1973 Dodge Dart trunk and hood paint
Now the roof was sealed and painted, it was time to paint the rest of the horizontal panels on the car. The existing dull paint was sanded lightly and degreased thoroughly before a layer of [more … ]
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1973 Dart Painted roof
After the primer had settled and dried, the roof got painted gloss black. Because of the nice, vinyl-like structure of the primer, the finish of the roof in black was to my liking. The roof [more … ]
1973 Dodge Dart – LED lighting
Recently I decided to have a look at improving the lighting on the ’73 Dodge Dart. Starting out slowly with the turnsignal lights, I purchased some LED lightbulbs to test with. I got myself some [more … ]
Mopar 360ci engine on Propane – Throttle response
Made a small video of the Mopar 360ci engine with 11.3:1 compression ratio while playing with the throttle a bit. (As always, videos sound way better with headphones or a good speaker set.)
3-4 years of timing chain wear
Some 3-4 years ago I replaced the worn out stock timing chainset in the Dodge Dart’s 318 engine for a new set. After the timing set replacement I immediately felt an improved low rpm torque [more … ]
NGK GR4IX iridium sparkplugs
Swapped over to NGK GR4IX Iridium sparkplugs today in my daily workhorse (’73 Dodge Dart). Was using Accel 416 sparkplugs before. Sparkplug gap before and after was a little different; Before with Accel 416 plugs: [more … ]
Dodge Dart DynoDay video
I’ve put together all the videos I had made during the DynoDay and turned into a 17min. video, showing all the runs dyno-charts and performance-output of the car.
Dodge Dart DynoDay #3
This years 28th of August was ‘DynoDay’ for the ’73 Dodge Dart again. This marked the 3rd visit to the ‘Ludwig Performance’ chassisdyno. After a bunch of changes since last year’s dyno-runs I was curious [more … ]
1973 Dodge Dart – Strutrod bushing repair
Found out today there was something wrong with the front suspension. The car wandered slightly to right when braking, and highspeed braking result in a heavy vibration. Suspecting something wrong with the strutrod bushing, I [more … ]
1973 Dodge Dart – Suspension Movement Videoclip
Here’s a videoclip of my ’73 Dodge Dart showing the movements of the front suspension during a short drive around the garage. Nice view of the workings of the suspension system which consists of 1″ [more … ]
1973 Dodge Dart – Ride height / stance
Took some pics today of the Dart’s ride height and stance. The spray can is 2.5″ in diameter so the ride height is roughly 3″.
1973 Dodge Dart – Wheel Camber
Was out in the garage the other day and noticed the obvious wheel camber on the ’73 Dart at a considerable steering wheel angle. Just wanted to share the photo’s. The wheel-alignment specs of the [more … ]
MegaSquirt ECU in the Dart
During the last couple of weeks I’ve been tuning the ignition advance table on the MegaSquirt ECU. Everytime I make some changes to the spark advance map, I save it as a backup, so I [more … ]
MegaSquirt MS3x ECU install in the Dart
Last week I was able to install and hook up my MegaSquirt-3 Extra ECU in the Dart, which I had been benchtesting recently. The ignition system consists of a stock (Chrysler LeanBurn) distributor, a HEI [more … ]
MegaSquirt benchtesting on the Dart
Below is a small compilation of some videoclips with my ’73 Dart being controlled by the MegaSquirt ECU for the first time. The stock distributor (w/mechanical advance) was still installed on the engine, so the [more … ]