Magnum and Wiring Swap
I had started a long and all over the place thread that can be found here: Six years should be long enough...
There are three different cars involved in this process. The first was a 1970 Dart Swinger that was too rusty to repair, so it became a parts car to a stripped down shell. Some questionable body work had bone, and both the front and rear inner fenders had been cut and weakened the car. I decided to cut my losses and try to find a complete car that was worth having.
I found a '71 Dart Swinger in the middle of Ohio last year. I was worried that a bad paint job was hiding something, but the car looked better in person and is solid.
It had a 318 with a Weiand intake, Holley 600 vacuum secondary, and long tube headers. It idled like it had a rowdy cam, but it wouldn't rev.
Short story long, I got it running decent and drove it for a couple of months before pulling that 318 to get ready for the Magnum 318.
I was originally going to use an engine and transmission from a 1992 B-250 van, but I found a deal on a 1994 Dakota that had a Hughes dual plane intake and a Comp Cam.
I also took the complete harness from the truck so I could add cruise control, intermittent wipers, and rear wheel anti lock brakes to my car.
So the process of eliminating what isn't necessary from the Dakota's harness and tying it into the Dart's begins.
I had started a long and all over the place thread that can be found here: Six years should be long enough...
There are three different cars involved in this process. The first was a 1970 Dart Swinger that was too rusty to repair, so it became a parts car to a stripped down shell. Some questionable body work had bone, and both the front and rear inner fenders had been cut and weakened the car. I decided to cut my losses and try to find a complete car that was worth having.
I found a '71 Dart Swinger in the middle of Ohio last year. I was worried that a bad paint job was hiding something, but the car looked better in person and is solid.
It had a 318 with a Weiand intake, Holley 600 vacuum secondary, and long tube headers. It idled like it had a rowdy cam, but it wouldn't rev.
Short story long, I got it running decent and drove it for a couple of months before pulling that 318 to get ready for the Magnum 318.
I was originally going to use an engine and transmission from a 1992 B-250 van, but I found a deal on a 1994 Dakota that had a Hughes dual plane intake and a Comp Cam.
I also took the complete harness from the truck so I could add cruise control, intermittent wipers, and rear wheel anti lock brakes to my car.
So the process of eliminating what isn't necessary from the Dakota's harness and tying it into the Dart's begins.