273 or 225?

Hey all,

Im trying to rebuild my ‘66 Dart and have came to yet another dilemma. My recent intentions were to rebuild the stock slant in the car, and try to hot rod it out a little bit, but now a new opportunity has risen. I found a ‘65 with a 273 that I could use as a parts car to make the swap to a v8. Is it worth the extra time and money to v8 swap the Dart or should I continue with the slant build? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
(2 1965 Barracudas, /6 vs 273.) I had the same path you are faced with. I went with the /6, which is still an ongoing project. The engine is ready to be installed and run. Head and block work, cam (Hughes), intake (Offy 4 barrel), headers (Clifford), N2O, etc. If I were to start over...I would finish the car first, up to the point of installing the engine and making it a "roller." Right now, my project car is still on the rotisserie, not quite ready to be on the ground. In the meantime, my ready to run "hot rod /6," has been on the stand over a year. It seems (IMHO) everyone does a small block or something else. I want mine to be kind of unique, thus the /6 (which is a matching #) for this car. The 273 is the same for the other car, matching #. if you choose, swapping out a /6 for a 273 it's not a real big deal. However, I elected to go from a 904 A/T to a 833 4S which has been giving me some headaches. My 273 car had a three speed in it and the project car was an A/T. Some of the linkage and stuff works, some of it does not.
Norm