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  1. Jason1972

    [FOR SALE] 72 Dart/Demon front end parts

    Hey! I am up in Salt Lake. I am very interested in almost everything you have... haha. I would love to grab the grill, fender extensions (FOR SURE) and possibly the hood. Any chance you have a good bumper with brackets and front valance? Looking for any parts to trade? I have a lot and could...
  2. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Working on installing Hurst 4 speed shifter. Had to cut floor panel in order to fit new shifter. Ordered an AMD 4 speed hump and will install once arrives. Rear end is almost 100% complete. Need to insert some spacers on the anti-sway bar to give adequate clearance.
  3. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Buttoning up the rear end. Installed the sway bars. Primed and pained everything. Installed Hotchkis adjustable shocks. Installed the new Milodon low profile oil pan. Dropped engine in. Installed Mcleod flywheel and Mcleod clutch.
  4. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Finished the front mounts. I cut out and welded on some sheet metal for appearance reasons. It will help structurally as well but we have plenty of strength as of now. The C channel used for the front mount is wider than the frame I have available to work with so It hangs down about 1/2 inch...
  5. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Started building the frame for the new fuel cell. It is going to be a tight squeeze between the leaf springs but will look incredible once done. The front mounts for the leaf spring relocation are getting some arms that will be bolted to the car through the floor. This will give even more...
  6. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Haha thank you! If my garage didn't have a space heater i'd just let the thing collect dust. As much as I love mopars, that concrete is cold in the winter!
  7. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    A lot to look at but if you look closely you can now see where the leaf springs are mounted on the insides of the frame rather than the outer side. Now I just need to build a support frame for the fuel cell and mount that.
  8. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Finally finished the relocation of the rear leaf springs. Very lengthy and tedious process but now I have much more wheel clearance and the frame is much stronger. I Added about two feet of 4''x2'' 1/8" thick angle iron to the frame in the very back on both the driver and passenger side. You can...
  9. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Fabricating new brackets to relocate leaf springs inwards to allow more wheel clearance. Lot more fabricating to go. Cleaned the underhood. Welded a few bolt holes closed that won't be used any longer. Painted. Ready to drop the 340 in.
  10. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Finished welding sheet metal to trunk in order to make room for fuel cell below. Patched some rusted through spots while I was at it. This won't be a show car just something that looks halfway decent but drives and handles like a dream. Removed the old 7 1/4 rear differential to make room for...
  11. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Removed the gas tank and cut out the rusty spare tire drum in the trunk. Will be adding new support, sheet metal and installing a 20 Gallon fuel cell so we can make enough room for the leaf springs to be relocated to the inner side of the frame. This will allow us to fit some fatter wheels back...
  12. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Finally Pulled the 225 CI Slant six out of the car. got to work with cleaning the engine bay and getting it ready for new paint. I will have to cut some rust out in some areas but most of it will come off with the wire wheel.
  13. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Exactly. You just watch as you pour and stop when you need to. If you over pour a little you just take a die grinder and grind it down to match the other exhaust ports.
  14. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    I have a lot of work ahead of me. About to become best friends with my ginder, wire wheel attachment on my drill, plasma torch and wire feed welder. The oil pan is painted and ready to go.
  15. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Here are some more photos of the melted down piston in the crossover port. We took a iron plate and bolted it to the side of the head that meshes with the intake manifold and then we lay it on that end and pour the molten aluminum into the exhaust port up to the chamber so that it matches the...
  16. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Pulled off the radiator support bar, fenders, etc. getting it down to ground zero so we can work our way back up. Hoped to pull the slant six out today but had no luck. Hopefully soon. New pushrods have been ordered.
  17. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    I cannot wait to see what it does either!! I may just die of anticipation! All I want in life is to be sideways in an old A body with smoke coming off the back tires... Do you have a thread for your Valiant? I'd love to see it.
  18. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    I hear ya there. There are some days where even with the windows down my shirt starts stickin to me while driving that big metal oven! I probably should get an AC put back in it at some point. Or just move somewhere cooler haha We will see.
  19. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    We may or may not keep the cork. If we do we have a few tricks to make sure they seal properly. I was debating keeping the AC but decided not to. I'd rather have the few extra horsepower and keep the windows down.
  20. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Got a lot done today. Didn't quite get the slant six and transmission out like we hoped. Also with the thicker head gaskets and shorter valve spring height, we realized our pushrods were not long enough which is what we feared. Primed the lifters and lubed them up with Zinc camshaft assembly...
  21. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Found some nice used bucket seats for $40 dollars. Pulled out the old very torn bench seat. Installed new seats with ease. Required minimal welding. Got them all cleaned up. Bought a new aluminum 3 row radiator for the new 340. Started making modifications on the mounts for the 8 3/4 rear end so...
  22. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Got the oil pan all wire wheeled and cleaned up. first coat of primer on
  23. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Took the original pan and welded 1/8'' diamond plate to it to avoid scrapes and dings in the future. Took apart the new Edelbrock mechanical fuel pump and fine tuned the surfaces where the seals are to avoid seepage over time. reworked the oil pump and oil filter adapter with a die grinder by...
  24. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Let me see what I can do. We just installed the valves so it will be hard to get a good shot but it is a good way to add 10-13 horsepower by making all cylinders run evenly.
  25. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Today I disassembled a $5 distributor that I found in a junk yard. I cleaned it up and reassembled. Chrysler's factory distributor is very dependable
  26. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Installed homemade adjustable strut rods and 1.03" torsion bars. finished painting the block. We are on the homestretch.
  27. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Got the heads back from La Roy Engines in Challis Id. Those guys are gods at porting heads. They also installed hardened seats and new brass valve guides. Installed the Ferrea Valves and got to work on painting the block "Hemi" orange.
  28. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Trying to achieve a positive caster for better stability at high speeds. Could not get what we wanted from the factory strut rods so I went out and found a rusty old pair of strut rods from an old dart in a junk yard. Cut them in half and cleaned them up. Bought some 5/8 thread tie rod sleeves...
  29. Jason1972

    1972 Dart Swinger slant six to 340 upgrade

    Started pulling off all the chrome trim on the car. Pulled the bumper off to paint it black. Great view of the new Hotchkis front sway bar. This car handles so much tighter now. Stripped the bellhousing down to bare metal and painted it Hemi orange to match the engine. I have a new garage now so...
  30. Jason1972

    [FOR SALE] Dart grill and bezels

    I sent you a PM. Let me know if this is still for sale or if you went with another buyer. Thanks
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