My 72 Dart Swinger

I've been pretty busy the last two months or so. Helping my mom and little brother clean up the farm, hauling off junk iron, finishing up some remodeling jobs my stepdad started but never got to finish. Anyway, I've been working on the dart in my spare time, which isn't much. I swapped to an 8.25 rear end, with a $10 junkyard driveshaft that's the perfect length :D It has all new brake lines all the way around. The frontend now has disc brakes from the '74 4 door dart. New plug wires, new ballast resistor and electronic ignition module. New battery cables. New electric fuel pump with relay and wiring kit. Finally tonight after getting everything sorted out, we got her running for the first time in about 4 years. No smoke. No nasty noises. It was parked because of a cracked block, so now it has a fresh 318 and 904 with a Hurst Pro-matic 2 floor shifter to boot.. It sports some sort of factory exhaust manifolds, cause my stepdad just couldn't get the manual steering headers to fit the power steering car.. hmmm... Its just too bad the ghetto mufflers on it make it sound like crap. Time to find some Flowmasters or Spintechs.

Now for part two of this update.. I noticed good oil pressure while we were cranking the engine, getting things sorted out.. but once we got her running on her own, I noticed the pressure went up to about 80 on one of those manual auto zone cheapo wet guages.. If I remember correctly, every old dodge I've seen - most of em 318s - ran about 40 lbs of oil pressure at the most.. So either I have a high flow pump, some oil passages blocked, or perhaps the oil is just waaay too thick and needs changing, which I'll probably do tomorrow. If any of you have any ideas, I'd appreciate some input.

PS... I'll be in the market for some gears and an LSD soon. Tomorrow she comes out of the garage.. OH YEAH!