1973 Dart Sport
Using this time to make a couple much needed upgrades. Made some baffling for my oil pan to hopefully prevent oiling issues down the road during my autocross events. The engine is basically ready to go back together. Got the cylinders re-honed and the new rings all fit with around .003" tolerance so it should be fine for the life of this engine.
Ordered a hydroboost unit for my brakes since I don't seem to be getting enough pressure with the manual setup I have currently. They stopped well but I could never lock them up. Haven't heard a single complaint about these systems and the install should be pretty straight forward especially with the engine out. Re-doing the brakelines as well since they got pretty mangled going from the vacuum assist setup that wasn't working right to the manual setup I ended up running. I'll probably just run some high quality braided lines for the front brakes to avoid dealing with hard-lines again. Gotta wait til almost February for the unit though so looks like the car is gonna be sitting for a while. Gives me time to get the headers coated with an actual ceramic coating instead of this rattle can crap that did a good job of preventing rust but not much else.
Using this time to make a couple much needed upgrades. Made some baffling for my oil pan to hopefully prevent oiling issues down the road during my autocross events. The engine is basically ready to go back together. Got the cylinders re-honed and the new rings all fit with around .003" tolerance so it should be fine for the life of this engine.
Ordered a hydroboost unit for my brakes since I don't seem to be getting enough pressure with the manual setup I have currently. They stopped well but I could never lock them up. Haven't heard a single complaint about these systems and the install should be pretty straight forward especially with the engine out. Re-doing the brakelines as well since they got pretty mangled going from the vacuum assist setup that wasn't working right to the manual setup I ended up running. I'll probably just run some high quality braided lines for the front brakes to avoid dealing with hard-lines again. Gotta wait til almost February for the unit though so looks like the car is gonna be sitting for a while. Gives me time to get the headers coated with an actual ceramic coating instead of this rattle can crap that did a good job of preventing rust but not much else.
