mile 318 from a 1970 D200, And I plan to build a modest, budget-conscious twin turbo powerplant in the 550hp range. I'm...
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    Factory Rear Sway Bar

    Hmm, I dunno what to tell you besides "got a welder?" haha
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    Factory Rear Sway Bar

    turn both of those plates 90 degrees in the direction of the red arrow. those plates should be sandwiched between the leaf springs and the spring perches on your rear end. The springs will run like my horrid scribble in blue. Finally, one of your axle u-bolts goes through the two holes marked...
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    Rear Leaf Spring mod with Durango Springs

    ^^^ x2 There's no reason it wouldn't. Just get some springs and try it. Worst comes to worst, you can put the old ones back on. Thanks y'all for the support, this mod has worked great for me. The car settled down a bit from where you see it in the pic, but it still has a nice rake to it...
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    6.7 Diesel turbo (he351ve)

    There's a few Mustang guys around where I live who have big mack truck turbos on their race cars. They don't have any oil seeping problems. Besides, the turbo's getting 60+psi of oil pressure anyway, what difference is a few inches of vacuum gonna make? They shouldn't leak unless the seals...
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    big block early a roll call?

    ^^ x2 I think it's a good rule of thumb, that you never mess with a car that small that sounds that big... ;)
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    Possible to get early A down to 2,700lbs?

    Glass glass glass glass glass! Use a heat gun and some 1/8" lexan to mold you a replacement back glass. same with door glass if you're allowed to. That'll be a big savings. If you wanna go really crazy with it, Your subframe connectors are good, stitch weld as much of the body as you can...
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    Fastest street car??

    Yup, I say in order to be a street car it must have: Tags, Title, insurance, actual street tires, (no slicks, no drag radials, something you'd actually drive in the rain.) Pump gas or e85 (none of this Drive on 87, race on C16 crap) Stock chassis, No clip cars, no backhalfed cars full factory...
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    Fastest street car??

    Most of the stuff 1320video covers is from 10's thru the 8's a 7 second car is a big deal on their videos. But call me crazy, but I don't think those cars pictured are street cars, they're grudge cars, and I don't think those 6 second drag week cars are street cars either, they're race cars...
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    how to tell if heads have harden valve seats

    ^^x2 I've got several friends who've put together motors without the hardened seats. Nobody's burned or sunk a valve or any of that business. The motor on my Dartness is about to turn 10 (thousand) in a few months, and it's got '67 heads that I didn't even do a valve job to. No problems...
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    Pre Magnum stock roller cam specs?

    Well, you're probably not going to get much under .420 lift. Even the smallest off the shelf cams from comp and crane would be pushing it. Have you asked your machinist about shimming the springs so you can get a more decent bumpstick?
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    Suddenly sad 318

    I've gotten the facefull of fire on more than one occasion, try a makeup mirror to look down the bores if you value your eyebrows. sudden out-of-nowhere starting and running trouble smacks of carburetion trouble to me. Fortunately with the edelbrock you can service the floats, needles and...
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    noob needs help with mileage - only 10 MPG!

    The carburetor overhaul should do the trick. The hallmark of a carb running over (Bad/clogged needle and seat, or sunk float) is the engine running well when cold, (when it needs a richer mixture) and having trouble idling once warm. Also, pulling your plugs you'll find they're dark or even...
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    Twin Turbo 1971 Scamp Project

    Not hedman, but I have a set of hooker headers on my dart that I nearly lost my religion trying to install. :banghead:
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    Rough Idle/Running

    Take off your air filter, and start the car. Look down the throat of the carburetor while it's running. if the choke is closed, push it open with your finger. Take a flashlight, and see if any part in there is wet. at idle, everything should be bone dry. If you notice anything is wet, the...
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