63 darts set up for drag racing

Mine was way not that nice, but it did have a 451 B block in it, and it was built on a "side job" budget. Mounts were Street Master mounts out of Minn. I believe. Look them up online, they were about 150. Basically, the mounts were hinges with a poly lined shaft and a bolt through that. one side went solid to the frame and the other side went to the block. The trans mount was stock. 727 was used and I pounded out the trans tunnel seam and put 3/4 nuts as spacers between the K and the subframe, like the early hemi cudas did. This lowers the K which gives you more room under the tunnel for the trans. Headers were modified Pro-Parts Semi fenderwells with 2 mods. 8 cylinder was sectioned and taken in about 2 inches behind the pass wheel to tuck closer to the the frame, the 5 tube was cut and rerouted around the idler arm and torsion bar. The rest of the headers were pretty much a bolt in fenderwell style with a trim close to the driver shock tower. The idler arm hit so I clearanced the pipes with a few dents but should have rerouted those higher to clear the centerlink all together. Hi-po logs fit without drama and would be used if I did it again. Pan was typical B in an A pan with the factory dimple, maybe 169 pan? Radiator was Jeep Cherokee 3 core, ignition was Mallory Hy-Fire 5 analog Museum piece. Thing looked stock sitting in there. I had it open at a local cruise and half the guys didnt even notice the non stock motor (or didnt care?) One guy flipped so my work was done ;-)

Time saver: move the motor back in the chassis and use motor plates with a reconstructed tunnel. Thatll make generic headers fit better as later 67 longer wheelbased Valiants had the steering more forward in relation to the motor.

No longer in possession of the borrowed 451 so its back to an Edelbrock injected 403 stroked 360. Not a bad fall back motor