Dakota manifolds for A body

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dartfreak75 said:
They will work don't let ppl tell you they won't. Everyone told me they wouldn't and im hard-headed and didn't listen and they worked fine for my application. Now in certain situations im sure it may be a different story but for me they fit fine
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Do you have power steering?
 
Dartfreak75 How well does the left one clear the steering link as well? Any rerouting of the PS lines. Pix please.
 
273 according to the hot rod article it looks like a set of hogged out and port matched 318 A body exhaust manifolds would work just fine. The HP and torque on stocker 318 manifolds for the same given RPM isnt much less than the 340 HPs. Headers honestly for the most part suck for street applications IMHO.
 
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moparmat2000 said:
Dartfreak75 How well does the left one clear the steering link as well? Any rerouting of the PS lines. Pix please.
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No power steering manual steering. Plenty of room. Here are some pics I can take more tomorrow.
 
440randy said:
Do you have power steering?
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No manual steering.

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What steering coupler are you using?
 
Slantsix64 said:
Got any picture? I got manual steering but a 4 speed I. My 64
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I have auto floor shift so not sure the tall pipe will clear your clutch linkage. You see some rubbing on the streering rod, because I put a spacer on the passenger side motor mount for clearance of my Kevko oil pan, now I have to do the same on the driver’s side and it should clear.
 
YY1 said:
What steering coupler are you using?
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YY1 I used one the correct spline for the box on one end, and then I knocked the pin out of rod and ran a bolt though the round coupler end. I also add some set screws in the round end to take any slop. I don't remember what the spine count was but if do some research you can figure that out:thumbsup:
 
Valkman said:
YY1 I used one the correct spline for the box on one end, and then I knocked the pin out of rod and ran a bolt though the round coupler end. I also add some set screws in the round end to take any slop. I don't remember what the spine count was but if do some research you can figure that out:thumbsup:
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I have a set of 318 A body maniflolds .looks like the ports are same size as ports on my 360 heads.the center ports on the 360 are 1/8 wider,so I think I will take my die grinder and port my manifolds a little.also looks like 2" outside diameter to the exsaust pipe.Any thoughts?
 
moparmat2000 said:
273 according to the hot rod article it looks like a set of hogged out and port matched 318 A body exhaust manifolds would work just fine. The HP and torque on stocker 318 manifolds for the same given RPM isnt much less than the 340 HPs. Headers honestly for the most part suck for street applications IMHO.
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Yes my A body 318 manifolds are very close port size to my 360 heads and have a 2" outside to the exsaust pipe.This is only going to be a street cruiser,but still want a little snap from time to time.
 
Enjoying this thread, wish my 66 Valiant could use these, yep, I have standard steering
 
Early abodes are clearly tighter. You can see a big difference between mine (1975) and Valkman (1964)
 
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