2013 Dodge Dart

[smooth]

No 318 had Hemi heads. And a small block is a direct drop in, in a 66 Dart. Seeing that they came with 273's from the factory. unless it was a 6cyl model, then you just needed a V8 K member.

I never said it wasn't a direct drop in, I said shoe-horned because it was a tight fit.
Yanking the 6 and dropping the 8 took a lot more than a V8 K member...it took a hell of a lot of time and patience and "persuasion"
That's always been the meaning of shoe-horn to me but maybe you're using some other meaning that I've never come across.

Don't really feel like getting into an argument about polyspherical vs. hemispherical designs

http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/poly318.html

http://forums.moparmusclemagazine.com/70/831582/mopar-engines/318-poly-to-402-stroker/index.html

http://www.thehemi.com/news.php?id=20030801-1

Versions
The first version of the 318 was known as an A engine and had a polyspherical-head design that was similar to the hemispherical head design of the famous Chrysler Hemi engines. This 318 engine was built from 1957 to 1967 and redesigned in 1967 to produce the more common LA series 318 with traditional cylinder heads. The basic LA version 318 stayed relatively unchanged until 1988 when roller lifters, fuel injection and a new swirl port head design were introduced. This redesign in 1988 resulted in the basic changes to the 318 that Chrysler later in 1992 called the "5.2 Magnum" engine and was used as a performance option in trucks.

-- http://www.ehow.com/about_6308299_in...ysler-318.html

[JasonC]

Not all of us ran big blocks. I yanked the 318 (which had hemi heads, btw) from my '75 Swinger and shoe-horned it into my '66 Dart. Then we shoe-horned that into my buddy's Chrysler's trunk and took it to the track! :D

No 318 had Hemi heads. And a small block is a direct drop in, in a 66 Dart. Seeing that they came with 273's from the factory. unless it was a 6cyl model, then you just needed a V8 K member.

[smooth]

Yeah, except for the ones of which had fitted from the factory or by their owners the 383, 440, or 426 Hemi.

Not all of us ran big blocks. I yanked the 318 (which had hemi heads, btw) from my '75 Swinger and shoe-horned it into my '66 Dart. Then we shoe-horned that into my buddy's Chrysler's trunk and took it to the track! :D

[ALYKZANDYR]

Yeah, except for the ones of which had fitted from the factory or by their owners the 383, 440, or 426 Hemi.

[Charlie]

Calling it a Dart is gay as hell.

back in the day, Dart= RWD affordable muscle.

Um, no. Back in the day the Dart was the 6 cyl, ugly econobox from Dodge.

-Charlie

[tjts1]

It IS a NEON.

There I fixed it for you.

[SUICIDE109]

this. Needs to be along the lines of a smaller, cheaper challenger

+2

[JasonC]

we also got to remember that darts was economy cars. but they just need to drop bringing back names that ended way back when. Cause neon is more suited for this car here then dart would be.

[mrsleeve]

I know !!!

[priapism]

looks like a Fiat

It IS a Fiat.

[mrsleeve]

looks like a Fiat


What Jason said about shame brought upon the moniker that is Dodge Dart :(

[MoparJ]

Disappointed and not surprised. :down:

The Dart died back when it turned into the Aspen (thankfully) and it should stay that way.

[JasonC]

They brought shame upon the Dart name.... :(

And Dodge started out with the cross hair grill in 86 with the Rams.Then basicly in 92 most of everything got it...

[trackjunkie21]

I predict the PT cruiser returning with a different name "Washing machine on wheels" is fitting.

[tjts1]

Oh yay the neon is back.