1969 dart rebuild !
Been a while since my last post, so I'll catch everyone up to date. I took the car out for a spin and got on it after a down shift from 4th to 2nd and all of the sudden, metal screeching sound from the engine. I limp it home and park it cause my uncle is dropping off his 70' RR for a new trunk pan and drop offs to be installed. So that takes me some time to do as he doesn't want the paint on the quarters messed up....too badly.
Anyhow, I finally finish his car, and get to pulling the 383 out. Drained the oil, don't notice anything wrong with the color or metal shavings. Pull the pan, still nothing out of the ordinary, windage tray comes off and BINGO! All sorts of bearing material. It had spun the #1 and 2 rod bearings.
Now this is totally my fault as I forgot to set the record limiter on my cdi box, checked that and it's set at 9k! I'm pretty sure it didn't rev that high, but it got up there for sure.
So I pull the 400 block I have sitting in the corner, take it to the machine shop and get it back about 6 weeks later. It's now 470 cubic inches of hard hitting, snot knocking, Mopar power. Heres some pics....
Been a while since my last post, so I'll catch everyone up to date. I took the car out for a spin and got on it after a down shift from 4th to 2nd and all of the sudden, metal screeching sound from the engine. I limp it home and park it cause my uncle is dropping off his 70' RR for a new trunk pan and drop offs to be installed. So that takes me some time to do as he doesn't want the paint on the quarters messed up....too badly.
Anyhow, I finally finish his car, and get to pulling the 383 out. Drained the oil, don't notice anything wrong with the color or metal shavings. Pull the pan, still nothing out of the ordinary, windage tray comes off and BINGO! All sorts of bearing material. It had spun the #1 and 2 rod bearings.
Now this is totally my fault as I forgot to set the record limiter on my cdi box, checked that and it's set at 9k! I'm pretty sure it didn't rev that high, but it got up there for sure.
So I pull the 400 block I have sitting in the corner, take it to the machine shop and get it back about 6 weeks later. It's now 470 cubic inches of hard hitting, snot knocking, Mopar power. Heres some pics....