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Author:	THOR [ Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:22 pm ]
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Nice!!! ~THOR~

Author:	MiDi [ Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:02 pm ]
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yeah and u get my old tach .. how about that! .. unf! we have the parts and the know how .. we can rebuild it ... faster and stronger than before ... and yellow!

Author:	wjajr [ Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:35 am ]
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Yellow cars rule baby. MiDi looks as if you are going to have your yellow cakeand eat it to.

Author:	70valiant [ Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:21 pm ]
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Quote: awesome! i wonder if anyone on here has got a 66 yellow dart? my 67 gt is yellow, albeit a factory pale yellow, i think wjajrs 67 is brighter like yalls, im jealous of the gt badges, those are rad, are those factory? those are something else.... Ron Hamby races a yellow 66 Dart.

Author:	THOR [ Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:27 pm ]
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Quote: Yellow cars rule baby. Agreed! Quote: MiDi looks as if you are going to have your yellow cakeand eat it to. Why doesn't come with frosting? UPDATE: I am officially the owner of aforementioned 1965 Dodge Dart GT. I paid Ed today, we are hauling my old car up tomorrow, and then we are working on both MiDi and I's cars to get them up and going! I am soooo stoked! No pun intended Ceej... ~THOR~

Author:	THOR [ Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:36 pm ]
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When we brought the car back to salem, we arrived just shy of 2 AM on a Sunday night. Needless to say, we were tired as all get out, and MiDi still needed to drive back to P-town. We rolled the car backwards off the trailer and into the street only to find that the front right brake would lock up when we tried to roll it forward. A floorjack took care of that problem! We got it in place, hauled the trailer back to the rental, MiDi dropped me off, and began his drive back to Portland. The next day, my father, his friend and I took about an hour of cleaning activities to the outside of the car. It ended up looking something like before, but much much shinier, and without grease stains all over the fenders. Over the course of the next week leading up to Woodburn, I worked on it as I could, limited by injuries. I got to the point where it didnt need much to be a runner. Friday night rolls around and Ceej decided to take a quick trip up to my house in the Diesel to help me out with some stuff. We installed all new parts into the '65 points dizzy and gapped it appropriately (.020), installed power steering pump, tightened bellhousing bolts 1 last time, installed exhaust, installed alternator, and installed all the wiring (what like... 4 wires? ). That night, we tried cranking her over for the first time since the accident. Hooked up the battery, stuck in the key, trickled some fuel down the carb... (prayed to the SL6 gods that my motor was OK)... 5...4...3...2...1... Ignition! She sputtered to life on the first try! Albeit not for long, and the timing was WAY retarded, but she fired! The fuel gauge was working at the time... it pointed at "E" ... 4 gallons of fuel plus a timing adjustment, and she was purring away just as well as before! The following day.... Installed radiator, then replaced radiator (mine had pinhole leaks ) Hooked up transmission lines and filled transmission (4.5 quarts...) Set initial timing to 11.5 degrees BTDC Set air/fuel Set idle speed... Started dumping brake fluid into the empty master and still had no pedal. I pumped the pedal for probably about 3 minutes and finally started to get some pressure. I topped the master and kept pumping the pedal. after about 5 pumps, I heard a pop, and saw fluid on the ground under the rear driver wheel. So, up goes the rear end, off goes the hubcap only to find 2 lug nuts barely holding on to the studs. The other 3 were snug, but not tight. Hmmmm........ Removed the wheel and brake drum... found an empty housing, save for the wheel cylinder, which had popped apart.... Grrr... Drove the ovloV to Wildcat, got the parts I needed from Ed, spent some time with MiDi and Ed both, came back home and it was too dark to really do anything. Today: Got the rear brake assembled. I called DusterIdiot and asked him if he felt like doing some pedal pumping while I bled the brake system. He was at my house within 15 minutes with the Tie-Dye powered Space Duster he owns and we proceeded to flush all of the crappy brake fluid, air and grime out of the lines. Get this.... I have 3 different sizes of bleeder valves on my car.... The rear has 8mm (No standard size fit properly), the front passenger has 7mm (Same reason) and the driver front has 5/16".... WTF? A frustrated THOR, laughing head-shaking DusterIdiot and 1/2 a bottle of brake fluid later, we finally had brakes! Now, to sort out that charging system issue... I purchased a new Solid-State single field regulator which didn't seem to work, so D.I. and I looked it over and decided to replace it, at a later date. It will maintain battery voltage, but it does not "charge" above battery voltage. We think the regulator is bad, since I replaced the alternator with a known good one, and had the same issue. I also bypassed the non-funtional ammeter, to no avail. Yes, the regulator is properly grounded... twice over just to make sure... In any case, its enough to keep the car running at a stable 12.2 V which is plenty for day driving. I still need to replace the leaky pan gasket on the transmission, and get that charging system debacle situation cleaned up. I took "Madeline" for her maiden voyage tonight really slow around the neighborhood because I am still not sure of the integrity of the braking system. It seems to work fine at anything under 20 mph, since thats the fastest I went. The transmission seems to be fine, shifts promptly into gear, and shifts smoothly, though you can feel the shift even at a minimal throttle opening, which I also take to be a good thing. I may venture out and drive her to work in the morning, its about a 10 minute drive, so we shall see. Anyways, thanks everyone that has helped me with this car, I am sure glad that I've got it, and I shall treat her well. I will take a video in the next few days once I feel safe driving over 20 mph, anything under that is kinda boring.... Updates will come as I make them! ~THOR~

Author:	THOR [ Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:23 pm ]
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Videos are HERE and HERE. Sorry for the quality... or lack thereof, youtube typically will allow the videos to be seen in High Quality, but this time they won't.... Oh well. Far as updates to the car go, there really aren't any except that she's been running for weeks now with no real unforseen issues. I haven't needed to top off any fluids for 2 weeks, all the electrical stuff seems to be working as well as new, and she drives very well, even at high speeds (85 plus). I still need to do some fussing with the shift cable, I have a weird issue where the throttle kickdown doesn't work unless the shifter is in a certain spot, and I am over 35 miles per hour.... still haven't figured that one out. Nor will it allow me to shift back into "D" if I move it to manual 1st or 2nd, unless I have a certain amount of load on the trans, or if I come to almost a complete stop. Any ideas? ~THOR~

Author:	jason white [ Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:57 am ]
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midi you guys are great that is what this hobby is thankful for folks who will help each other out

Author:	THOR [ Sun May 16, 2010 11:10 pm ]
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Ok, so it has been FOREVER since I updated this thread. In winter of '09 I parked the car out back on stands to start the trans swap. It took forever to get the old trans out (thanks bludev for helpin me with with one). Around the turn of the year, I managed to get the new trans bolted in (thanks to Sl6bob for that one). Had to go find a driveline that would fit, I finally found the correct driveline a few weekends ago (have been using a driveline that I borrowed from D.I. awhile back that works, but it too short to be permanent), so I need to get that installed. It has a stereo in it now, which is not permanent, a better one will be installed later, along with some better speakers. I finally got most of those dang SunPro gauges that MiDi gave me ages ago installed, plus an aftermarket fuel gauge from Carquest. I finally put a good float in the tank yesterday so that the gauge reads. I still need to get the factory regulator for the passenger door, that way all of the windows that are designed to open will do so. Those ridiculous straight pipes are no longer, I have a mostly quiet exhaust under her now. I still need to build brackets for my side pipes, which are going to be awesome! Almost have the 2300 tuned in, it's running 612 jets which are just slightly too rich, so I am thinking about stepping down to a 603 or a 602. Did a compression check and am not exactly pleased with the results. They are as follows: #1 151 #2 160 #3 158 #4 160 #5 160 #6 167 16 PSI difference... not exactly what I was looking for, but might explain why I have a slightly rough idle. Will post another video once I get the intake manifold changed, so I can show y'all the beautiful piece of art that joshie made. ~THOR~

Author:	jason white [ Mon May 24, 2010 4:24 am ]
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what is the decal on your valve cover it looks neat but I cant read it from the angle in the pic

Author:	THOR [ Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:39 pm ]
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It reads "Dodge". If you look waaaaay back into midi's old 73 Dart threads you will see that same valve cover on the engine we put in his car. More updates! I have posted another video of the car just driving around town screwing around, and now I need to make another video because I finally.... PUT THE SIDEPIPES ON! A big thanks to Ceej for putting up with me having my car in his driveway on a hot day and helping me build the brackets. I am getting pretty good at mig welding now... A big thanks to Travis (Ceej's firefighter buddy) for coming along and helping me with the bracketry. I will post a new video soon, the sidepipes are being run as true duals, so it sounds like I have 2 evil Geo Metro motors under the hood, just with more balls. Right away I noticed more torque in the bottom end, a little less in the 2500 to 3000 range and more go-power "seat of the pants" feel at 4k and above. It actually pulls more above 4k where it didn't before, I attribute this to a better flowing exhaust. The old exhaust bottled down to a 2" at the Y before going back up to a 2.25". Anyways, pics and video to come! Question: does anyone else here on the board have, or know someone who has a slant six with sidepipes? ~THOR~

Author:	BUCKET 636 [ Tue Jul 13, 2010 1:18 pm ]
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Go Madeline,drive on.

Author:	THOR [ Fri Jul 16, 2010 1:53 pm ]
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Want pics of the sidepipes? Well, here they are! I will take shorts of the brackets when I get my nice camera out again. Enjoy! ~RDE~

Author:	ceej [ Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:12 pm ]
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Nice! Can't wait to hear it Sunday! CJ

Author:	jason white [ Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:34 am ]
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very nice

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