Swapping in 2.3 stroker, comp stage 2 cams, FRH intake, 66mm turbo, Built narrowblock 904 mopar automatic out of a D50 with v8 internals, 5000 stall, 8 3/4 rear with 3.55 suregrip, hoosier 26x9.5 dots on the stock steel wheels ( keeping the hubcaps )
Looks good latly we are seeing more and more old cars, My freinds Dad would puke if he saw this LOL hes had Darts since I can remeber. I'm gona make it a point to show him what your doing. Keep us posted on your progress.
Looks good. Are they solid mounts? Or is there a rubber/poly insert in there? Curious about trans location. Any extra info you can provide would be awesome.
The motor/trans is moved forward 4 inches (using a plate on the stock trans mount ) so i dont have the fight the tstat or cas firewall clearance, also made the motor mounts much much easier
75COLT wrote:Looks good. Are they solid mounts? Or is there a rubber/poly insert in there? Curious about trans location. Any extra info you can provide would be awesome.
I am a huge mopar fan as well. This is actually my 5th 1968 Dodge dart. Not to high jack this thread. I just have all the bits handy to throw in it. I also have a couple of big blocks as well.
I wouldn't make any mods that couldn't be reversed.
Looks great! How is the clearance on the steering column rag joint area and steering box? Looks like it will be close to the forrester intake. Power brakes? Anyways motor is looking good. Keep the pics coming
I couldn't sleep and decided to 'surf'.. Man this is what I needed! I'm on vacation this week and hope to actually get my 77 Hornet in my shop to start pulling the drive train out and start measuring. (its a rear sump though.. I've got a theory.)
So whats' the skinny on your motor specs?
AND, I just modded my motormounts in my civic 4dr and noticed a BIG difference in vibration. How does the dart feel with those fine motor mounts in yours?
What about the trans mount? Poly-custom also.
what color is the block? it looks like hemi orange....which would be a good choice on an old mopar. if it was a 2.6 instead of a 2.3 stroker you could call it a "hemi" like with the old k cars with the 2.6. a 4 cylinder pushing 500+ hp is not gonna be as bulletproof as those nearly indestructible slant 6's but with all that power and the low-end punch of a stroker crank it should make a very livable daily driver and you will probably get gas mileage comparable to the original powerplant (when you keep your foot out of it).
definitely a sleeper project i want to see finished. my parents had a 70 dart w/ manual 4 wheel drum brakes. it was on the road for years and years after they sold it. hope you upgraded the brakes and installed big sway bars so it can handle all that power. my guess is you do a lot of city driving or plan to drag race. i would have gone with a stick in such an outrageous ride, but to each his own! keep up the hard work!
capev86 wrote:
definitely a sleeper project i want to see finished. my parents had a 70 dart w/ manual 4 wheel drum brakes. it was on the road for years and years after they sold it. hope you upgraded the brakes and installed big sway bars so it can handle all that power. my guess is you do a lot of city driving or plan to drag race. i would have gone with a stick in such an outrageous ride, but to each his own! keep up the hard work!
by '75, all Abodys had big bolt pattern drum brakes, and i think almost all of them had power assist. i have heard of odd-balls that made it out of the plant with leftover drums and even small bolt pattern stuff, but it was supposed to be all worked through by then
