'69 Dart 340 getting gently preped for the Race track.

Looking good! What size are your new tires? The TTI's are the best!

Where's the torch and welder??

these tires on the rear.
it's going to be a tight fit



on these from Stockton wheels

when this was a street car I ran a 245/60/14 M&H Racemaster cheater slick.
Car went 12.0's with a small cam'ed 372 (.070 over 360)

nice! what did you start with for air pressure in the rear?
burn out is not needed from what I understand?

here is our TTI headers got them with the coating
they look great

The 255/60/15 MT fit on my 70 Dart. I'm going to trim the wheel lip a little . W/O trimming the tire has 3/8" clearance. The spring side is fine.

good to know thanks
wish the wheels would show up so I can see for myself.
got to love the way that 6 runs
my mom drove a Dart for 20 + years like yours,
Well not quite

It's hard to believe but this 8 3/4 rear axle has NEVER been apart! I had to remove the push lock washers from the axle bearing retainers before removing the axles The bearings were in desperate need of grease and the OEM U-joints are just about ready to go. I've been looking forward to working on my Dart for years, this is fun.

The 391's going in and the adjustable pinion snubber installed. This type snubber is different than the one's I've installed in the past, it screws up and down rather than using a pin.

We found the aftermarket axles are a little to long {better than to short}
Guess I will have to ship them back to Dutchman unless I can find someone local to cut them down.
has anyone ever shortened axles?
use a cut off wheel in a chop saw to cut axles?
grind the bevel and touch up the splines?
thinking out loud. is anyone listening?

I would like to avoid shipping them back if I can.

Sure hope the off set is correct for the brakes I'll check that out today.

thanks for taking a look.

Rod, I have had to shorten my 35 spline axles twice, once when I shorten the 8 3/4 and again when I put them in the Dana 60 that is in the car now. I had the Dana shortened one inch more than the old 8 3/4. I used a metal cut off wheel on a chop saw like they have at a muffler shop or a welders shop, beveled it lightly on the cut off wheel after the cutting

Some more images of parts new and old,
Finally having some time to work on the cars!
We are needing a set of +.010 pistons for this 340 real bad. CR 12.5?

Get ur done..

See you at the track

Matt

here's an update on the 69 Dart
trying like heck to get her back together before knee surgery next week.
I called in reinforcements to lend a hand this weekend.
I did a little more testing on the dyno to find the Holley mechanical fuel pump doesn't do the job.
it did make about as much HP but during the sweep lost all pressure. We will install an electric pump instead.
Thanks for taking a look.

Looks good.9 months before giving us updates is not acceptable.

Has it been that long?
seems pages are missing from this thread?
hopefully I'll post the finished project this weekend.
I painted the engine compartment before the engine went back in but the rest of the paint work will have to come next year.
the dyno test results are here
I thought I posted them?
This project is a good distraction from my up coming surgery for total knee replacement. That's going to slow me down more that usual.
Thanks for taking a look.

The '69 made a few passes down the 1/8 mile before we decided not to go any further until a new valve body and reverse pattern shifter is install. The car ran a couple 8.40's at part throttle since the transmission wasn't shifting properly.
Nothing to write home about but we aren't finished.
It was a successful day for us with the Dart, it launches hard, stops OK with the drum breaks and sounds good.
I was trying to keep the Dart as OEM as possible but to make the car more user friendly for the "big guy" we are going to also install a single seat and a good set of belts for safety.