i know, not that big of a deal to some, but i have been tripping over these parts for a year now, and they are finally on the car.
installed mopar performance header (JR header), and a factory aluminum intake and bbd carb
first let me say that i have installed alot of v-8 headers and this thing with power steering was a drop in. i didnt have dimple one pipe and it almost fell in from the top. after i gave it a love tap though with a bfh. made my own braket for the throttle cable and incorporated the always track friendly 2 return springs. kick down linkage was a bit more of a issue but not that bad--have welder and cut off wheel and anything is possible.
also, as i posted last week, my carb fits are over too. i switched to a bbd that i managed to rebuild without needing a kit---good thing, i dont know the carb number, and bolted it on and it was 90% there on factory settings. idled it, cruised it, and got on it, and it was lean all the way around so i opened up the jets to .094 with the stock metering rods and gave the idle screws another 1/4 turn out and now the plugs are getting a little color on them.
fine tuning to be done when time permits, going to the track if it doesnt rain wed night, i will post results as this is all i have done so far from last time. looking to pick up another second from the 19.15-19.20's it ran last year with the one barrel and exhaust manifold.
next on the list is to drop in the 3 speed manual trans---not good for bracket racing but i love to shift gears and so does the wife so thats what its getting. been through this before, all the four speed stuff is for my other dart thats getting a bigblock and turbo installed now too.
--chad
