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Well its been awhile since I last updated this thread. The car is now painted Hemi Orange. Currently a fuel injected 440 / 4speed , but am looking into swapping a late model Hemi. Also bought a pretty decent sized turbo for it. The 440 will get the turbo first unless I find a Hemi before that...

I use to carry a hammer with me to bang on the tstat housing because I thought that was the problem too lol. But 3 tstats later, still got the same problem.

I agree completely. I try not to get over 210 215... If I sit on the side of the road and wait for the heat to reach the tstat then I'm good to go. I'm hoping drilling some holes in the tstat will allow more flow, possibly allowing the tstat to work as designed.

You have some good ideas here. The only time it loses coolant is when I don't shut it off in time and it pukes coolant everywhere. I then refill it and it doesn't loose any the rest of the day. But if I shut it off around 230 and wait for the heat to reach the thermostat and open it up, then it...

I'm going to check the "internal bypass" and drill some 1/8 holes in the tstat. I didn't know it had some type of internal bypass, the crappy 440 source water pump housing might not even have it. I bought a meziere electric water pump for it, not because of this issue but because I will be...

Yeah I'm positive it's getting hot. I have an IR thermometer and I can visually see the temp difference between the tstat housing and the heads/block. I have put a few $10 stant fail safe tsats in and they all have the same outcome. Even has a good stant safety rad cap that holds proper pressue...

The 440 in my dart likes to overheat once, and then it will stay 185 the rest of the day. It has a 180 tstat. When it gets up to 210 I can feel the thermostat housing, and it's not getting hot as it should. If I let it idle when I see it about to overheat it will hold 210-220 until the tstat...

Heres My 69 440 4speed putting some gap in the fenderwells

Heres my dart, and pics of the many stepping stones in its life. Just got painted, so I still need to trim it out. GTS stripe went on last week

Well I have got the timing right for the most part, will be looking into a good adjustable advance timing light to properly set the timing. You all will never guess what fixed it for the most part, a set of 8.5 MSD wires... I popped the hood at night and could see all kinds of arcing going on...

Great idea. I will find exact tdc and put a mark on balancer at 38. I have a comp double roller chain in mine too. I thought about degreeing the cam so I know its right. What is the deal with the PBM design, havent heard too much about them locally

Ive got a steel crank 440, fresh rebuild, .030 over 10-1 comp. 1.5 roller rockers .557 purple shaft Solid 906 heads ported mopar alum intake dual plane hooker super comps 750 demon Spring kit in dizzy MSD 6al I have tried numerous things to tune the motor to no avail. It seems like it...

Is lock up controlled by a solenoid, or is it done a different way?

I am going to get rid of these hooker super comp fenderwells and go with either TTI or the schumacher, they look great. These hookers I got are leaking where the tube meets the flange, probably have to pull them off and weld them

I will borrow a buddys quick fuel 750 off his running 454, and give it a try. Wont be able to test it for 2 weeks or so, as I took the car apart yesterday to finish painting it. Still have alot of blocking to do to make it look good. I threw it together temporarily for this past weekend, took it...

SBC is the first thing that will leave! lol. I have a 360 and a overdrive auto to go in it

Not to go off topic, but look what I bought today... 1936 Plymouth Know any good forums, or places to get parts?

Yes it still has the 68 tail lights. I have a 69 set, but I almost like the 68 more. I will try jetting it up, as I believe it has a lean condition too. I have not checked the plugs lately, dont have many miles on this combo yet. I also checked the vaccum ports on the carb, and have the...

Thanks for the reply, its a purple shaft. 557 1.5 roller rockers / mech cam 906 heads, ported 10.5 compression hooker super comp fenderwells to a 3 inch mufflered system with optional cut outs aeromotive 195 pump / holley regulator about 7 psi And yes the reluctor gap is good, fresh cap and...

here is the car when it had a 383 in it, running a tunnel ram and a Predator Ran the predator for awhile, loved it. Blew that 383 up that it was sitting on top of, and then I built the 440 that it has in it today. Probably going to tinker with the predator again soon, neat design.

here is the car this past weekend and Cruisin Ocean City 2012, couldnt get it painted in time here it is when we cut the quarters off in Feb 2012

I have been in the constant build and rebuild process of my 69 dart since I was 14, im now 22. I have been thru 3 motors and 3 tranns combos, finally ending up with a 440 and 4 speed, although in the near future it will be getting another 727. I keep tinkering with the 440 trying to get it...