First Mopar! Minnesota Dart
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It is a '73 Dart Sport originally with a 318. I suspect the motor was changed at some point to a 340 or 360, then back to a 318 before I got it. It had a pretty heavy lower rpm vibration on acceleration and I found an external weight on the torque converter. 318's had internally balanced converters. It was weird, but I installed a 2400 stall converter and the vibration is gone. The torsion bars were cranked as tight as they would go. I turned them down 4 1/2 turns and the front lowered a half an inch, but it rides so much better now. The front end was tight with new control arm bushings, so I aligned it to get rid of the +2.25 toe. All the door, trunk and hood seals are missing. It has an ignition lock cylinder, but it is a switch to activate a starter button. The engine was spotless when I got it, but the oil pan immediately began to leak... onto the headers of course. The dash was cut to accommodate a din type radio, the fools. It needs some work on the wipers to get them to park correctly. There is no spare, but the jack is there. The blower is capable of working, but is not. It has an Edelbrock Performer manifold and Performer 600 cfm carb, which is too much for the engine. It is a manual choke carb, but the manual choke was never installed and they wired the choke open. There is no key for the door locks. The dash pad is split. That's the bad. The good is the seats are new, as is the carpet. It is virtually rust free. The paint is good from far, but far from good. Still looks nice though. Runs beautifully, except when really gunning it, it tends to choke on the fuel. If I hit 3/4 throttle and get it going, I can nail it after a second or two and it won't stumble at all.
What the plans are ... I ordered new seals, matching door locks and ignition cylinders, new steering wheel, and a couple minor parts. I am going to either rewire the harness myself or order a Painless wiring kit as the wiring is really cobbled together. I want a lower geared rear end. I can get a new 355 posi for my 8.25, but my brother scoffs at that idea. He says to drop in an 8.75. Still debating what to do there. This winter I am changing the motor. I would love a 440, but am now leaning toward a 408 Stroker in the 400-450 hp range due to easier fitment. Then, if I can save enough money, it needs to be stripped, minor filling of some trouble spots, and repainted properly. This will probably be a two to three year project. In the meantime, I am going to drive it and enjoy it, and put up with the damn oil leak because the damn headers are in the way of the oil pan and I don't feel like messing with it.