dartomotive
Well-Known Member
Thoughts, what did I hurt now?
My 69 Dart ran great for 6 years. 10.65 to 10.80. Instead of freshening up the motor this time, I put in a new one to go upper 9s, for 10.00 index. Had the tranny rebuilt, and bought a "rebuilt converter" Turbo Action. Braced the 8 3/4.
The car gets out of the hole good, and the first shift comes quick. As soon as I shift at 6800 the shift light comes right back on again. I shift the second time into 3rd, and the light comes back on again very quickly. I hit the rev limiter at 7200, and barely made it across the 1/8 mile. Switched out the gears from 4:56 to 4:30s. Tried it again same result.
One guy told me yesterday that he never starts it in park always in neutral in cold weather. I've started in park many times, and warmed up at 2000, then burped it to 5000 a couple of times. What did I hurt now? ops:
My 69 Dart ran great for 6 years. 10.65 to 10.80. Instead of freshening up the motor this time, I put in a new one to go upper 9s, for 10.00 index. Had the tranny rebuilt, and bought a "rebuilt converter" Turbo Action. Braced the 8 3/4.
The car gets out of the hole good, and the first shift comes quick. As soon as I shift at 6800 the shift light comes right back on again. I shift the second time into 3rd, and the light comes back on again very quickly. I hit the rev limiter at 7200, and barely made it across the 1/8 mile. Switched out the gears from 4:56 to 4:30s. Tried it again same result.
One guy told me yesterday that he never starts it in park always in neutral in cold weather. I've started in park many times, and warmed up at 2000, then burped it to 5000 a couple of times. What did I hurt now? ops: