Newbie with '68 440 Dodge Dart Vert

[68droptop]

Hey guys, looks like a great site. Room for more Mopar guys here?

John

[Ralph LoGrasso]

Welcome to the site, John. Nice Dart!

[fast Ed]

Welcome, very nice A-body. I almost chose the same Konig wheels for my Cougar. :)


cheers
Ed N.

[twosaturns]

Room for more Mopar guys here?

John
only if you show a picture of the engine!:razz:
I love those early darts, real nice.

[67SSDan]

Oh now that's just sweet! Cool car! Welcome to the site.

Dan

[68droptop]

Engine Pics - as requested

[68droptop]

Fast Ed,

I'm real happy with the Konig wheels. They had the right offset. The wheel you did go with look great, but I especially like your hood ornament... :)

I had a '92 T-Bird SC and loved it - very stable high-speed car...

[twosaturns]

awww, man, an aluminum headed 440 dart? sign me UP!
of course, we now want to see a 6 pak on there, right?

[68droptop]

Here's some other pics before I lowered the rear end. It has Ford SVT discs.

[68droptop]

twosaturns,

Thanks... No, just a Performer RPM with a 750.

I'm actually just in stage 1 on the engine. The thing is already a beast. I have the frames tied together, but with much more h/p, (turbo dream...) I'm concerned with twisting it in half (not to mention safety), so I'm thinking about a 6 point roll bar.

I don't want to screw up the looks, so I'm thinking about a custom bar, something like what they did on the Project Prodigy Camaro.
http://www.prodigycustoms.com/mikes-prodigy.asp
That's the best roll bar treatment I've seen...

I know a lot of people hate roll bars in verts, but if I was worried about what other people think, I would have done a lot of things different.

Thanks guys,
John

[twosaturns]

I'm cool w/ bars in ragtops, you have to do something to keep it straight.
I've just got a thing for 440+6, 'course a RPM on there is STILL cool. nice job!

[David Sloan]

Welcome to the site.
Good to have some more Mopars here.

[Scatpack]

Killer boots man. 440 in a Dart? Sounds like a good time.