Recent content by 6t8 Dart

Correct me if I am wrong, but somewhere I was reading that alot of the manufacturing of the lifters went overseas (China or Tiawan) and a bunch of cam manufacturers had lifter failure out the arse due to this. Now the manufacturing has been ramped up back here at home and the 'problem' has been...

Our family's machinist won't even rebuild the 4.7; it seems to be cheaper to order a crate motor. In fact, Joe hates that particular motor as much as he hates FoMoCo's 4.6L and he is usually quite the fan of Ford and Mopar.

If you go with a 318 for a runner motor, try to find a set of '302' cast heads from the mid-to late 80's 318s (not 100% if they'll fit a 273's bores well; I know that era of 360 heads-aka '308's' won't). Nice flow, hardened seats...put 'em on a buddies runner 318 (in a '72 Scamp) and he...

Use good attaching hardware (Stage 8/Breslin locking fasteners) and gaskets. Also, if you can spend a little more coin, get an X-style crossover when you are getting an exhaust put in. You won't regret it.

Just saw Micheal Schumacher on Sunday at a Mopar Show in Issaquah

That's true...

Yeah, I thought that might be the only way to find what the market will pay. I remember seeing an ad in MCG where a guy wanted $3500 for a set! If he got that much...I would consider going into the re-pop business for $2K a set like everybody else here would.

I have literally inherited a pair of exhaust manifolds off a '69 Dart GTS 440 car (along w/some other car parts). My grand uncle's hot rod buddy told me that they came off my uncle Dave's car that got rear-ended heavily in the late-70's (the trunk panel was 6" from the package tray). They are in...

The best is when your 75 yo Ukrainian father in-law sits down, watches them, and then proceeds to tell you how beautiful older American cars were- not to mention the quality of the cars and the commercials!

I'd rather do a slight cut to the head surface. Around 9.0/9.25 to 1 compression would work nice on the street; the heads are '91 360 swirl ports from a 1-ton van. A magnum swap would entail more cash and complications and this is not to be the final motor for the Valiant, it is the inbetween...

Thanks- I figured it will probably make a decent, inexpensive street/strip combo in the Valiant. Hopefully I'll get a chance and have enough spare cash to pull the powertrain before anybody else or the yard crushes it! Last question- anybody know what the stock compression in this 360 is? I'd...

Thanks guys- I'll try to get to it here in the next 10 days...gonna be rough because the transfer gears or differential just went 'Pop' in my little turbo Caravan yesterday (just put a '91-up suspension in it w/Koni struts and was on my way over to the alignment shop, took a left at an...

Was parusing the local "Git-UR-Parts" a couple weeks back when I noticed a VERY clean '73 Dodge D-150 "Grandpa's truck." Fresh arrival, was quite complete :wav: . Somebody took the air cleaner and kick down, but the MINT thermo-quad on the j-headed 360(1972 casting)...the odo reads 76,334 and...

'Paul's Chrome' or 'Mr.Metal Shine.' Both seem to have a good reputation, but prices won't be cheap...if you were here in Seattle I'd steer you towards 'Art Brass' in Georgetown area. They've done a few small things for me and done good work.

Thanks Mike...the Valiant is a real stripper model-the only options on it are auto tranny, 225, rear defogger. I will build it some, but the car will probably look like a vintage state trooper car more than a muscle car in the end :). Does anybody know of any outfit or person that would have or...