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Hey guys. I’ve been having some carb issues lately and I’d like to see what you guys make of it. I got a Slant six with a Holley 1945 1bbl carb. Recently, it died on the side of the road, just pouring gas down the manifold. Had to readjust the floats on the side of the road and get it home. It...

Hey guys. Twice now, my oil pressure light has come on on my way home from work, and i find that my oil is all thin and smells of gas. I can’t figure out why. I replaced my fuel pump last week and changed the oil and now it’s doing it again. Any ideas why? It’s a mechanical fuel pump. I don’t...

Hey guys. I have a question about oil pumps. Mine appears to be leaking, and I have a brand new one in the trunk, but it’s a different model, although it claims to fit the same way, and came with a gasket clearly design for the one that’s currently on the engine. I’ll attach images so you can...

Hey guys. I want to do a performance slant six build, and I originally wanted to do a triple Weber setup. Since I don’t have the cash and Redline hasn’t been able to resume manufacture of the manifold, I’ve decided to cut my losses and just go for the cheaper 4bbl route. I’ve found a manifold...

Hey guys. I got my blower motor working in my 74 Dart and now I have heat again! Unfortunately, however, when I switch it to defroster mode it doesn’t redirect the air that direction. It keeps blowing air through the under-dash vents. How does this stuff work, and how do I fix it? I can see from...

Hey guys! I landed a 273 and it’s out of a 1965 Barracuda. It’s a 2 barrel and I want to build it as a 4 barrel, but 4 barre aftermarket manifolds don’t even list the 273 as an option, and originals are very hard to find. Can you guys tell me if a 318-340-360 manifold will fit a 65 273?

Hey guys. I pulled the fender and necessarily also pulled the bezel off the driver side of my 74 dart sport. It’s not as obvious in these pictures where it’s wet from being cleaned, but the black is badly faded. Is this just paint, and therefore should I just paint it? I figure the metal will...

Hey guys. I was curious if anyone knows about any 198 size rods for a cast crank with the narrower journals? I’m looking to boost compression in my late model slant.

Hey guys. I just got my nice flatties in today. I went with flatties to boost compression, and while in a compression boosting mindset, i was wondering just how much one can take off the deck safely in a 225. I imagine that a 77 motor is gonna have some irregularities in the deck surface that...

Hey guys. I saw a guy with a slant six dual exhaust and I loved the sound so much. I’m planning on doing the Dutra Dual headers, and I’m wondering if doing the Duals into a single pipe has enough benefits to make it worth losing the sound of the 6cyl dual exhaust. My dad says the scavenging...

Hey guys. I have a 74 Dart Sport, Electronic ignition. I’m having an issue all of a sudden where I’m not getting spark. If I disconnect the distributor wire and touch it to ground, I get sparks out of the coil wire. But when I plug it all back in and turn the key, I get one spark when the engine...

Hey guys. I’m finding it super hard to find an intake manifold for my slant six for a triple Weber side draft setup. It seems that if you live in Australia they’re pretty accessible but none of the few websites that have them will let me order them from here in the states. Does anyone have one...

Hey guys. I found this one post and I want to verify that I have the proper bearings for my slant six with a cast crank (1977). i found this post here on the forums giving me the sizes for the bearings. And I’ll attach an image of me holding my bearings to a tape measure. I know that’s not the...

Hey guys. I have an issue with my 74 Dart Sport, 77 Slant Six, where it runs great at idle or low RPMs but at high RPMs it develops a spark knock. To mitigate this issue, I’ve plugged the vacuum advance hose and slightly retarded the distributor. This keeps the knock to a minimum and limits it...

Hey guys. I’m shopping for my 77 slant I want to build, but I’m having trouble finding the parts I need. Particularly bearings. My main issue is that the only listing I’ve found that explicitly states that the bearings are for a cast crank only gives me options for an undersized crank, which I...

Hey guys! I’m looking for an original AM/FM radio for a 74 A-Body Dodge. I have a 74 Dart Sport, and I’d like to be able to actually hear music. Thanks a heap to anyone who can help! If you have one for sale, let me know how much you want for it and please send pictures! Thanks guys!

Hey guys. I’m planning a restoration on my 74 dart sport, but I need to know which badges I actually need and where exactly on the car they go. Anybody know?

Hey guys. I had sent a video of my slant six running with no valve cover to a cars channel. One of the guys in that channel is a mechanic from New Zealand and pointed out that there was no oil spraying anywhere, which I didn’t think anything of. But it’s got me thinking… the slant six oils the...

I haven’t been able to find any after market oil pans for the slant six, but I’m hoping someone here knows something. I would prefer to not have to butcher two to make a bigger oil pan. I am wanting to build a performance slant build, part of which is a high volume oil pump. But I don’t want...

Hey guys. I can’t find these seats anywhere but my car. I don’t believe that they are original, as the only bench seats I can find in 1974 Dart Sports are the kind with a center console, which these seats do not have. As far as new upholstery goes, in the classic industries catalog, the closest...

Hey guys. This happened to my radio bezel during the 3 years it sat in the back seat in a pile of other crap (yeah, crap! I can’t believe I let this happen to the only good looking dash panel I had!) any of y’all happen to have one laying around? I’m not too picky on what the wood grain looks...

Hey guys. I got a (maybe not so)crazy idea. I have a late model slant six in my car (77), and I have an earlier model engine laying around. One thing I hate about the new cylinder head design is the spark plug arrangement. I find it harder to work with with the plugs all facing at an angle...

Hey guys. I’m coming to you again to ask for your wisdom on slant six tuning. I’m having power issues. Before, the car would push itself at idle when I put it in gear. Now i have to give her quite a bit of gas to get her to move, but too much throttle at once and she chokes. And when I am...

Hey guys. Is there a knowledgeable fellow in here who could tell me what braking systems were standard in A Body Mopars and at what times? I have a 1974 Dart Sport, drums all around. I don’t know if it’s the 9” drums or if it’s one of the 10” variants. If it helps, it’s a slant six car with a...

Hey guys, I have a 74 Dart Sport with a 77 Slant six that has 3 pulleys on it. The fan and alternator are on pulley 2, nothing on 3 or 1 right now, but I believe the power steering goes on 3 (furthest from the block). I’ll confirm when I hook it back up. But my car is a factory A/C car, but the...

Well guys, I finally have a running project, but it had an oil leak at the pump gasket. Yesterday I tried to make a new gasket for it. I cut a hole for the shaft and a slit to fit around it since I couldn’t get the pump all the way out. I rubbed some oil on the rim of the pump and pressed the...

Hey guys! Does anyone happen to know if the wheel bolt pattern on a 65 dart is the same as that on a duster/dart sport? I’m looking at bringing a 65 dart home soon but the tires are a little iffy so I’m wondering if I can put the wheels off my dart sport onto it to drive it home. Thanks in advance!

I’ve posted here before about this issue, but it seems that nothing has come of it. I’ve replaced the wiring harness and swapped engines and there is no change. I have no spark. I know my ignition switch is faulty, but I can’t get to it at the moment because I can’t get the retaining pin off the...

Hey guys. I have a late model slant six I want to eventually build for performance. When I get around to taking it out and working on it I want to use that opportunity to paint it up nice. Since it’s a late model (‘77), I want to use a proper blue engine enamel, and preferably a brush on as I...

Guys. I spent like 5 hours yesterday fighting the slant to get it into my car and it just won’t go. At one point I got the mounts to go in right, but then I couldn’t get it to line up with the tranny. The tranny is slid back as far as it’ll go but the engine still sits on top of it when I get it...