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Well, I'm starting a new thread to separate my entry into the Go fast for cheap contest from the work I'd done previously. I figured that it is an excellent starting place for the contest, since it's not at all atypical of what you're likely to find on craigslist for $1500 or so. It...

Well, I've finally begun embarking on the motor project I've had sitting on the back burner for over a year now. And I have a question about stock 318 pistons. I have a low mile 318 from a 1970 D200, And I plan to build a modest, budget-conscious twin turbo powerplant in the 550hp range. I'm...

Well alrighty, It's been a while since I posted about any work on the dartness, and I've been finagling with this and that, fighting with carburetors, putting in new shocks. But the one thing this car's needed since I got it, has been stiffer springs. It loves to bottom out over everything...

Alrighty, I have a friend who's dad used to race 1/8 and 1/4 mile, and when he died, my friend inherited a few of his old cars. Over the years I've gotten to poke around underneath a few of them, and I noticed that a couple have what seems like an ingenious and simple rear suspension setup...

Well, I have a rather odd question today. I was talking with a classmate of mine, who is restoring an old honda bike. There were a few parts which he needed to replace, but nobody makes them. He contacted his local dealership on the advice of some of his friends, and he was able to procure a...

Hi all, I have a Factory High stall torque converter that came with the transmission I put into the dartness. I may be building it, or something a little more 63'ish ;) with a hot 318. The issue though, is that it came off a 360, so it has the external balance counterweights. I wondered...

Well, I've read over and over that for a performance application, the 7 1/4" rearends that come underneath our a-bodies leave much to be desired. I've also read that the 8 1/4" rear is better, but still far from ideal. My first question is this: When you push a 7 1/4" or 8 1/4" rear, how does...

One thing about my dart which I don't terribly like, is the front end. I'm sorry, but all of detroit got hit with the business end of the ugly stick in the 70's. I have recently found a local junkyard though, with a whole bunch of older darts and valiants, any number of which have serviceable...

I was doing some looking for some ideas on what to do with a set of 360 smog heads I picked up at the junkyard, and since my car's a 318, and using them would kill my compression without a piston swap, I was considering doing a ton of port work to them, and brazing the combustion chambers up...

There are these boxes under the hood of my '75 dart, one sits on the passenger fender, next to the voltage regulator, the other sits on the passenger side firewall near the heater box. They are both attached with 3-wire pigtails, white, dark blue, and light blue wires. the part numbers on them...

Alrighty. I require information before I commit to this. I'm saving money and specing parts for a 318 build. I'll be running it against my buddy, a long-time chevy-builder, running 355's and 327's and we'll be primarily running in the 1/8th. I will however, be driving this thing very...

Simple question, do they interchange? Lockup for lockup. It's apparently rather close to impossible to find stall converters for the 518 under $400, but Mopar sells just the one I need for the 727 for a reasonable sum of $230. If the 518's really just a 727 with an overdrive gear, I wouldn't...

Hi all, I just thought I'd post a few pictures of my car and the work I've done to it. When I got it it looked more or less like it does now, but it was (barely) running on 5 cylinders. So I took it down, rebuilt it (In a parking lot, without an engine stand, on the ground.) And put it in with...

Alright. I've got a '75 dart swinger, currently motivated by the venerable 225 slant six. I however have a hankering for a little more speed. The Obvious solution for me would be to Swap the six for a smallblock. As for picking which engine I want, I've read the Magnum engines have the...

Hi-o I'm the derranged gadgeteer, and I like mopar. To introduce myself I'm going to tell y'all a story. (If you're not interested, all you need to know, is I have had many cars that break very often, as often my fault as anyone else's. skip ahead to "My Current Car".) I've owned a couple...