And they fall for it!I love the posts, " I have a stock 318, what carb is best?" Reply" 650 CFM" Bull crap.....
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For a 318, yeah no. 600 TOPS for a 318. from what I've read tuning wise, the polys have a slightly higher flow rate and thus a 600 performs better on them than say a LA318. I'll be pm-ing you on that 570 though, that'd be perfect.I love the posts, " I have a stock 318, what carb is best?" Reply" 650 CFM" Bull crap.....
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LOL I would say a 600 would be simply marvelous! LOL I have a 600 on my 273 but it works well and I haven't tuned it. Who knows, leaning it out might make it run better. I think the stocker was a 550 though.I love the posts, " I have a stock 318, what carb is best?" Reply" 650 CFM" Bull crap.....
Mattax
Just the facts, ma'am
The trick with bigger throttles and venturis is two part. One is getting the idle circuit to respond to less signal. Second is having really good fuel distribution or the higher intake pressures at WOT won't do much good. Engine will be limited by the worst cylinder.
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
So, in case anyone doesn't know how expensive it is to build a car... I have done the Duster in the least expensive way possible to do what I considered a good job. I have worked up a spreadsheet over the last few days that I believe to be fairly accurate. Including the $1200 I paid for the car, I came up with about $9050. That figure does not include tax, shipping, tools, gas to go get parts, and certainly not the many hours of work building it.
sounds about right for a DIY build.
BTW. I think that color turned out great
Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
worth every penny and worth every moment....IMO
These days with as many of these cars have disappeared to crush, only the few and honored get to own what is left out there.
Yep. See you get it. My wife doesn't. take the polara for example, not a lot of 64 polara's being restored to begin with and even fewer want the 4 door. So this thing just sat for YEARs. rusting away cause no one wanted it. Now, I'm roughly 750 bucks away from having it back on the road. granted, its a roadkill type project at this point but as much as my daughter has fallen in love with this thing, I have no doubt that it'll be a full resto after the dart is done.
Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
Yup makes sense to me.
That is why I jumped on my 63 valiant wagon. Not many around because no one likes them or wants them. So i need to take care of it.
Man, @zkx14 i got lucky with some good deals, plus the car came stuffed full of extra parts, many of which i ended up selling below normal asking prices.
Right now for the dart only, I've bought about 3575 in parts (that's including shipping). I've sold 3355 in parts (not counting shipping) So I'm in the hole 220 thus far. I traded for the dart with a nonrunning 92 dodge stealth I'd had maybe 700 bucks into. so add that in, up to 920.
920 thus far. Now for the bad news. I still have 2 large components to buy that combined will cost about 4000 to get, the t56 and the trickflow heads. So to get the dart running, I'm looking at needing close to 6000. Then another grand or more in paint/paint prep materials.
Right now for the dart only, I've bought about 3575 in parts (that's including shipping). I've sold 3355 in parts (not counting shipping) So I'm in the hole 220 thus far. I traded for the dart with a nonrunning 92 dodge stealth I'd had maybe 700 bucks into. so add that in, up to 920.
920 thus far. Now for the bad news. I still have 2 large components to buy that combined will cost about 4000 to get, the t56 and the trickflow heads. So to get the dart running, I'm looking at needing close to 6000. Then another grand or more in paint/paint prep materials.
yep, my polara goal is to make it safe to drive. My daughter literally asks me everyday if we can drive "HER Racecar"Yup makes sense to me.
That is why I jumped on my 63 valiant wagon. Not many around because no one likes them or wants them. So i need to take care of it.
Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
Did it have seat belts. My 63 never had them and the state of Colorado is saying that because it was originally made without seat belts, I am not legally required to have them.
But I want them because I don't feel like dieing from going through a windshield and having the car roll over on top of me and throwing me 50 feet and then getting run over by a semi that explodes, so I am thinking of how to install them and make it look factory
yep. well fronts. I've not paid much attention to the rear seat area lol
Unconventional
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Rainy. Go with the Simpson 5 point harness 
. When you pull those shoulder belts over your shoulders and snap them in. Your opponents will know you mean business 
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have we gotten ourselves into?" Factory shmactory. 
I would think most any factory belts with the cute little covers and accessories in the proper color would look just fine. You're an accomplished welder, weld some reinforcement around the bolt holes through the floor, have at it.
. When you pull those shoulder belts over your shoulders and snap them in. Your opponents will know you mean business . " have we gotten ourselves into?" Factory shmactory. I would think most any factory belts with the cute little covers and accessories in the proper color would look just fine. You're an accomplished welder, weld some reinforcement around the bolt holes through the floor, have at it.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Seat belts were an option on that vehicle so the mounting points should be there already. You just need to get a set of belts and put them in.
Unconventional
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There ya go 
Dd got it goin on
Dd got it goin on
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
The little stuff adds up. Believe me, mine was all little stuff. I will try to figure out a way to post my spread sheet. probably in my build thread
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Could always screenshot it and post it that way
73 dart custom
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I love that I stumbled on to this forum. I don't have a clue sometimes what you all are talking about when you get into the performance stuff... but I do understand you love and care for the classics you have. If you didn't you wouldn't be spending the $$$.
73 dart custom
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welcome backI'm back!!! Big deal
Yeah it ain't cheap
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