67 Dart 440 swap

[dmanabq]

Here is my 440 swap. I am posting to discuss problems I faced and solutions had. Oh and to show up a little I guess. The engine is a 76 motor home model rebuilt. 2355 pistons with a 6401 summit cam. TTI headers and a rebuilt 727. Check her out and hit me up if I can help with you project.

 

[dmanabq]

Last two pics

 

[Plymouth 65]

How does it run, do you like that cam? 65

 

[dmanabq]

No maiden voyage yet. Tranny cooler lines tomorrow then I will try.

 

[JDMopar]

Looks good. It's a post car too! I'm predicting the back tires may suffer....lol.

 

[MV8]

Nice!

Torque boxes?
USCT1M1503-Torque Boxes Set of four (4) for 1967 - 1975 Mopa

 

[dmanabq]

Nope I had to rebuild the unibody due to rust. It got reinforced then

 

[j_anderson]

where did you get that seat cover?

 

[dmanabq]

OG oreillies auto parts

 

[496 polara]

Should be a lot of fun! 1 3/4 headers ? What rear gears? It shouldn't need much converter unless you want to smoke em longer.

 

[dmanabq]

2” primaries on headers. It has a limited slip with 373 gears.

 

[dmanabq]

Oh and a sharp eye will notice that’s not a mopar rear end. 8 3/4 axles are gold in Louisiana. So it has 4 wheel disc brakes courtesy of the narrowed rear axle.

 

[JDMopar]

I couldn't squint far enough to see if it was an 8.8 or a Dana....lol.

 

[dmanabq]

8.8 good call. 01 explorer to be exact

 

[RustyRatRod]

I like it a lot! You're gonna love that cam!

 

[dmanabq]

My first big mopar. It should be burning rubber this time next week. Thank you

 

[grjammer]

You should do my AC blower mod for yours.
AC blower mod for RB installation
Works well at very minimal cost. You will have to remove your heater boxes to do it though.

 

[mygasser]

that's great, i do like a post car

 

[496 polara]

2” primaries on headers. It has a limited slip with 373 gears.

I have 2" headers on my Duster.I put them on with the very mild 440 and it promptly slowed down.I was upgrading in anticipation of the 505 that is now in there. Hindsight had I kept the mild 440 I would have been better off keeping the tri y headers or going with the 1 3/4 tti for that setup.

You do have a little more gear than I do. Where I noticed the drop off the most was at anything less than full throttle it was lazier and it lost low end and midrange compared to the smaller headers.

Love your project and hope you enjoy it.

 

["Dart67"]

You should do my AC blower mod for yours.
AC blower mod for RB installation
Works well at very minimal cost. You will have to remove your heater boxes to do it though.

I did that mod and made the "how To" post back in January of 2007....

https://www.bigblockdart.com/threads/how-to-for-heaterbox-motor-modification.2092/?post_id=16705&nested_view=1&sortby=oldest#post-16705

 

[mopowers]

I did that mod and made the "how To" post back in January of 2007....

http://[URL]https://www.bigblockdar...=16705&nested_view=1&sortby=oldest#post-16705

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That was a great write up. Also, man do I miss that site. I wonder what ever happened to some of the guys over there.

 

[dmanabq]

Breaking in the cam tonight. She needs a lot more tuning but it’s alive. Car has been down since 1983. So close to road ready.

 

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[FlamesAreWicked]

Oh and a sharp eye will notice that’s not a mopar rear end. 8 3/4 axles are gold in Louisiana. So it has 4 wheel disc brakes courtesy of the narrowed rear axle.

Indeed.. I found the empty housing and stock axles for my Dart in MS.. worth the drive though. There was an E body complete axle on fb marketplace for a while before it sold.. too wide though.