Nikkis 66 dart 270 daily driver.
I got the block cleaned up and this is what the guts look like.
I don't like this, there are no real bad fingernail catching grooves but still I don't want to have Nikki use it as a daily driver if the bearings look like this.
I already knew that the rear seal was shot.
So I'm thinking that this motor will get a quick main bearing rebuild, it didn't smoke so I will leave the pistons alone. Right now I have a few choices...
1- Use this (#'s matching) motor throw in new bearings and gaskets, pull the head, clean the carbon off the valves, new head gasket (just ordered another slant gasket kit today), 2bbl, repaint, detail and throw it back in.
2- Pull the running, painted (wrong color of red) late model slant out of the 48, drop it in the 66 and away we go. Then take the 66 motor and rebuild it for the 48.
3- Get the running 1972 95,000 mile slant from Redscampi, pull the head, clean the carbon off the valves (it's a habit when I get a "new" motor), new head gasket, quick gasket rebuild, tune up and paint, drop it in the 66 and drive it till it dies or option number 1 is done.
I got the block cleaned up and this is what the guts look like.
I don't like this, there are no real bad fingernail catching grooves but still I don't want to have Nikki use it as a daily driver if the bearings look like this.
I already knew that the rear seal was shot.
So I'm thinking that this motor will get a quick main bearing rebuild, it didn't smoke so I will leave the pistons alone. Right now I have a few choices...
1- Use this (#'s matching) motor throw in new bearings and gaskets, pull the head, clean the carbon off the valves, new head gasket (just ordered another slant gasket kit today), 2bbl, repaint, detail and throw it back in.
2- Pull the running, painted (wrong color of red) late model slant out of the 48, drop it in the 66 and away we go. Then take the 66 motor and rebuild it for the 48.
3- Get the running 1972 95,000 mile slant from Redscampi, pull the head, clean the carbon off the valves (it's a habit when I get a "new" motor), new head gasket, quick gasket rebuild, tune up and paint, drop it in the 66 and drive it till it dies or option number 1 is done.