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Dragnut

Dragnut

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Finally after 1 1/2 years on the lift the Dart is a roller!! Love that Gerst front suspension...now on to the steering Colum and the master cylinder!!

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Clean! Whatcha putting in there for a power plant? 65'
 
looking to put a 408 mag stroker in the car... I want to put a 5 speed in but the kits are $6500.!! So I will probably end up with a 42 RH trans.
 
A 408 cid motor will rip in that whip! Great power to weight ratio. I Love the early A's. 65'
 
Dragnut said:
looking to put a 408 mag stroker in the car... I want to put a 5 speed in but the kits are $6500.!! So I will probably end up with a 42 RH trans.
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Hunt Craigslist. Search for mustangs and camaros. People parting them out is how I got my T56 for less than a grand.
 
Dragnut said:
What did you do for the bell and the rest of the parts to put it in?
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QuickTime has the bellhousings for pretty much any combo. They’re around 600-700. Custom making the cross member, local shop will make me a custom length driveshaft for 300 they said. Clutch I’m still working to figure out, may run a double disc.
 
Beautiful car. How was the fitment of the k member? Right now I am putting funds away to order a gerst for my 65 dart. Hopefully if all goes well I should have it order by July.
 
jw97neon said:
Beautiful car. How was the fitment of the k member? Right now I am putting funds away to order a gerst for my 65 dart. Hopefully if all goes well I should have it order by July.
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Not sure about the 65 ones but the one in my 74 fit perfectly. I had the old one out and the Gerst fully installed in less than 2 hours. And that wasn’t rushing or anything. Knowing Carl, he’s kind of a perfectionist and highly attentive to details. I highly doubt you’ll have much of if any at all fitment issues
 
jw97neon said:
Beautiful car. How was the fitment of the k member? Right now I am putting funds away to order a gerst for my 65 dart. Hopefully if all goes well I should have it order by July.
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The Gerst kit was well worth the money... it’s a strong quality setup... everything fit as it should. It took me longer probably than most people to install because i only get weekends to work on the car
 
I’m jealous!! Lol. Looks really good! I want that suspension bad! Look at Silver State for the trans. I was recently quoted $5414 for a complete trans swap. And I mean complete...every nut and bolt, fluids, clutch, bell housing, driveshaft, hydro throw out conversion, etc., etc.,
 
Yes... Gerst has nice stuff.. I’m happy with it..I got a quote from Silver sport for a Tremic 5 speed kit with everything to install it and it was just about $6000. I really want to go that route instead of an automatic but need to build up my piggy bank first... he’ll i don’t even have a motor yet!
 
Great looking Dart! it reminds me of the Group 44 Dart. Did the Gerst suspension make the front track width wider than stock?
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Commando66 said:
Great looking Dart! it reminds me of the Group 44 Dart. Did the Gerst suspension make the front track width wider than stock?
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depends on the model, the brake selection, your wheel/tire combo and how you have it adjusted. I got mine to be just barely wider than a stock 73 with disc brakes.
 
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