Like a very performance oriented friend of mine told me, cars like my Dart are just as fun going into the turns, just not nearly as much fun coming out. Mainly though it's just that those cars are pleasing to drive just like my Dart, only moreso. For one thing, the Dart is pretty sporty looking itself, and sounding - to my jaded sensibilities almost comically so in comparison to my former cars - at least the 1.4/m6 in 100% stock trim. the Dart, I just think they are all awesome cars to drive, comfy for myself, one other person, and not too horrible for a couple of others for shorter trips if they aren't too big. I don't care so much about the attention the Camaro or Mustang or Challenger brings vs. The Dart replaced the 2012 Mustang for all the reasons you mentioned (I dearly miss it though, and want to replace with a somewhat different one when I feel finances permit.) I've loved my pony cars my whole adult life (88 5.0, 20000 Camaro SS, 2012 5.0) - including 23+ years of marriage and 17+ years of parenthood. ![]() old people are insane.Ĭlick to expand.These comments I basically agree with, but I do take exception to the part about "single people that want attention". if you tried to make a dart that looked like a dart today it would be ugly as sin, even more so than a neon. they all had recessed grills in grey or black and flush or minimal bumpers rather than big flush chrome grills that stretch from one side of the car to the other and chrome headlight bezels integral to the grill and headlight contour molded into the fenders and bumpers that stuch out 5 inches. also all the pony cars in the 60's were unibody and had minimal chrome and don't look out of place with no chrome at all. 2-door, rwd cars with no usable back seat or other practical features, a long hood and lots of power will always have a market with single people that want attention. the old chryslers were unibody and it falls within a particular class of car that still resembles cars from the 60's. The chalenger works as a modern car because it was very modern in it's construction and styling. nobody would buy a dart that resembled the original. the concept of the dart was to be an affordable compact car, today that definition stretches to cars that handle good and are great on gas. yeah lets make it rwd and put a big trans tunnel in the body to take up the interior space, give it an anemic slant 6 engine and a flat grill to make it slow, un-aero, and a gas guzzler. like people think they can make a new "Dart" like they did with the chalenger that has a strong resemblence to the introduction model. sure if the Neon had a welded aluminum subframe, cast aluminum suspension designed by alpha romeo, a bigger trunk and wasn't ugly as sin. they all think it's a NEON and lacks dart styling. the old dart lovers hate the new one in the comments. It's a lot of carburetor unless your going to build more on the wild side than the mild side.I just came across that video last night. It won't behave the same as an Edelbrock 500 for instance. It's a part that will like a lot of cam, and is a bit much for some of the mild street builds. There are quite a few threads on the forum to go through on that subject. ![]() ![]() The distributor advance curve will need to be modified to get best performance and efficiency. I'd be of a mind to run 9.5 or 10:1 with the parts you have. With the parts you have listed, 9:1 or greater compression will serve you well. 060" over pistons resulted in a deeper deck measurement. Putting Linda's engine back together with. If your going to bore it, check the deck after you complete the short block. Pull the head, CC it, check how far down the bores the pistons are. With an automatic, wild cams are going to need a high stall converter. Have you decided to build something from the Engine Build Matrix, or something from the Articles section? If so, which route do you want to go?Ī hyperpak can work well with a mild cam, or a wild one, given that your going to install the manual transmission you bought. I had the old Hooptie engine for eight years before tearing it down to find it wasn't standard bore.
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