2013 Dodge Dart

[priapism]

looks like a Fiat

It IS a Fiat.

[mrsleeve]

I know !!!

[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.

[SUICIDE109]

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

+2

[tjts1]

It IS a NEON.

There I fixed it for you.

[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

[ALYKZANDYR]

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

[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

[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]

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

[PeteD]

I don't like it. I'm especially disgusted with the name. Dodge almost had some street cred in the import crowd with the SRT Neon. Perhaps "American" car companies will someday understand there is a big market for a well built small car and design a proper one.

[JasonC]

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

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

im well aware of the differance between the 318 poly and LA 318. Why would someone bother putting that lump in a 75 dart? Then yes if you did put a poly in the 66 then it wasnt a drop in cause the poly is wider and the fenderwells are narrower in a 66 A body compaired to the fenderwells in a 67 and up A body

[Pac1373]

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

-Charlie

you must not be familiar with the 340 swinger or the 68' hemi Dart, or the Dart GTS(340, 383, 440ci V8's). or the Dart with 273 or 318 V8's

I used to roll with my buddy who had a 340 swinger in HS and it was "Muscle" no doubt about it.

[SUICIDE109]

Yes, there was an econo dart but it was called the feather light which often had its guts ripped out and a bigger heart was installed because the rolling chassis "about" 300lbs less than the standard chassis. But most darts from the factory were equiped with an 318 or 340.

[JasonC]

Um guys, darts are like e30's. They come in different models. For the most part they was economy cars with a slantsix, 273, or 318. But hipo cars was offered too, like 340 Swingers and GTS 340, 383 or 440 models. Even the early darts you could get a 273 hipo in the GT models.