My dart started life with a slant 6, running and driving. But I wanted a v8. So a buddy of mine who later got killed in a motorcycle crash donated a 318 that came out of a running but smokey rat rod. Found the cylinder walls cracked. Was gonna sleeve it when a saw a Facebook add for a big block Pontiac that didn’t make sense. It was a 440 , guy had bought a house and it was in the garage. He thought it was a 455 cause the previous owner had left behind a 77 trans am hood that said 455. But the pictures I knew was a 440. Anyway, 200 bucks later I had me a 440 albeit with a spun number 5.
So the dart became a big block project fast. Then it mission creeped from there