Twistgrip's 69 F3 340 GTS Resto
As I stated previously, my Dart was purchased as a partially disassembled car from storage. The person I bought it from had found it in an old chicken building in the same state of disassembly, bought it and moved it to his storage unit. He decided to sell the car to help with the down payment of a new house. I purchased the car in 1995 after seeing his add in the Baton Rouge newspaper. At the time I was showing a restored 1969 Roadrunner convertible so the car was put up in my shop and not touched until last year. The last inspection sticker was from 1974 so it has probably been off the road over 40 years. The car has its original engine and four speed. I will be running 3:55 gears. I live about 50 miles from New Orleans and equal distance to Baton Rouge, Biloxi is about 90 miles away also so the car will see some interstate road miles to shows and cruises.
Since the engine heads and oil pan were off and the car had been left sitting on the ground the original crank has deep pitting. Since I was going to buy a new crank I decided to make the car a strocker to enjoy the added torque on the street. The engine will be limited by the factory X heads, I will be running an LD340 intake and headers. It will also have A/C, (today it is 98 degF and 90% humidity). I decided to run a retro fit hydraulic roller cam and it came in yesterday. I am hoping this gives the car a very strong mid-range and flat torque curve. Goal is to have 440 type power out of the original block.
As I stated previously, my Dart was purchased as a partially disassembled car from storage. The person I bought it from had found it in an old chicken building in the same state of disassembly, bought it and moved it to his storage unit. He decided to sell the car to help with the down payment of a new house. I purchased the car in 1995 after seeing his add in the Baton Rouge newspaper. At the time I was showing a restored 1969 Roadrunner convertible so the car was put up in my shop and not touched until last year. The last inspection sticker was from 1974 so it has probably been off the road over 40 years. The car has its original engine and four speed. I will be running 3:55 gears. I live about 50 miles from New Orleans and equal distance to Baton Rouge, Biloxi is about 90 miles away also so the car will see some interstate road miles to shows and cruises.
Since the engine heads and oil pan were off and the car had been left sitting on the ground the original crank has deep pitting. Since I was going to buy a new crank I decided to make the car a strocker to enjoy the added torque on the street. The engine will be limited by the factory X heads, I will be running an LD340 intake and headers. It will also have A/C, (today it is 98 degF and 90% humidity). I decided to run a retro fit hydraulic roller cam and it came in yesterday. I am hoping this gives the car a very strong mid-range and flat torque curve. Goal is to have 440 type power out of the original block.
