Recent content by dave571

Congrats on the 12. It seems like everyone on line has a car that goes 12's or faster, but at the track on street car night, they are far less common. Also... That mess may include some pieces of your feet. I agree that it HAS to be checked. Here's some info in a thread on another...

That doesn't really make any sense, unless your car had some wierd work done to it before you started. The stock upper BJ on A Small Bolt Pattern car is way smaller than the newer one. There is absolutely no way it will work in the top of the newer style knuckle.

He's definately dreaming at a little over 2000 pounds. BUt for the most part, newer cars are lighter than older ones. The biggest factor in fuel consuption is weight. Therefore it is in the manufacturers interest to keep weight down. Lots of aluminum and plastic. Tell your friend to...

Not the upper ball joints, BUT as you well know, the eccentric bolts were seized into the bushings. Nothing a bunch of swearing, and some time with an airhammer, and my impact, and some penetrating oil, and more swearing and more air hammer.....you get the picture.

I'm surprised by this. I swapped my 69 dart without swapping the lower A arms.. I'm swapping a 67 dart as we speak, without swapping the lowers... I've already bolted the lower BJ's from the 73 up into the arm without issue

post car? Never heard of it...LOL

I have noticed in my moog catalog, that the pre 72 A body cars show 2 different lower balljoints. One for disc brake, and one for drum. What was the physical difference in these lower ball joints? Any info appreciated

Car 64 dodge 330 Weight 3810 with driver Gear ratio 410 Tire diameter 28" RPM through trap 6000 MPH through traps 115.4 ET 11.70 both at sea level Engine CID 446 Head Type 915 iron Valve size 208/174 Head Work mild port, with stainless valves Cam...

2.5 certainly won't limit a 360 in any way. It won't limit most BB's either. I think with a 440 or so, 3" starts to become more usable, but still not a necessity. Take it with a grain of salt, though. It run 3" on my car....LOL BUT I use 2.5" tailpipes from the flowmasters. FWIW, I...

The 451 build originated with using a 440 crank in a 400 with STOCK slugs. think about it. they are 100 or more down the hole to start with. The stroke difference is .370. So the piston is moved up .185. So it will stick out about .070 or so. Won't work if there's any ridge...

Sincere condolences for you at what must be an unbelievably bad time for you and your family. Dave Taylor and family Carstairs AB.

There is some added "cool" factor for sure. Especially in a smaller car. Don't feel you need to follow the sb path if it's not what you want. Hobby cars are all about what the owner wants. Why else would we build them? If you want the BB then give'r. I think what most of us are...

You're talkin about me... aren't you. I'll concede your car is faster than mine...LOL I will also say that if I was the guy who started the thread, I would build a 340 over the 383. A 340 is mean little motor. In stock form , a 340 swinger would eat 383 runner's all day long (I realize...

depending on how radical a build is, you may see very little change in fuel economy without vacuum. Vacuum advance sure comes up for debate a lot. BUT that is a different topic... Curve can make a big difference. This year I shortened my curve to 12 degrees (was 16). Bumped initial...

Assuming you are switching it up to a carb manifold etc, then no it is not needed. Mopars did't get egr till the 70's. The alum manifold will probalby be threaded so pipe plugs can be put in where the valve would go. If you are planning on doing something exotic, like switching in the...