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    Dodge Dart Swinger: does 1973 rear bumper/lights fit on 1974?

    I honestly can't tell by pictures and can't find existing threads about that. Just curious because I like the 1973 style better. Existing = 1974 318 2 door. Thanks.
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    Just in - brand new 61-page free PST catalog

    Espo had heavy duty '74 Dart springs for $250 a couple weeks ago, if that helps. But I am ordering some KYB shocks from PST today.
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    What are some of you favorite bands?

    I mess with programs like Acid for sampling and mixing, though I've played drums myself since the 80s. It's kind of similar to, yeah, I'd like to have the skills to design and build the ultimate muscle car from scratch. But for now I just make do with cars and parts others have designed and...
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    What are some of you favorite bands?

    Some 90s like Butthole Surfers, NiN, Nirvana, some classic rock like Hendrix, Joplin, Airplane, some blues like BB King and Coltrane, some oddballs like Johnny Cash, but mostly punk: Sex Pistols, Ramones, Black Flag, Buzzcocks, Clash, Iggy Pop, Social Distortion...
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    best songs ever made?

    Anarchy in the UK, Sex Pistols Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong, various covers Hurt, NiN, Johnny Cash version Ooh Child, Five Stairsteps Kansas City, various covers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO9dbmJ_2zU
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    Using SeaFoam

    You still want to do oil and vacuum intake too, but now I've seen the seafoam site seems to say if you use it in oil the first time, it should be as a pre-service cleaner and drive it 30-100 miles, then change the oil since it's going to be dirtier after this initial use. Then after that it's...
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    aggressive stance

    I see. If you tow a lot, are you still using air shocks to hold car weight pulled down by a trailer, and is it better to just keep a higher ride with leaf springs? Sorry if I'm being anal, just paranoid of messing things up if the occasion arises since I'm also a newb at all this.
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    aggressive stance

    I read elsewhere online they sent some springs that sagged right away, but most replies to that were espo was good to work with and they would just replace them with no hassle. Don't have experience with them myself though.
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    aggressive stance

    Yeah that's what I hear. But if you shouldn't use air shocks to lift, I'm not sure I'd use them at all in favor of regular shocks, I don't know of any other advantages they have.
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    aggressive stance

    I was going to have air shocks do the job since it's easier and cheaper until I kept reading about mounts breaking and expensive damage so it scared me off. Maybe they had rusty mounts or something and didn't check first, dunno.
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    Using SeaFoam

    From what I understand it removes the junk which is then burned off through the exhaust system as evidenced by the white smoke, so I don't know if it matters to change the oil. I never read that you can just pour it in without running to circulate until you get some smoke, and carbon sits there...
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    Using SeaFoam

    Yesterday I put a whole can into the brake booster vacuum. I didn't let it stall, I let it suck down slowly. Let it set 20 minutes, throttled up to about 4000 until the white smoke came. When it cleared I eased off, more white smoke. Same thing all the way down until there was no more smoke...
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    aggressive stance

    Most things I read say leaf springs are supposed to support the car weight, while using air shocks to go beyond what the springs can lift eventually bust the shock mounts. Sounds risky... 1968FormulaS340 and pntastar69 pretty much saying the route I'm taking, plus dartley in saying don't go...
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    aggressive stance

    As for me (and maybe hamsterhats, don't know), I was thinking of just a few inches, my rear fender trim comes just below the raised white letters, I like the look of front and rear about an inch above letters with a little tire still behind the fender. Not really "stinkbuggy" but just so it...
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    aggressive stance

    I wanted to do the same since my '74 Swinger kind of looked like grandma's car when I bought it last year. On my front, you can lower counter- or raise clockwise with the torsion adjusting bolt. Basically you can bounce the front hard a few times to settle it, measure both sides, raise or...
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    Raise Swinger rear 2"

    Threads here like THIS make Mopar XHDs sound like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get. So not really for me... Espo + shipping is coming out to around $300 anyway so I guess I'll just let the mechanic do it and save all the hassle, he's got the easy lift and labor, and...
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    Raise Swinger rear 2"

    I don't know. About all I know for sure is that air shocks are a bad idea, other than that I'm a newb here on rear suspension and looking for something under $2-300 that'll raise the rear few inches, maybe someone who's done it that has a specific part number or something would be great.
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    Raise Swinger rear 2"

    They didn't have ones described as heavy duty for the Dart, but you say maybe just replace existing with something like this? Extra high lift rear springs Is there an easy way to lower them if it is too high? I'm really new at a lot of this DIY stuff so I want to make sure I get exactly the...
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    Raise Swinger rear 2"

    I can have my tire shop add leaf springs for $300, or try it myself at maybe a little less cost but I'm not sure exactly what product I would need to do it, would one of these helpers from JC Whitney work? Thanks. Hellwig Helper
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    Tire suggestions for '74 Dart Swinger

    Oops I meant 215/70/14s all the way around, had 195/75/14s when I got it. Maybe later I'll try larger on the back.
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    Starting Issues 1971 Dodge Dart Swinger 318

    Take the battery to autozone or something and have it checked for free, battery sounds dead.
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    '74 Dart Swinger 318 5.2 L firing order

    Been this order since I bought it last year and starts ok but looking around at different opinions online made me second guess mainly because there are no numbers stamped on the distributor. So I'm looking for some feedback, pic attached. Thanks.
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    Tire suggestions for '74 Dart Swinger

    Just an update, finally got some Indy 500s 215/75/14 RWL all around, next day from tirerack $74.00 then a local place put them on yesterday for $12.50 each. I'll post some pics later... I got one with some of the letters not completely painted white after the blue was removed, it wasn't scuff...
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    Lost my best friend

    Condolences. Last month I was visiting my friend out of town and went to wake him up to say goodbye as I was leaving. He didn't budge and was snoring really loud, I figured he was just tired. They called me a few hours later to say he was dead from an overdose, he had been depressed about a...
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    Nor Cal Wake up

    John, alternate between Santa Cruz and Ceres/Modesto areas. '74 Swinger 318.
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    American Graffiti Modesto 2009

    Here again this weekend.
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    Anyone have trouble with T/A radials?

    I see T/As on a lot of muscle cars, does anyone know why they are so popular if they are no good? I've been on the verge of replacing my whitewalls with them but I'm glad I waited. How do Firestone Firehawks compare?
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    '74 Swinger taillight center DODGE decal

    Want a new one of these in good shape, section or repro decal, either. Mine is all chipped and cracked. Can't find any yet googling or ebay. Here's a pic of the section from another member:
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    painting bumpers

    My '93 Nissan pickup sports a 2x4 back bumper, cost me about ten bucks. :)
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    Fusible link?

    No problem.
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