70 dart questions

[70dart_swing]

Hello everyone I just joined today and I have never built a mopar car before so I have a million stupid questions... first off: Can I use other A body grills for my car ? if so what would be the best ones to try and find? Its a 70 dart swinger. Thanks

 

[snowmobiler7c]

welcome aboard. Im sure others will have a better answer but i beleive 70-72 can be interchanged. But in my opinion the 70 swinger had the nicest grill available.

 

[Robj]

I painted my '70 grill in the '71 scheme with the black fins.

Before and after.

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[Robj]

And welcome! This is the best place to come with your questions and none are stupid.

 

[70dart_swing]

Thanks for the quick response guys I really do appreciate it. Okay for my next question I have a 318 engine in there that needs a complete going over. I would like to know what the stock hp is for the engine and I'd like to know how much could I get out of the 318 with a 4 barrel 600 demon carb, port and polished heads, a nice cam nothing crazy, headers and nice exhaust. My goal is to make a nice daily driver out of it that still ***** and gets. Any and all suggestions appreciated. I'd like to get it to be as good as a stock 340 or maybe a bit better. 340 had 275hp I'd love to get 350hp if I could.

 

[n.y.340 dart]

340 cam,340 heads, after market intake duel plane,headers 1in 5/8 tube.stock 318 hp around 210,230 hp.