Ok.. The dart is suppose to be glass blasted today and epoxy primer either today or tomorrow. In the meantime, I've been trying to followup on the what I need to do next- 1. front end- I got to thank you all for the suggestions- I've looked at several of the sites.. A complete front end with...
I'm home again, been busy cleaning up the garage. The car should be home by Wed- Big Happy Rods is doing the media blasting. In the meantime I've been reading every magazine I have here and go on line and reading most of the sites. The big one I have right now is the Carb vs EFI.. Followed by...
Me-Not being a Mopar person-what is the major difference with the newer generation of engines? I bought the Durango because it drove and the 5.9 sound good. Figuring that I could sell off what was left. Unfortunately it seems that there are more scammers and folks who want to come over and...
Seems like there is not enough hours in the day.. I'm putting together the engine stand. Well as they say the best laid plans-- Seems like every time I start something, we have some type of emergency to deal with.. I'm hoping that by next week-wed the the eng is sitting in the test stand. The...
Thank you to the inputs to deep sixing the slant6. Ok! We now have a donor vehicle-2000 Dodge Durango SLT—5.9-4x4 automatic, less than 60K. Price was right couldn’t turn it down- It wouldn’t turn over, battery was dead, jumped it with a GB40 Boost Jump Starter…Well after hooking it up and...
Thanks for info-- I just answd one of the replies I had to deep sixing.. going with front suspension setup.. I spent enough so far on the front end so far-- rebuilding it- upper and lower ball joints, disc brakes, spindles, tie rods, you name it and its new under the front end- except for it...
I've been doing alot of reading on putting a bigger eng in the dart--old school engines from the late 60's-273, 318 or 383--torque tubes, K members.. Main issue with that here in the North Phoenix area is the cost of buying eng and trans...Those I've found want an arm and leg... I can buy a...
looking at putting a late model 5.7 into my 66 dart.. Currently it has or had a 6 with automatic..The plan is to make a highway cruiser out of the dart... Been reading some of the other threads and sites about putting a V-8 where a 6 was.. I understand that I need to change the K-member, torque...
There not alot of back space...In the process of putting the tires and rim back on- left side no problem had 1 inch, Right side -- difference story- 1/2 inch of clearance.. When I bought it I noticed bondo, with the little 13 inch tires, I didn't pay much attention to the clearances between...
Well in the process of getting ready to snowbird back north, we delayed our trip by a week.. So being the A type personality- I just couldn't leave things alone and wait until I got back... Figuring replacing the rear end, would be the easiest thing I could do.. Rather than pull the hubs, brake...
After several following on leads for 13 5X4's, and getting nowhere in a hurry- I bought the front of a 1974 Valiant- had a 6 supposedly- The automatic was still in it.. I wound up with all the front ends parts, disc brakes on the front and drums on the rear, The tires weren't bad at least for...
Thank you for the quick reply... We'll be posting photos of the restoration.. :cheers: Hopefully the photo I loaded will post.. I found this at the Scottsdale Goodguy's show- the swap meet area.. Just need a TLC- cooling issues have been corrected- did away with the aftermarket Air for now--...
Ok! I finally found another donor car I think--74 valiant--14 inch wheels, disc brakes up front, dual brake system, portion valve, dual brake reservoir, rear end- drum brakes. Going to look at it this afternoon.. my big question- If I remove all items under the front end and rear end will those...
I can't find the thread I posted yesterday--- Quickie- I have a 66 GT-found someone with a 74 valient disc upfront and drums in the rear.. I have 13" all the way round 5x4 bolt pattern... Price is right for the donor car with wheels and tires- Can I take the disc off the front of the 74 and...
I finally decided finding 5x4" bolt pattern wheels is like buying hens teeth-unless I want to spend alot at one of the local tire shops for wheels and tires...So here we go- found a donor car--74 Valiant- disc brakes up front, drunks in the rear.. In the process of working out a trade. When I...