5.7L Hemi engine
In 2011 I found a 5.7L Hemi for sale. Thinking this would be a nice engine-upgrade for the ’73 Dart to replace the 318ci. Upon first inspection the engine was missing some parts, as was [more … ]
Engine builds
360ci Compression pressure test
Did a compression test today on the 360. The engine was stone cold, removed the plugs and checked all the cylinders one by one. I did a second test with the carb wired fully open [more … ]
Videoclip: 360ci engine on teststand
Below is a combined video of a number of clips I made during running the 360-engine on the teststand. As with almost all mobile devices, the sound quality is shabby. So just try to imagine [more … ]
360ci engine camshaft break-in
This weekend plans were made to break-in the 360ci engine. The pistons and rings had already been run before in this engine, so it was mainly the camshaft, lifters and new valvetrain parts that needed [more … ]
360ci Small Block Mopar enginebuild
Click here to show all the updates and more indept tech-info about this engine This will be a street-only 360ci engine build for low rpm torque / high efficiency. The engine will replace the 318ci [more … ]
360ci Engine Teststand progress
Made some progress on the engine stand I’m building to break-in the 360ci engine. A removable battery-tray has been added and a simple ‘click-on’ cooling fan. Currently there’s only some wiring left to do, along [more … ]
360 engine and engine-teststand
The 360 engine I’m building for the Dodge Dart, along with the engine-teststand to break-in the engine, are coming along nicely.
Dodge Dart Engine teaser
Just a short little fun videoteaser I slapped together about my ’73 Dodge Dart and its upcoming 360ci engine-swap.
Crank trigger sensor testing
For testing the crank sensor on my 360ci engine build, I mounted the pulley-assembly on the lathe and spin-tested it, while checking its signal through the MegaSquirt ECU and a laptop; Here’s a little videoclip [more … ]
360 engine update
Got a few things done on the 360 engine build; – Modified and mounted a windage tray from a later model smallblock. – Fabbed a baffle inside the new oilpan to prevent oil-slosh on hard [more … ]
Building a fresh 360ci engine
The 16 new valves have been backcut to remove their ‘ski-jump’-ridge, which hinders flow, and all were polished to a shine. Now the heads were mostly done, I could focus my attention on prepping the [more … ]
Building a fresh 360ci engine for efficiency & power
Last year I bought a smallblock Mopar 360ci engineblock and started working on rebuilding it for my daily ’73 Dart, in favor of the current 318. The plan is to build an efficient running engine [more … ]
Mopar 360ci engine
What has the world come to…?! A smallblock on BigBlockMopar.com?! Am I getting soft in the head? Well, as I recently had decided the 5.7L Hemi engine-project was too big of a project to technically [more … ]
6.1L Hemi
For ‘some reason’… a 6.1L Hemi has found its way into my stash. Come on, who else could pass up on an engine that delivers 425 horsepower in stock form…? 😉 Some assembly required ofcourse.
5.7 Hemi oilpan modifications
The 5.7 Hemi’s original steel (truck) oilpan had to be modified in order to fit between the Dart’s K-member and steering-centerlink. I decided to cut up a bigblock Mopar oilpan and use the pan-rail of [more … ]