Atombombbaby
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Hello all!
Since I joined I have not introduced myself or my project! My name is Adam, I'm 26 and I live in the Puget Sound area of Washington. My project is one Canadian built, Dark Gold 1972 Dodge Dart Swinger, originally a 225 Slant Six/3 on the Tree A/C car. Now, since last year I began building the car to my liking. First thing I did was I did a v8 emgine swap. I pulled a 1985 Plymouth Cop Car 318 v8 and A999 automatic tranny and cleaned those up. I had the torque converter rebuilt and installed a shift kit in the valve body. Next, I changed out the manual steering box for a Slant six powersteering unit. To put the engine in the car I kept the Slant6 k-member and used a Trans-Dapt motor mount kit for 340-360 blocks. I had to narrow the left side mount to work with the 318 ears. Other than that modification the engine and transmission bolted perfectly into the car with no other modifications. I used the original transmission crossmember that was in the dart and it lined up. The driveline did NOT need to be shortened either. Next, I installed a 1967 Dodge Dart steering column and 1967 Barracuda Dash in the car as well. I made my own adaptor harness to work with the 67 dash and column. For the shifter I bought freshened 67 shift linkage and it bolted right in. For exhaust manifolds I'm using 1974 Plymouth Scamp manifolds. For Ignition Im using a ready run distributor woth a 65k volt coil. For intake, an edelbrock performer intake with an edelbrock 1403 carb. Kickdown linkage is a lokar cable. In addition to everything else, I was able to find old mopar parts to dress the engine, with old anodized mopar valve covers, blue silicone mopar hoses, and mopar performance sparkplug wires by Taylor. I also have an 8.25 a-body rearend with sure grip that will go under the car with 15x7s in the rear and Ill leave the 14s up front. The radiator is a B-Body aluminum radiator. I still have lots of work a head of me but I wanted to share my progress with FABO and try to help the best I can with swaps!
Since I joined I have not introduced myself or my project! My name is Adam, I'm 26 and I live in the Puget Sound area of Washington. My project is one Canadian built, Dark Gold 1972 Dodge Dart Swinger, originally a 225 Slant Six/3 on the Tree A/C car. Now, since last year I began building the car to my liking. First thing I did was I did a v8 emgine swap. I pulled a 1985 Plymouth Cop Car 318 v8 and A999 automatic tranny and cleaned those up. I had the torque converter rebuilt and installed a shift kit in the valve body. Next, I changed out the manual steering box for a Slant six powersteering unit. To put the engine in the car I kept the Slant6 k-member and used a Trans-Dapt motor mount kit for 340-360 blocks. I had to narrow the left side mount to work with the 318 ears. Other than that modification the engine and transmission bolted perfectly into the car with no other modifications. I used the original transmission crossmember that was in the dart and it lined up. The driveline did NOT need to be shortened either. Next, I installed a 1967 Dodge Dart steering column and 1967 Barracuda Dash in the car as well. I made my own adaptor harness to work with the 67 dash and column. For the shifter I bought freshened 67 shift linkage and it bolted right in. For exhaust manifolds I'm using 1974 Plymouth Scamp manifolds. For Ignition Im using a ready run distributor woth a 65k volt coil. For intake, an edelbrock performer intake with an edelbrock 1403 carb. Kickdown linkage is a lokar cable. In addition to everything else, I was able to find old mopar parts to dress the engine, with old anodized mopar valve covers, blue silicone mopar hoses, and mopar performance sparkplug wires by Taylor. I also have an 8.25 a-body rearend with sure grip that will go under the car with 15x7s in the rear and Ill leave the 14s up front. The radiator is a B-Body aluminum radiator. I still have lots of work a head of me but I wanted to share my progress with FABO and try to help the best I can with swaps!
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