Recent content by 74DartSwinger

Bingo. Carbide will be your best bet if it's an extremely hard steel, but make sure to use a drill press. Using a hand drill and carbide bits is a recipe for snapping a bit. Depending on how hard it is, a new cobalt bit might do the trick as cobalt tends to keep it's cutting edge longer than HSS.

Heads and compression ratio? Did they monitor the A/F ratio and actually tune the carb and adjust timing? Also, were you satisfied with Bumberas? I moved out to Katy a few years ago and have been wondering about the performance shops around here.

One other thing to throw out there is R-152A. It's supposed to have a very similar pressure/temperature curve to R-12 and is compatible with the newer PAG oil used for 134A. It's super cheap (can duster DIFLUORETHANE) and I have read lots of good things about it. Haven't tried it yet myself so I...

Awesome, thanks guys! I'll check out the links when I get home from work. My ATSG book should be here today so I can start reading.

Hello all, I posted this on Durango forum but no one has replied, I have suspicions that no one does anything over there except put exhaust and cold air intakes on their vehicles. I need some technical help, I know this isn't an A-body but some of you guys really know transmissions. And the...

MCAT, I'd be interested in reading through your build thread, do you have a link?

Please be careful with what solvent you are preparing your surface with. I know this has been discussed before but I'll leave you with this link. I'm not sure if you're still using the chlorinated version or not. http://www.brewracingframes.com/safety-alert-brake-cleaner--phosgene-gas.html

x3 Had the same problem with my 99 Durango 5.2, I would have to drive it around for a while and make sure to keep the RPM's up at a stop sign/light otherwise it would die. After 10 minutes or so it would be running fine and after each trip, it would progressively get better. It took a day or so...

I really don't want to ship it but if I can't get rid of it this month, I'll entertain shipping it to you.

I've seen the same thing around here. People asking $10,000-15,000 for an 8-10 year old 4x4 Ram, all with over 100k on the clock. It's been expensive down here for at least a few years now. I've been looking to upgrade from my 99 Durango but I'll wait for a deal....might be waiting for a while.

Front bench seat from '74 Dart Swinger. It's in decent condition, according to the previous owner, it was recovered. The passenger side fold down is missing the retainer ring (see photos) so the seat back occasionally pops off when the seat back is folded down. If you wanted to fix it, I would...

This exact thing happened on my Dart, it would start but right as it went back to the run position, it would die. Finally figured out that the keyed ignition switch went bad. Replaced it and it started and ran just fine.

^ Toluene is great for boost. Just look at what they did with the Formula One engines in the 80's. Many teams ran nearly 90% toluene on a turbocharged 1.5 liter engine and made over 1000 HP.

Look at what he writes for the trim level.... Trim: HAVE MOST OF THE CHROME

I'm guessing he's saying you will need a completely new impeller side of the torque converter. In a way, the impeller can be thought of as the "pump" of the torque converter.