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    8.75 Sure Grip spider gears break

    While racing my vintage road racer Dart last weekend I broke the spider gears of the Sure Grip clutch type diff carrier again. This is already second unit within one year that breaks the similar way. The rear end is 8.75, and the ratios that I've had are 3.91 and 3.55. Car has a 273 engine and...
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    Forged pistons for 273?

    Hello, I need a set of forged pistons for my vintage road racer Dart. It runs in Europe, and has FIA papaerwork, so 273 is the only allowed engine option. I just blew an engine that had Egge pistons (not beacause of the pistons though...), and now I'm making a new one. Does anyone know if...
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    Vintage road racer Dart '66

    Greetings from snowy Finland! During last few years I've been building a road racer Dart for vintage road racing. Now it's getting ready, and next summer the real action will start. So far I've mainly raced a Triumph Spitfire, so it's interesting to see how this beast will behave. The car is...
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    PV71 proportioning valve operation

    I did the first test drive of my '65 Dart vintage racer project today. Otherwise everything was fine, but the brakes were heavily rear biased. Rear wheels locked long before the fronts. The car has 4-pot Kelsey Hayes discs at front and 10" drums at rear. The master cylinder is from Mancini...
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    7.25" carrier shim kit?

    I'm replacing the ring & pinion for my '65 Barracuda 7.25 rear end, and now I'm missing a carrier bearing shim kit for adjusting it. Does anyone know a source for them? It seems that the those kits that are readily available, are for the newer diff, that has threaded adjusters. Actually, I...
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    Greetings from Finland

    Hi All, I just joined the forum, and here are some photos of the early a-bodies that I currently own. The first one is a Dart '65 that I'm preparing as a vintage road racer. It will be converterd to '66 specs and the idea is to have something in early Trans Am style. Currently I'm, racing a...
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