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 … ]
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Spotted Online: ’68 Dodge Dart StreetMachine
Just spotted a very nicely built and clean looking ’68 Dodge Dart streetmachine, owned by Garry Brown, who lives in Australia. Awesome looking car! Read more about this Dodge Dart on www.streetmachine.com.au
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 … ]
New Exhaustsystem – Dougs Headers, X-pipe and Borla Pro-XS mufflers
For the planned 360-engine I decided to upgrade the exhaustsystem on the Dodge Dart. Through the local partsdealer Parts-n-Stuff I ordered a set of Dougs Headers, SummitRacing X-pipe kit and a pair of Flowmaster tailpipes [more … ]
Dodge Dart Engine teaser
Just a short little fun videoteaser I slapped together about my ’73 Dodge Dart and its upcoming 360ci engine-swap.
Dodge Dart Dyno-session, revisited
3 years ago I put my car on the dyno at Ludwig Performance to get a horsepower and torque number from the setup at that time. (Stock 2-bbl carb and intake, convertor and 300A mixer). [more … ]
Dodge Dart Rustrepair
The time has come to face the serious situation at hand and something I had posponed for a long time already… Rust, rust and some more rusted metal! I knew the rust had to fixed [more … ]
QA1 Adjustable Rear Shocks
The Dart got treated to a pair of adjustable shocks from QA1. I found these shocks on a German Moparforum for a more than fair price and couldn’t pass up on them. The QA1’s replaced [more … ]
Replacement torsion bars from Just-Suspension
After the recent torsionbar failure, my local Mopar-speedshop; “Six-Pack Speedshop” contacted the supplier of the torsion bars, Just-Suspension. Just-Suspension decided the failure of the torsion bar was a metallurgy failure and decided to ship out [more … ]
Broken torsionbar
Today’s commute to work started off with a loud bang. The driversside torsionbar had snapped near the front. Driving around with a snapped torsionbar makes one value a proper working suspension a bit more 🙂
Hotchkis Adjustable shocks
After the successful rear Bilstein shock upgrade on the ’73 Dart, I decided I had to upgrade the KYB shocks on the front as well. Decided to purchase a pair of adjustable front shocks from [more … ]
’73 Dart Rustrepair
The rust-issues on the daily Dart are becoming slighly ‘worrying’. Reason for me to start of repairs in the form of a simple patchpanel, formed from a flat piece of sheetmetal. Ofcourse I should have [more … ]
Bilstein RCD shocks for the Dart
Today I installed a pair of Bilstein RCD shocks on the rear of my Dart. Partnumber: 55-R092. The previous shocks were a pair of Monroe Sensatrac Loadleveler shocks. The ride quality after installing the Bilstein [more … ]