View Full Version : Newbie with '68 440 Dodge Dart Vert
68droptop
09-09-2007, 08:32 PM
Hey guys, looks like a great site. Room for more Mopar guys here?
John
Ralph LoGrasso
09-09-2007, 08:55 PM
Welcome to the site, John. Nice Dart!
fast Ed
09-10-2007, 10:18 AM
Welcome, very nice A-body. I almost chose the same Konig wheels for my Cougar. :)
cheers
Ed N.
twosaturns
09-10-2007, 10:29 AM
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
09-10-2007, 11:54 AM
Oh now that's just sweet! Cool car! Welcome to the site.
Dan
68droptop
09-10-2007, 05:44 PM
Engine Pics - as requested
68droptop
09-10-2007, 05:52 PM
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
09-10-2007, 05:52 PM
awww, man, an aluminum headed 440 dart? sign me UP!
of course, we now want to see a 6 pak on there, right?
68droptop
09-10-2007, 05:59 PM
Here's some other pics before I lowered the rear end. It has Ford SVT discs.
68droptop
09-10-2007, 06:40 PM
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
09-11-2007, 04:07 AM
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
09-11-2007, 04:38 AM
Welcome to the site.
Good to have some more Mopars here.
Scatpack
09-11-2007, 07:43 AM
Killer boots man. 440 in a Dart? Sounds like a good time.
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