1973dartswinger
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Hey guys,
I recently bought a 1976 volare wagon for the drivetrain and plan to put it in my dart. Once I get the motor out of the wagon Im going to be cleaning it up with my cousin, whose a mechanic, changing the gaskets giving it a coat of paint etc etc. The motor that came in the car is a 360 with some work casting date 1973. tranny is a 727 automatic with a reverse valve body and b&m shifter. The specs of the motor are as followed :
I lost the specs on the cam, but the 360 heads have heavier springs
for the cam, it is +30 and 9.5:1 compression so it uses regular gas. It
runs on a Streetmaster 318 with gasket matching ports. Valves are
1.88 I and 1.60 E. TRW Pistons & Clevite bearings were used. Bottom
end is stock and should be good to 5500 RPMs, but I shift at 5000. It
has a ThermoQuad from a 400, I think. It was rebuilt by a guy in
Georgia. also a 3000 stall converter
I plan to change the mounts on the 8 1/4 from the wagon and put it in the dart also. He gave me 3.55 gears with it and is looking for the sure grip for it.
My question to you guys are what are some things I could do, on a reasonable budget to spruce up the motor a little more. I was told this motor with those gears was made for a demon to run high 12's, not sure if that's realistic but I'm sure you guys will know better and let me know! Any help is appreciated to let me know what I could do to give this motor a little more pep and if it will actually put my car into 12's.
Thanks for the help guys I'm new at the whole motor thing.
I recently bought a 1976 volare wagon for the drivetrain and plan to put it in my dart. Once I get the motor out of the wagon Im going to be cleaning it up with my cousin, whose a mechanic, changing the gaskets giving it a coat of paint etc etc. The motor that came in the car is a 360 with some work casting date 1973. tranny is a 727 automatic with a reverse valve body and b&m shifter. The specs of the motor are as followed :
I lost the specs on the cam, but the 360 heads have heavier springs
for the cam, it is +30 and 9.5:1 compression so it uses regular gas. It
runs on a Streetmaster 318 with gasket matching ports. Valves are
1.88 I and 1.60 E. TRW Pistons & Clevite bearings were used. Bottom
end is stock and should be good to 5500 RPMs, but I shift at 5000. It
has a ThermoQuad from a 400, I think. It was rebuilt by a guy in
Georgia. also a 3000 stall converter
I plan to change the mounts on the 8 1/4 from the wagon and put it in the dart also. He gave me 3.55 gears with it and is looking for the sure grip for it.
My question to you guys are what are some things I could do, on a reasonable budget to spruce up the motor a little more. I was told this motor with those gears was made for a demon to run high 12's, not sure if that's realistic but I'm sure you guys will know better and let me know! Any help is appreciated to let me know what I could do to give this motor a little more pep and if it will actually put my car into 12's.
Thanks for the help guys I'm new at the whole motor thing.