My Dart Swinger Project!

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Got a little more done this morning. I got my heater box back together, I didn't like the fiberboard backing on the back of it it was all chipped and cracked and basically falling apart. Well I had an extra one but it ripped while putting it on so I made my own. I used the original one as a stencil and cut it out of a piece of cardboard and painted it black turned out pretty good I think. I went ahead and painted the whole box again too. I'm gonna try to get it put back in the car tomorrow morning.

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Big update. I stopped by the machinist this morning. My machine work is done I brought home my block heads and pistons. Now it's time to get to work. I'm very excited. I will take some pictures later but I did snap this one

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missing linc said:
Now the real fun starts!
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Yep I am pumped. I think my goal to get it running by fall may actually happen this year. I still have alot of work to do tho. Engine assembly, I have to go thru the transmission still, tires, driveshaft (its gotta be shortened) I am gonna miss stopping by the machine shop every week tho I really like hanging out with them guys I have learned alot from the old man he knows his stuff. He is more on the old school way of doing things the son and grandson is more modern technological. I have learned alot from all of them tho. Today he showed me the importance of proper valve springs he took a variety of random springs and put them on his spring checker it was amazing to me how much just .030 difference in the installed height changed the spring rate. Now I understand why it's so important to check them and shim them
 
I used to have a couple of customers that were machine shops years ago when I was in the courier business, great people, learned a lot from them, especially one older guy.
 
missing linc said:
I used to have a couple of customers that were machine shops years ago when I was in the courier business, great people, learned a lot from them, especially one older guy.
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I never minded showing somebody who is willing to learn, I am still that way today.
 
glad your motor finally got paroled :thumbsup:
looks like a lot of casting flash in the valley
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dartfreak75 said:
Yea I wish I would have thought to grind some of that off before I had it cleaned
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considering i would never ever ever never put a motor together without washing it first, (and i don't care how much you trust the shop), grind that crap out of there.
you also need a brush kit

have fun :thumbsup:
 
kursplat said:
considering i would never ever ever never put a motor together without washing it first, (and i don't care how much you trust the shop), grind that crap out of there.
you also need a brush kit

have fun :thumbsup:
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So you wash them again after they have been machined?? How do you keep them from rusting?
I would be scared to death that the cylinders would rust instantly when wet lol
 
Wash everything you can touch with soapy water. Dawn dishwashing liquid works pretty good. Wash and rinse it 3 or 4 times. Then use high detergent automatic transmission fluid to wipe the cylinders down 3 or 4 more times. Blow all of the bolt holes out, and chase them with a tap. You'll be surprised how much stuff shows up on the rags when you wipe the cylinders with ATF! :eek:
 
Don't forget to lubricate the lifter holes in the deck as well as the cylinders that are all machined areas sub ceptable to rusting even the main bearing areas I would coat and some kind of good lubricant... Not WD-40 it dries up after time... I prefer like a penetrating oil that doesn't dry up...
Something like this always brings new enthusiasm to the project, and I'm happy for you...
 
JDMopar said:
Wash everything you can touch with soapy water. Dawn dishwashing liquid works pretty good. Wash and rinse it 3 or 4 times. Then use high detergent automatic transmission fluid to wipe the cylinders down 3 or 4 more times. Blow all of the bolt holes out, and chase them with a tap. You'll be surprised how much stuff shows up on the rags when you wipe the cylinders with ATF! :eek:
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Do you use a pressure washer?
 
Gearhed73 said:
Do you have all the parts for assembly? What can did you choose?
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Yea I have everything except the lifters I have to order new ones this week. I went with the summit brand lifters and after reading the cam papers I decided to go with lunati microtrol lifters. I just havent ordered them yet.
The cam I went with the lunati voodoo 10200702 it is fairly mild street cam 262/268 dur 475/495 lift
 
j par said:
Don't forget to lubricate the lifter holes in the deck as well as the cylinders that are all machined areas sub ceptable to rusting even the main bearing areas I would coat and some kind of good lubricant... Not WD-40 it dries up after time... I prefer like a penetrating oil that doesn't dry up...
Something like this always brings new enthusiasm to the project, and I'm happy for you...
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Thanks man I appreciate it. Yea I have noticed a small amount of surface rust forming in the main bearing areas already I have been wiping it down with 3in1 oil to keep it from rusting.
JDMopar said:
Wash everything you can touch with soapy water. Dawn dishwashing liquid works pretty good. Wash and rinse it 3 or 4 times. Then use high detergent automatic transmission fluid to wipe the cylinders down 3 or 4 more times. Blow all of the bolt holes out, and chase them with a tap. You'll be surprised how much stuff shows up on the rags when you wipe the cylinders with ATF! :eek:
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I think I may take it and my heads to the car wash and spray it off a couple times with that's scrubbing it down with some dawn and rinse it a couple times the car wash. Thanks for the tips you guys i would have never thought to so that. I thought they cleaned it at the machinist it's good enough lol
 
dartfreak75 said:
I will have to take it to the car wash my pressure washer tore up back in the spring.
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the brushes and the soap are the main things. i wouldn't worry about dragging it to the car wash, just scrub the crap out of it. and don't use the green scrubby pads, they leave pieces all over the place. try and do it at the hottest part of the day, blow everything out with air if you have it available. a heat gun is good too. anything to get it dried and soaked in oil when you're done
 
dartfreak75 said:
Do you use a pressure washer?
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You don't have to use a pressure washer, but a bristle brush with plastic bristles will help dislodge stuff you might not even see. Get you some of those brushes @kursplat linked to clean your oil galleys out. If you're gonna grind that casting flash out, do that before you wash it. Use those Summit brushes in the oil holes thru your crank journals also, to get the metal shavings out of those holes. I'd say the machine shop dipped the block and shot blasted it first to get it clean, then did the machine work. The fluid they use while boring/grinding will carry the iron dust into places to hide it until the oil pump blows it out when the new motor fires up. Hope all this makes sense...lol.
 
Also clean out the holes in the crankshaft, it most likely has metal shavings in it.
 
Got some work done yesterday. I got my intake stripped and cleaned up got most of the old paint off that's not an easy job! Got the valve covers and oil pan stripped mostly, and the timing cover is done. I went ahead and primed the intake and timing cover. I have some more work to do on the valve covers, and oil pan. I also got all my valve train hardware cleaned and oiled up. That was a tittious job. And I I got my heater box put back in . It looks great couldn't be more happy with it. I cant wait to get some carpet in there. And I got my new side marker lights they look great!

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