*Formula S 273 Commando has entered the chat*
Not to mention D Darts. lol
I was going to H/T the D's but went with the "known entity".
The 70 340 dusters were not the first a body hot rod. 68 saw the 340 in the darts and Cuda and the Hemi was put in the a body along with 383s and 440s.
for shame! 10 lashes with a well used fan belt!
Why do people always forget the 67 Dart GTS 383 3bbl
File and clean the points, clean fuel, will fire right up.
Other ways to tell the difference from a 340 to a 273 or 318 by not reading the side of the block. Motor mount ears are different on the driver side on the 340 then the others for one. Not a exact science but pull out a plug and check the heat rating. What tells me mostly it not being a 340 or any other "RACE" motor is the exhaust manifolds are not for racing. The intake looks like a old style Edelbrock Performer 4BBL intake, which has the angle thermostat housing. I first thought it may be a 64-65 273 stock 4BBL intake, but not sure, I can't dig mine out to check the angle of the thermostat housing. The part # starts with a 24 (don't have the full part # with me now) and if it does on the car it must be a 273 because it will not fit on the other small blocks. It is a COOL car to own and play with but I think someone in the way pass added parts to a 273 or 318 because the valves covers may of came from a late 60's SB as well as the water pump from the 60's. All said and done, the OP needs to climb under the car and check the casting #'s to be sure of the motor size and then remove the valve covers to check to head casting numbers also, so he knows for sure what he is dealing with.
Well, that's a nice bedtime story, especially the 500hp Pontiac bit, but i'm sorry to tell you, it's no "race version/engine". And probably neither was that GTO.
Sounds like my freeway race with a Getow with the old mans Polara station wagon.
Well, it is, what it is. May as well be honest about it.Nice bubble burst.
And I thought I was a Dana downer!
You’d be surprised. Haven’t seen it in person but my parents kept videos of their cars on my mother’s old camera, from what I’ve seen of them the Dart lived up to its name; dainty and quick. She used to race it against their friends as well, it could keep up with the ‘big boys.’ His GTO measured between 430-490 on the dyno and it didn’t overtake the Dart by much. Him and his buddies were into drag racing and since he’s a mechanic they were constantly working on upgrades. He ended up trading the Pontiac for a mini van... can’t say he hasn’t regretted that for the past 20 years
The Dart also weighs at least 1000 pounds less. We're not disrespecting your car. It's a great start on something, but it does not have a race engine. It appears to have stock heads and even a stock intake manifold. See the engine in this post. That's a race engine.
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You know, you have very good English language skills.
