aengineguy
Well-Known Member
At long last the Dart is running. After some electrical\ignition issues, cranked on it a little. Timing a little far advanced. Adjusted and fired on next crank. My neighbor who has been helping a little heard the beast start and ran over throwing his jacket. I needed to put another 3 quarts in the trans.....holds 10 quarts. Ran the cam breakin sequence for about 25 minutes. Blue smoke for the first couple of minutes, then clean. No missing, so I pray the cam is good. Oil pressure 80 cold, then got down to 65 about 15 minutes into the run in. Got a little warm, but started spraying the radiator till the end of the run in and was fine. Everything in the drive train is new, trans, converter, drive shaft, rear end, all of front end, all brakes, etc. I backed out fo the driveway and moved a couple hundred feet down the road and back, checking brakes and trans. No issues! After the cam run, let it back down to idle and set at about 900. Oil pressure about 40 to 45 at idle. I put it back in the garage and shut it down. This thing is a beast! I about colapsed from my elation. I sat there for a good hour, just pondering all that I have went through to get to this point. Still have much work to do, change the oil, install the inner springs, get a torque strap put on, etc., etc. But for today.......I'm happy! I will put together a full sequence of pictures and a write up along with a video, as time permits. Thanks for your responses to questions during the past years. I have uploaded a few pics for now. Specifications are below. Have a good day!!
1971 Dart Swinger
91 LA block .030 over, zero deck, line bored, Hughes Main girdle
Quite a few oil system mods
Standard Melling pump, not HV
Kevco pan and pickup with larger tube
Scat forged crank
Scat H beams
Icon forged pistons
Edelbrock Magnum Heads fully CNC ported by Hughes, 2.08" intakes, milled back to 58cc chambers. Around 300 cfm @ .600 lift
about 10.65 comp
1.6 good rockers
ARP head and main studs
Hughes Solid Flat I .610, E .614, I 252, E 256 both @ .050, 106 LSA
Solid lifters with EDM holes
port matched Air gap with 750 HP holley, possibly an M1 single later, 950 Holley maybe later
TTI 1 7/8 Headers
TTI 3" exhaust to the bumper
SFI Damper and Flex
Mallory #42 dist. with Hyfire 6 box and rev. limiter
Edelbrock 160 GPH pump pulling thru (2) Fram filters
-8 lines to regulator and -6's to carb
Jaz Cell and battery in the trunk
John Cope built HD904 with manual\reverse
Custom 3600 rpm converter
1350 joints
Moser 8 3/4 nodular center section with Richmond 4.10's and Moser Alloy axles
Wilwood Discs up front
Billet Spec. Wheels
1971 Dart Swinger
91 LA block .030 over, zero deck, line bored, Hughes Main girdle
Quite a few oil system mods
Standard Melling pump, not HV
Kevco pan and pickup with larger tube
Scat forged crank
Scat H beams
Icon forged pistons
Edelbrock Magnum Heads fully CNC ported by Hughes, 2.08" intakes, milled back to 58cc chambers. Around 300 cfm @ .600 lift
about 10.65 comp
1.6 good rockers
ARP head and main studs
Hughes Solid Flat I .610, E .614, I 252, E 256 both @ .050, 106 LSA
Solid lifters with EDM holes
port matched Air gap with 750 HP holley, possibly an M1 single later, 950 Holley maybe later
TTI 1 7/8 Headers
TTI 3" exhaust to the bumper
SFI Damper and Flex
Mallory #42 dist. with Hyfire 6 box and rev. limiter
Edelbrock 160 GPH pump pulling thru (2) Fram filters
-8 lines to regulator and -6's to carb
Jaz Cell and battery in the trunk
John Cope built HD904 with manual\reverse
Custom 3600 rpm converter
1350 joints
Moser 8 3/4 nodular center section with Richmond 4.10's and Moser Alloy axles
Wilwood Discs up front
Billet Spec. Wheels
