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still a heck of a deal though, dwayne defintatly doessome nice work from what i have seen.

not a bad little small block if i do say so myself. 2500.00 for the whole build? including labor? if so thats a hell of a deal. --chad

looks good, i redid mine too when the car was apart, i just did it black, because it was easy, but i have no fender wells either. whats the plan with the 63? you want it to look stock and run like hell? --chad

the way its measured is a big PITA, i say set where you like it (or to clear speed bumps and what not), then get it realigned. anytime you change ride hight, the alignment is going to get a bit off. i personally like the front low (well, the whole car low), but with stock control arms...

the foam i used was very soft and "squishable". i dont know what it came from because i just had it around at the time, but it is similar to the foam you can buy at the hardware store in strips to seal windows for air conditioners. als, they make those plastic carb hats that are cheap too. mr...

yop will prob have to make them. i made a set for my dartsport years ago, by cutting out the main shape in thin sheetmetal (one for each opening) and glueing foam (something that can be easily compressed and thenexpands back to shape) to the back side of the sheetmetal with regular 3M general...

oh, so the rockers were on wrong. thats an easy mistake. heck yea, way advanced timming will rattle a motor big time. i once had a similar situation and had almost 50 degress of timing in the motor--not including vacum advance. turned it back a bit and all was well. --chad

for a used motor, its not exactly horrible. its more than a 10% difference, but still not bad. but what i have a question about is, is this a bone stock motor? if not, id have to say the cam is way to big and bleeding off cylinder pressure. you really want to be in that 140-160 range if all is...

WOW!!! that looks alot better----maybe down the road i will look for a 69 nose, but that 73/4 front end has grown on my so much over the years and now i own 2----decisions, decisions --chad

you had two lifters on wrong?????? they only go in one way........ --chad

ok photochop artists, how about the 69 fron on the dartsport?

looks good. huh, the taillight panel on my wifes duster looks like that too---i wonder why that happens to them, seems like a weird spot for rust to form. --chad

good job---always good to have the hot rod running again, i know i will too---someday --chad

yep, a guy at junkyard years ago told me the hoods were the same. i just said ok to him to apease him, then when i got to work that monday, i looked up the part number for a 69 hood, and wouldnt you know it supersedes to the same part number as the 73-6 hood. i dont know how the designers...

i like the 68 valiant nose on the duster alot. id try a 67 dart nose on my 73 dartsport, but then id lose the space where my intercooler is mounted because the 73 nose sticks out farther. hmmm, just thinking here, a 73-6 dart hood is the same as a 69 cuda, what if that front was on a...

the weather isnt what i meant, you cant control that, but it will control a show. the show itself has just been going downhill---for what reasons i dont know. its alot of work to put shows on, our club does 2 of them. its hard to get new people interested in participating there own time for the...

cool pics, thanks for posting them. i just wont go to that show anymore. it is so not worth it IMO anymore. glad you had fun though --chad

i finally had a productive weekend and got this lump of iron in the car. now, the real work can begin!!! car assembly. i hope to have it running in the next few months. since this is such a big undertaking, everything needs to be done---wiring, plumbing, etc. i took it all out of the car to...

nightmare from hell----all i wanted was power brakes in the slant six car. so far, i have replaced the power booster (faulty unit), master cylinder(new aluminum style), left front caliper (broken bleeder screw), left rear wheel cylinder (broken bleeder screw), and both brake lines off the master...

got alot of tinkering and welding done today. the induction system is almost done, the valve cover mods are done and just need to be cleaned and painted, longblock is almost all assembled too. hoping to drop the motor in next week!!!! :) --chad

yes, definetaly cc the heads first. that is an important part of the equation. like you said, you probably have 8 to 1 at best. the best i ever found on a bone stock 400 was 7.9 to 1. the only choice here is a piston swap, milling the heads more could induce a number of other problems (intake...

put clutch pedal setup in my slant six car and now car wont start :scratch: must have moved something just right i guess :roll: got heads and oil pan on the big block for the turbo car, finishing, carb and intake too. should be ready to drop in real soon i hope. --chad

i wish i saw this post sooner, i wish you had gotten the mopar parts instead of fel-pro. a little more but alot better. yes, the new gasket is steel embossed. they also recommend new lower pan bolts. i recommend new intake bolts too asthe become brittle and are prone to break. also, as said too...

holly crap, i finished something. i finished 1 header for the turbo setup. got to play with my new tig welder finally too. here is the pass side header as it would be on the engine --chad

i 100% agree on using aftermarket tubs. unless you want that real sleeper look of widened tubs, i think the sheetmetal tubs would be a better choice IMO. i wish i did that when i mini-tubed mine. i have had no issues however with the stock modified tubs and 30" wheels though, its just a personal...

to do it yourself? prob looking at 2000-2500 in parts. i think thats what i came up with for mine with "nice" parts. you can go all out and spend more, or you could cheap out and spend less. it depends on what your after. they used to charge about 5k to do a whole job, but i think that has risen...

s-l-o-w-l-y making progress on all the tubing for my turbo setup. finally got all the header tubes tacked together. trying to hold off a bit on them as i recently picked up a tig welder and want to get some practice in on that so i can finish the plumbing and headers --chad