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Hi ! First posting here for me , glad to see the cool site you`ve created , miss you in the 'zines .
I bought my Dart from a guy in Sigourney Iowa in around 1982 less engine and trans and ran it with a W2 340 /727 for around 10 years finally getting it into the high tens. The motor dropped a valve and the house and familly thing happenned and the Dart got parked for a few years untill the dust began to settle. I pulled it out of the barn , chased the nice out of it and started into it again . This time the plan was to go with a 500" B1 motor and a Glide' . I followed the old D/C manuals fairly closely and stripped as much weight out as I could safely get away with so now the inner fenders were gone , the front end all fiber glass along with the doors and decklid . I wound up with a sponsored paint job and around the same time came apon an engine I had to have . A KB/RBRE 557 " Hemi which was just freshened up and dyno`d @ 874HP / 745FT/LBS. so with some cash + my B1 head package the Hemi was in my garage . There was no turning back at this time. A J.W. Glide and transbrake w/ Ultra bell adapter , custom 9" convertor New Strange spool , axles for the 44" Dana60 ,and custom driveshaft along with a pile more goodies from Jeg`s were ordered. Finally after about a 12 year build it`s starting to see the light of day and should be able to see the track again only hopefully a little quicker than with the 340 . I`ve got just a few more safety related details to address and she`s done.
Thanks !
Chryco ;)
I bought my Dart from a guy in Sigourney Iowa in around 1982 less engine and trans and ran it with a W2 340 /727 for around 10 years finally getting it into the high tens. The motor dropped a valve and the house and familly thing happenned and the Dart got parked for a few years untill the dust began to settle. I pulled it out of the barn , chased the nice out of it and started into it again . This time the plan was to go with a 500" B1 motor and a Glide' . I followed the old D/C manuals fairly closely and stripped as much weight out as I could safely get away with so now the inner fenders were gone , the front end all fiber glass along with the doors and decklid . I wound up with a sponsored paint job and around the same time came apon an engine I had to have . A KB/RBRE 557 " Hemi which was just freshened up and dyno`d @ 874HP / 745FT/LBS. so with some cash + my B1 head package the Hemi was in my garage . There was no turning back at this time. A J.W. Glide and transbrake w/ Ultra bell adapter , custom 9" convertor New Strange spool , axles for the 44" Dana60 ,and custom driveshaft along with a pile more goodies from Jeg`s were ordered. Finally after about a 12 year build it`s starting to see the light of day and should be able to see the track again only hopefully a little quicker than with the 340 . I`ve got just a few more safety related details to address and she`s done.
Thanks !
Chryco ;)
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