Re: Abody 6 to 440
[Re: mocuda]
#660662
04/04/10 03:56 PM
04/04/10 03:56 PM
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Spring Valley ,Ca.
moparsquid
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Spring Valley ,Ca.
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the conversion mounts are great , its all the other stuff youll need to put it in , i recomend you get all the parts before you attempt it as it will go faster that way( tranny ,exhaust linkage,driveshaft,radiator,rearend,wireing,etc.good luck.BOB 
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Re: Abody 6 to 440
[Re: mocuda]
#660666
04/13/10 12:40 PM
04/13/10 12:40 PM
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West Plains, MO
DrCharles
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West Plains, MO
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Hey guys thanx for the info. Will be a while before I attempt to convert.
It's not hard:
1) Remove slant-6.
2) Install 440
Seriously, though, I agree with the suggestion to visit bigblockdart.com (the VERY useful tech pages are temporarily down due to server change-over though).
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With esculating fuel cost, I'm going to drive the car as is until the 225 gets tired. May last longer than I will we'll see. LOL
"440" and "fuel economy" are rarely found in the same sentence, and for a good reason. You'll be lucky to get 14 mpg with a 440 A-body and that's only if you keep your foot out of it (which is the whole reason for building it in the first place)! My 383 Valiant (4-speed, 3.23 rear) never broke 15 mpg on the highway and I saw as little as 8.3 mpg on one tank just blasting around between stoplights
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Re: Abody 6 to 440
[Re: mocuda]
#660667
04/13/10 12:54 PM
04/13/10 12:54 PM
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Posts: 21,318
Manitoba, Canada
DaytonaTurbo
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Manitoba, Canada
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With esculating fuel cost, I'm going to drive the car as is until the 225 gets tired. May last longer than I will we'll see. LOL
I can basically guarantee you, the slant will outlast your patience! 
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Re: Abody 6 to 440
[Re: DaytonaTurbo]
#660668
04/13/10 05:23 PM
04/13/10 05:23 PM
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Lincoln Nebraska
RapidRobert
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Circle Track
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Lincoln Nebraska
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yes peruse the BBD site. main decision will be headers or not. I'd highly recommend a 400 (451 or 470) w 68-70 B body HP ex manifolds on your 1st build (for the manifolds, FAR LESS hassles)and these excellent flowing manifolds require a B block and pretty sure manual steering. Start scrounging an 8&3/4 A body rear or a 66?-69? B body one which would automatically give you big bolt pattern if your converting the front to BBP and the correct offset wheels and a BB pan w the indentation on the pass side for the idler arm (C body pan I believe & maybe more). A V8 throttle cable. subframe connectors and possibly a roll cage (for the stiffness improvement in addition to the safety). EDIT thicker tbars and a good radiator and cast wp housings are available w either side inlet as are aftermarket alum housings
Last edited by RapidRobert; 04/13/10 07:37 PM.
live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth
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Re: Abody 6 to 440
[Re: DaytonaTurbo]
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04/13/10 11:50 PM
04/13/10 11:50 PM
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CONNECTICUT
RoyceFlo73
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CONNECTICUT
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With esculating fuel cost, I'm going to drive the car as is until the 225 gets tired. May last longer than I will we'll see. LOL
I can basically guarantee you, the slant will outlast your patience!
 , Im pretty sure that a slant six will outlast cockroaches
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Re: Abody 6 to 440
[Re: RoyceFlo73]
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04/13/10 11:58 PM
04/13/10 11:58 PM
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Lincoln Nebraska
RapidRobert
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Lincoln Nebraska
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A comedy central comedian one night in his schtick said that after they drop the bomb that the only things left will be Dodge Darts and cockroaches, the cockroaches will be driving the dodge darts. I saw one at the state fair w no pan and it was idling and it had been prepped w the salesmans snake oil he was selling and his selling point was that his poison contained special "molecules" that were so miraculous that an eng w it could run wo oil so just think how well it would protect your eng.
live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth
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