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el5dart

el5dart

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i took my first drive on the highway last night and drove about 1 mile to a car show tonight. just needs more money and a little tinkering to finish it up.

anyways it went from this to this so far.

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the car was stripped to bare metal and totally disassembled

things i added that were not original are:

air conditioning
70' rallye dash
4 speed and a b body pistol grip shifter
74' non vent window doors and door panels
sport mirrors
69 glovebox door
spool k member
cop car wheels
silver paint
1 1/8 front sway bar
disk brakes up front
fender mounted turn signal indicators
x heads
hp 68 exhaust manifolds
tti x pipe manifold back exhaust
torker 340 intake
edelbrock 650 carb
mini starter
bullet cam

i did everything myself except install the front glass. and it turns out i am not much of a bodyman/painter. it will lokk better when i can cut and buff it though i think.
 
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Just a thought. You need to **** can that "air filter" and get a real one. It has turned your 4bbl into about a 1 1/2 bbl, and I'm not kidding. Have you done a WFO (Wide Friccckkin Open) run without it?

EDIT LOL I guess I was looking at the "before..........."
 
67Dart273 said:
Just a thought. You need to **** can that "air filter" and get a real one. It has turned your 4bbl into about a 1 1/2 bbl, and I'm not kidding. Have you done a WFO (Wide Friccckkin Open) run without it?
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yeah its a 2bbl cleaner i converted to 4bbl cuz i went broke on the budget. been looking for one though. what kind do you recommend?
 
i was going to go for a first drive this past sunday but the alternator took a dump. turns out they are hard to come by. so i took it and had new brushes put in it for 10 bucks. and i had a spare single pulley 100% rebuilt to look like new with a double pulley added in place of a single pulley for 50 bucks. i didnt know roundback two fields were so scarce. not a one to be found at any parts store near me and the ebay prices for a used one were sky high.

if anyone needs their original alternator or starter rebuilt i recommend

Dave's Armature Service on jackson ave. in memphis tn. very reasonable prices.
 
67Dart273 said:
Just a thought. You need to **** can that "air filter" and get a real one. It has turned your 4bbl into about a 1 1/2 bbl, and I'm not kidding. Have you done a WFO (Wide Friccckkin Open) run without it?

EDIT LOL I guess I was looking at the "before..........."
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i actually used the base off of the air cleaner in the before picture when i converted the 2bbl cleaner till i can find one. it still probably hurts performance i would guess.
 
Your car looks great!, I hope to have my drivable in the next 6 months. The machine shop called today and said my block, head and crankshaft are ready to pick up. I can relate to that "broke" feeling.
 
I like how you approached this. I like the stock look. What engine is it?
 
RustyRatRod said:
I like how you approached this. I like the stock look. What engine is it?
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its the stock 318 28k mile motor out of the rusty B5 blue car in the pictures. i put ported X heads, Bullet cam, crower Double roller timing chain, HV oil pump, eddy 340 torker, eddy 4bbl, hp 68 manifolds. still running points

i bought the cam and lifters for a 100 bucks from a guy that only ran it once on his 340 on a run stand. turns out its a regrind. i had to put valve lash caps on it to quieten up. it has a little bump to it but nothing radical. the cam card says @.050 217,221, @.006 272 276, 454 lift, 112 separation.

i dont know much about cam selection but i think there is a better cam for the motor. i only bought this one sight unseen/unknown because it was cheap.
 
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its the stock 318 28k mile motor out of the rusty B5 blue car in the pictures. i put ported X heads, Bullet cam, crower Double roller timing chain, HV oil pump, eddy 340 torker, eddy 4bbl, hp 68 manifolds. still running points

i bought the cam and lifters for a 100 bucks from a guy that only ran it once on his 340 on a run stand. turns out its a regrind. i had to put valve lash caps on it to quieten up. it has a little bump to it but nothing radical. the cam card says @.050 217,221, @.006 272 276, 454 lift, 112 separation.

i dont know much about cam selection but i think there is a better cam for the motor. i only bought this one sight unseen/unknown because it was cheap.
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"Somebody's" 262 grind would be good. OR is you can find one a Comp 265DEH would be fantastic.
 
Also, FWIW, there are better intake manifolds out there. I'm a firm believe in using what you have, though, so I would make the best of it until you can upgrade.
 
RustyRatRod said:
Also, FWIW, there are better intake manifolds out there. I'm a firm believe in using what you have, though, so I would make the best of it until you can upgrade.
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that intake is on there because it has bigger port size and provisions for mounting the A/C and it was cheap. but you nailed it. its what i had until i can level up one day. i saved the numbers matching block to this car in hopes of making a stroker motor out of it one day.
 
El5dart, what are your plans with the b5 blue dart? I am looking for a complete set of blue seat belts if it had them and you were looking to sell them? Just throwing it out there. I was going to message you but your inbox is full.

Thanks, Carl
 
deviledchin said:
El5dart, what are your plans with the b5 blue dart? I am looking for a complete set of blue seat belts if it had them and you were looking to sell them? Just throwing it out there. I was going to message you but your inbox is full.

Thanks, Carl
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the interior in that car is white and black, no blue.
 
What a transformation! That's nice and it shows the hard work it takes to bring one up. Looks great. There's a single handful of Mopar folks here in Tupelo, you have a gang of them in Mempho? I'd like to connect up w/some more.
I'm looking for another A-body, working on pickups now, but want another Dart, Duster, Valiant...something. el5dart, keep up the good work!
 
rdunnam said:
What a transformation! That's nice and it shows the hard work it takes to bring one up. Looks great. There's a single handful of Mopar folks here in Tupelo, you have a gang of them in Mempho? I'd like to connect up w/some more.
I'm looking for another A-body, working on pickups now, but want another Dart, Duster, Valiant...something. el5dart, keep up the good work!
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there is a mid-south mopar club here not sure what they are up to lately.
 
el5Dart,
Are you having fun with the silver dart w black hood? Looking through my previous post and catching up with some folks.
 
rdunnam said:
el5Dart,
Are you having fun with the silver dart w black hood? Looking through my previous post and catching up with some folks.
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so far i have put about 850 miles on it in the two years since i completed it, and i still have 2 or 3 very minor bugs to work out on it. but so far its been a really reliable ride. just wishing/waiting on funds to do the upgrades i would like to do. one of the fixes i need to do is finding an original fuel sending unit so my gas gauge will work. i dont like to drive it without knowing how much fuel is in it. and i really want to get the a/c going being in tupelo i know you know how brutal summertime is around here. i dont have a/c tools or know a trusted source to get the a/c converted to r134 around here.
 
el5Dart,
I've found out over the years that the best AC folks you can trust and even work with, looking over their shoulder, are ones that do it out of their home garage, they have the skill, tools, etc and do it on the side for their friends, neighbors, others. You need to start asking around your area or at some of these car clubs and shows, about someone like that. First, they will have to determine if your AC system is "sealed", most likely by asking you if you've replaced any components, how old your compressor is, new evaporator, condesnor, drier, lines, etc, seals and hoses get old and start leaking. Then they can connect up a vacuum pump and determine if it's sealed and will hold a vacuum without leak down. I'm not up on the latest but all we did on my D100 Ram is all of that, then installed the proper R134 fittings to the hi and low ports so that the R134 gauges will connect. Charged my existing R12 system up with R134, worked great for many years. I'm in the process of restoring my D100 now but plan to do the same process when it comes time to gas up the AC. Others may have some suggestions to add here. Good luck!
 
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