1967 Dart 270

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drutledge9818

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It is hard to believe that I bought this car two years ago! A lot has happened since then, and I have not been able to do nearly what I have wanted to over those two years. This will be a slow build, but wanted to share it along the way. This a 1967 Dart 270 with a 273. The motor is very tired!. I am not sure why, but I have always liked something that was different then the norm.

The first major project that I am just getting started on will be replacing the drive train. About two months ago we had a local swap meet. I usually am helping my dad look for parts since he owns a camaro, and you never see parts for a mopar. I happened upon a trailer that had a trash bag that said 383 on it, so I thought I would mosey on over. When I came upon the trailer I noticed he also had a sign for a 340. I went over to look at it to see what I could find out about it. He told me that he bought a lot that had a challenger shifter that he wanted, and was trying to unload the rest of the stuff. I have always wanted to build a 340, so I thought this was the perfect opportunity. After talking with him I was able to pick up the block, steel crank, intake for $250 (I will put up picks of these later). I have had a small block 727 for a long time, so I have pulled it out and dusted it off in order to start a rebuild on it. Back in the day I had a 1969 Dart with a 440 in it. When I lost the car I pulled a bunch of parts off of it. One of the things that I was able to pull out of it was the 8 3/4 big bolt pattern rear end with 3.91 gears. I will put what I plan on doing with the motor and transmission later in the post.

Here is what the car looked like when I first bought it:
 

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Wow, that's a lot nicer looking than my 67 270. I wish I had that platform to start with. Expect many pics of your build.
 
Here's a video of the 270 that one of my sons has been working on. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyjFpyQ1ASI"]1967 Dodge Dart 360 TKO 600 13.05 @ 105.39 mph - YouTube[/ame]
 
So I was able to take a few pics of the motor and transmission over the weekend and thought I would throw them up here. I also have a few questions if anybody can help. Here is the motor that I am starting with. I am thinking of doing something that is around 11:1 with a noisy cam. I am still needing to get the block checked, and hope to have that done in the next couple of months!

I have been told that the 340 stock intake is one of the better intakes that you can use on a 340, but not sure if that is the case with a 1973 340 intake? I am not a huge fan of the notched piece on the passenger side unless an electric choke fits in it. I have not seen this style of intake with an electric choke so I am not sure how it would look. I am also not sure if the intake is any good in the first place. The metal plate that is on the bottom is not flush anymore. I am not sure if this is a problem or if it is something that can be fixed. I am also not sure if the hole that is on the left side of the bottom of the intake is suppose to be there. It is on both sides, but it looks like they either shouldn't be their or that they should be opened up more.
 

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Here is the transmission. This is where I am going to start my rebuild. My cousin and I are going to be rebuilding it this winter. I am going to buy a rebuild kit from bulkpart.com, a forward shifting manual valve body, and a 3000 stall converter. I am still needing to clean up the transmission, so probably will be my goal over then next couple of weeks. The one part that concerns me is what appears to be a mount that is broken. I am pretty sure that it goes to the kick down linkage. If that is the case I will not have to worry since I will have a manual valve body. The third pic is of the piece that is broken off.
 

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I have not updated my post in awhile so I figure it is time. The motor in the dart really wore down towards the end of summer, so I knew it was time to start moving on things. I started looking on craigslist and was able to find a 340 for sale for a reasonable price. I have the motor and trans pulled out of the dart. Early next spring I am going to sand down the engine compartment, fill in some bad spots and paint the engine bay. Next month I am going to get started on the trans rebuild.
 
I got this awesome certificate from B&M at our HPAC meeting this summer and was able to get the following things for my car!
 

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drutledge9818 said:
I got this awesome certificate from B&M at our HPAC meeting this summer and was able to get the following things for my car!
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That's a nice bunch of goodies! Are you going to use the Transpak to get your manual valve body vs. buying a manual body?
 
After talking to the guy that I bought my complete motor from he told me that I shouldn't go with a manual valve body. He said that unless I was going to be racing it that I should stay away from doing that. The reason that I was going to go manual valve body was to get away with all of the kick down linkage. After doing some research I found the Lokar kick down cable and i am going to give that a shot. My biggest fear is getting the kick down adjusted correctly!
 
drutledge9818 said:
After talking to the guy that I bought my complete motor from he told me that I shouldn't go with a manual valve body. He said that unless I was going to be racing it that I should stay away from doing that. The reason that I was going to go manual valve body was to get away with all of the kick down linkage. After doing some research I found the Lokar kick down cable and i am going to give that a shot. My biggest fear is getting the kick down adjusted correctly!
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Did he say what the reasoning for not using the manual valve body? I have one in my Polara and know plenty of people who run them in their street cars without issue.
 
He said that I would get annoyed with the amount of shifting that I would have to do. He said that it would just be easier to do this, and shift the car when I want to.
 
It is a small block 727. The big block 727 is going to go in my cousins 68 coronet r/t.
 
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