Recent content by MrSurly

I am putting the Yard Dart up for sale as a roller project. The information on the project is in my thread here. Since acquiring the car I have acquired more parts and a rotisserie etc but I have done virtually no work on it and I've had to face some personal facts. Due to health, age, work...

Wow! It’s been almost two years! It troubles me to have to say it but this project has been back-burner-ed all this time. No real progress in this time other than gathering a few parts. Sadly I am forced to recognize some facts that I can no longer ignore. Due to age, health and a list of other...

Wow. I can't imagine that turn of events! Good Luck on the next project, I will definitely follow your work. I am still trying to make even a little progress on the Yard Dart and will continue to reference the Valiant build. "Crate Hellcat and 8-spd"!! sweet Jesus!

I'm in Longview.

I will, indeed!

I dug into this beast and have found a serious problem. It has dropped the exhaust seat on number eight. Piston destroyed, head damaged but (I would assume) quite repairable. I will get the head to a local machine shop to get their input. You guys tell me what the usual approach is for the...

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Update: HEMI in Da HOUSE!!! The Yard Dart project has gained a mill! I picked up this 6.1 today! I don’t know anything about gen3s yet so feel free to tell if I screwed up on this thing. The seller claimed he saw it run before it was pulled... but the yard dogs tore up a bunch of external bits...

Holes, you say? I think I’m gonna have to spring for some valve covers! Oh, and some coils... The TB will need a teensy repair

Thanks for this! (Note that I tried to reply before but it appears lost. If this is s duplicate I apologize. I did manage to piece a support together that got it home. The boards ended up 9-1/2” apart but with the aluminum pan, the various gussets around the pan bolts make this method not work...

I’m about to go pick up this 6.1 that I bought and I want to toss together a heavy two-by cradle for the drive... but I don’t have a pan or a gen 3 here to measure. Anyone who has a pan and tape measure, I’d appreciate a minute of your time to get for me the height/width/length of the pan...

I asked because a few minutes ago, chatting with a guy doing a 6.1 in a B-body who was SELLING a NAG1. He said he gave up on the NAG and is installing a 4L80E (!) because it's a simpler swap... wow.

Agreed, outdamnedstanding work! What did you do re: controlling the NAG *and* did it work as you expected?

Thanks, man!

So very fine! I want to replicate your work in my Dart... Fantastic inspiration!