Slant 6 Turbo 68Dart Project

Bill, always insightful.

I'm just glad there are people like you who have done this so that I can steal - er... learn about setups.

I am mainly focusing on driving. I guess that's what's a little different about my car vs. every other boosted slant 6 I seem to see. This car is intended to be enjoyed everyday - and while I would like to take it to the track sometimes, I intend to drive it a lot.

I bought my Dart with 78k miles, and yesterday I hit 99k in less than 2 years. I can not wait for that odometer to roll for the first time. I drive all through town getting thumbs up and not having ever come up with a better "thank you" I simply wave or give a thumbs up back. People are always very interested in my car, till I meet a dodge guy. "I had a Dart, it was a 2 door though... had a 7,000 cubic inch hemispherical motor though, it was fast as ****; what you got in this?"

"just a slant 6"

Depending on the person, that is either a conversation ender, or better. Some old lady stopped next to me at a stoplight and yelled "does that have the slant in it?" yup "****ing sweet!" So it's always fun regardless.

Nevertheless people are always surprised when I say it's my daily driver, or that I drive it everyday. I figure my parents used something like this to go to work, so I can too.

I just want to have more fun, and up the power a little. I want to be able to pass a prius on the freeway without flooring it, and go up a hill. I want to be able to eventually take it to a race for fun, but ultimately this build is focused on - how to make it consistent.

So that's why I ask what other parts I am missing, because I don't want to assume I am correct, drop the new distributor in, put the wires on the coil, and go - because that may be the worst thing to do (if it were). I am very used to modifying cars by purchasing a "kit" so to speak and installing it with dedicated instructions and then having an expected result. So this whole turbocharging without bolt-ons (or turbocharging at all)is new water for me. I also just wanted to have a turbo car sometime in my life, and this is definitly the car to have it.

The distributor i have is the electronic one. Not sure from what year. It has been limited to 18 degrees total. There's a unit attached that will advance under vacuum, and then retard (I believe up to 5*) under boost. I have a 28 x 7 x 3" intercooler core running front and center, and will be using premium fuel. I'm going to start tuning the car around 5lbs of boost, stabilize, and move to 6, stabilize, 7, and possibly 8 will be my "safety limit" but we'll see how it operates and go from there. I'm sure even under 8lbs this car will move just awesome.

Whatever conditions need to be met to ensure reliability - I want to meet so to speak. If that involves getting a different ignition module or what have you - I just need to figure that out. I also don't want something that could possibly change the timing on me and advance when I don't want it to. That would be bad.