I don't own this car,I often whore out my automotive talents and work on other peoples cars. This is a 1973 Dodge Dart Swinger owned by Ryan Tucker It has a 318 with a 904 tranny and 4.10:1 cogs in a 8 1/4 rearend.It also has front disc brakes and large bolt pattern Rally wheels. Did I mention It was a California car with very little rust? A huge change from the rusted out hulks that usually grace the driveway.
To continue the persistant carburburetor theme on this blog we spent a day swapping out the old crusty 600 cfm Holley (left) for the shiney new 570 cfm Holley street avenger
When test fitting the carb we noticed the throttle blades caught on the manifold. So a carb spacer was needed
We ended up using this old Mr. Gasket carb adapter on an even more ancient Weiand intake manifold.The throttle linkage was really hacked together by the previous owner which caused a ton of grief.
The new carb ran nicely,The stock jets were #54 which were waay lean I went up to a #64 (the smallest I had) to fatten up the fuel curve.besides the weiand intake the 318 also has an aftermarket cam with unknown specs.The headers flow into a pair of glasspacks. This little car moves pretty good for what it is. It still needs the electric choke hooked up and maybe some additional tuning, But the owner is happy with the performance so I'm happy.
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