Adams 71 Dart
Had some time to play with the car this week so I finished cleaning up the motor and dropped it in place. I used Plasticoat Hemi orange.
The motor is a mild 360 built by Moper. Its a 72 360 block that was remaned by Mopar in the 90s. Dave (Moper) added aComp Cams XE 268H and a set of 302 casting 318 heads that he added 1.88-160 valves to. I believe the ports are stock 318 size.
The heads were shaved a bit to get the compression up to 10:1. I had a stock 71 Thermoquad intake cut down a bit to replace the old Torker Dave was using on it.
I also scored a 72 340, Thermoquad off of ebay a few months ago for $75. The carb looks all most new. Even the plating on the linkage was still good.
The 340 air cleaner was another great score. $100 from a member. I cleaned it up and sprayed it with 2 heavy coats of EastWood wrinkle black. My first didnt work out well. The paint didnt wrinkle and was to shiny.
The second time I set time I heated the grill up to about 150* put down to heavy coats of paint with 3 minutes in between coats and set teh parts on the grill. Covered the grill and let it go for 15 minutes. This worked much better.
Thats the original sticker on the air cleaner that I taped off.
Im kinda stuck now. I cant decide what to do exhaust wise. Headers would probably be the best bet but they just wont look right with everything else looking so stock. I really want to run a set of 68-70 Hi-Po manifolds but at $400 or so a pair I just cant afford them right now.
I also cant find were I put the proportioning valve which needs to go in before the exhaust and clutch linkage. Ofcoarse I still need the brake line set for the car.
I started putting the tranny in but I'm missing 1 pressure plate bolt. I also cant find were I put the starter.
Had some time to play with the car this week so I finished cleaning up the motor and dropped it in place. I used Plasticoat Hemi orange.
The motor is a mild 360 built by Moper. Its a 72 360 block that was remaned by Mopar in the 90s. Dave (Moper) added aComp Cams XE 268H and a set of 302 casting 318 heads that he added 1.88-160 valves to. I believe the ports are stock 318 size.
The heads were shaved a bit to get the compression up to 10:1. I had a stock 71 Thermoquad intake cut down a bit to replace the old Torker Dave was using on it.
I also scored a 72 340, Thermoquad off of ebay a few months ago for $75. The carb looks all most new. Even the plating on the linkage was still good.
The 340 air cleaner was another great score. $100 from a member. I cleaned it up and sprayed it with 2 heavy coats of EastWood wrinkle black. My first didnt work out well. The paint didnt wrinkle and was to shiny.
The second time I set time I heated the grill up to about 150* put down to heavy coats of paint with 3 minutes in between coats and set teh parts on the grill. Covered the grill and let it go for 15 minutes. This worked much better.
Thats the original sticker on the air cleaner that I taped off.
Im kinda stuck now. I cant decide what to do exhaust wise. Headers would probably be the best bet but they just wont look right with everything else looking so stock. I really want to run a set of 68-70 Hi-Po manifolds but at $400 or so a pair I just cant afford them right now.
I also cant find were I put the proportioning valve which needs to go in before the exhaust and clutch linkage. Ofcoarse I still need the brake line set for the car.
I started putting the tranny in but I'm missing 1 pressure plate bolt. I also cant find were I put the starter.
