The Other 68 Dart Resto Project

Well, me and a buddy spent all days yesterday trying to get the headers in and everything to fit. These are the headers I custom made based off a b-body design. They used to fit, with a 400 block and stock heads, and a stock starter. Now my 383/432 block and 440 source heads spread the headers out a little farther. Also, I bought a mini starter, which has a small bolt that sticks out, exactyly where one of the tubes is. Also, on the same side, they hit my torsion bar. So i had to pull the torsion bar, dimple the headers, and reinstall the stock starter. Oh well. I guess I get to take the starter to the swap meet next weekend.

I also spent about 2 hours trying to sandblast the paint off one of the headers, no luck. The factory paint is like rubbery glue, so today I got some rags, a quart of laquer thinner, and got it all off the headers. I then sprayed them with a ceramic coating, which i am now going to try to cure in my BBQ grill.

hopefully in a few hours I will be fitting up the exhaust for the last time. Then the new 1.00 torsion basr go in. Then fuel lines and brake lines, next week, wiring.