I have a 1967 dodge dart with a 1970 Plymouth Satalite 318 engine in it, with a ford 9 inch rear end. Do i need to upgrade on my front and rear suspension system due to the added wheight of the hemi? aside from upgrading the obvious like new motor mounts, better brakes ect what other changes do i need to make?And what kind of transmission would you recomend me getting?
Please get a Saab guy or woman to instruct you procedures do no longer wager. under edge of the saab has 3 or 4 drain plugs and each thing from brake fluid for the take carry of resv. to 80 5/90wt kit oil for the idealpersistent and a few early saabs used 10/40 motor oil for the transmissions. Fluids are particular for the artwork they do.
Poptarts are intended for the toaster but I find it too time consuming. No one I know eats them toasted. It's perfectly fine to eat them raw lol.
go get a new transmission pan for it and while you have the pan off put a new filter in the tranny and then refill the fluid and I bet you will be fine.
stock torsion bars might need to be replaced with beefer aftermarket torsion bars cause big blocks are heavy and hemis are big blocks. the ford rear end will be fine but might need to add traction bars to support the leaf springs then the rear end wont start jerking on possibly burnouts or peel outs which may cause some serious damage in the future. the 392 hemi came out in the 50s and 426 hemi came out in the 60s but they do sell 392 hemi crate engines today which are very pricey as well as the 426 crates. i would recommend if using a automatic transmission get a 727 torqueflite cause it was the stronger of the 2 torqueflites i believe the 318 came with a 904 torqueflite and it will not take the power of a BB if you want a manual i suggest finding a A-833 4 speed which came behind hemis. it will be a moderate swap but i wont say it will be easy or it wont be hard it depends on the steps you take. you will need motor mounts and big block radiator, but the engine will fit in the dart's engine bay just fine but will be a tight fit but if adding headers you might need to hack up the inner fenders to clear them. in 1968 dodge darts was equipped with 426 hemis and werent street legal back them but now are they were only built for drag racing. They had to cut up the inner fenders to put headers on the hemi as well as the gts version of the 440. oh you need to do some re wiring also
AH.392's were made in the '50'sDo you mean a 426? The 392's and 354's from the 50's were boat anchors and better suited to Top Fuelers in their day, why not try a stroked 440?unless you are going for the 'image' of a hemi. All parts are available thru Chrysler Performance, pick up a copy of their performance manual at ant Mopar dealer. In the late '60's, Darts came with 426's AND 383 (400) and 440's. I any casenot a bad swap, you can use factory parts.the 9 in Ford rearend will be fine.If it were mine, I would go with a H/D torqueflite (727), for a big block, and unless you like replacing your rear tires a lot, a low 3 series of gears, in the rearend. Even with headers it is a 'tight' swap, engine bay wise.a good shop (performance), should be able to do the swap in a coupla days.GOOD LUCK! ALSO!not much room for HUGE tires on the Dart, probably you can 'sneak' a set of 15 tires on 15X7 rims.it's TIGHT! The new hemis have too much computer stuff on them for me to recommend them unless you are a wiring wizCrate 426's are 'PRICY!!!!
