Advice with '73 Valiant

Actually I believe he needs an exhaust manifold, not an intake - ISTR
someone telling me that the *older* exhaust manifolds flowed better.
Not sure what years though. But you are correct, a "super six" intake
and carb would be the ticket if he can find one. He'd need the air
cleaner as well, obviously.

nate

 

Chris, please send me an e-mail (dastern "at" torque "dot" net) or PM from
www.slantsix.org , where my username is slantsixdan. I've got some
pertinent information on your '73's driveability issues that I can't
readily supply here in usenet.

 

Exactly right.

I've read that the Super Six is the way to go (Aspen/Volare, correct?).
It'd be nice to get a two-barrel on there instead of the one. Any idea
of how common/what price these are typically found at in the junkyards?


Cheers,
Chris Hafner

 

Get thyself immediately to http://www.slantsix.org and join the
discussion boards!

 

Will do - but at my heart, I'm a Usenet man.

Cheers,
Chris Hafner

 

Thanks, Daniel - just dropped you an e-mail.

Cheers,
Chris Hafner

 

Ya did? It didn't get here. Would you mind going over to
danielsternlighting.com and mail me from there?

DS

 

Just did - hopefully this one makes it. Perhaps your e-mail doesn't
care for Gmail?

Cheers,
Chris Hafner

 

Nothin' quarantined. I got your second attempt, and a little while later,
your first attempt.

 

I just have to say it's so nice to see this thread. It's been a long
time since I've thought about "my" A-bodies (only one of them was really
mine, but there were four of them in my neighborhood at one point in
time. I just posted a little bit of a rambling reminisce in another
thread last week) it is really good to see someone working on a "real"
car for a change They may not be the flashiest or the fastest, but
goshdarnit, they're hard to kill...

OK, y'all can flame me now...

What body style is it that you "bought," anyway?

nate

 

The intake and exhaust are bolted together - that's why I recommended
he just get the whole assembly and go.

 

right, I forgot about that. That actually makes a lot of sense, then
you don't have to worry about fighting those bolts.

nate

 

I had a couple of slant six darts in the family.

a 64 190
a 65 225 Valiant
a 70 225 Dart
a 73 or 74 Dart (did they even make a 74 Dart ?)
and a later 70's Aspen with a 225 and a factory stick shift.

I really liked the 70 Dart. It was the right mix for an econo box at the
time. Power was average for that type of car.

I remember when my Dad got the 73 or 74 Dart. It had much more chrome
and junk plastic inside and the air pollution changes turned it into a
slug.

By the time the Aspen came out they had done a better job with the smog
gear matching the motor and it was a bit better on perfomance but not
still up to the 70 Dart.

Either way they all rusted away too quick or my sisters totaled them on
rainy nights.

Steve

 

That'll be a '64 _170_. This caused no end of confusion, because "170"
was the designation for the lower-trimline Dart from '63 through '67, plus
Lancer for '61 and '62, and the base engine was also a 170CID slant-6.
But, having a Dart 170 or a Lancer 170 did not necessarily mean you had to
have a 170 engine.

Darts were sold in the North American market from 1960 through 1976. The
'76 model, with various facelifts, was sold in South American markets
through 1982. In Mexico, the "Dart" name was applied to what we knew as
the Aspen through '81, and to what we knew as the Aries through '89.

So did I. So did a lot of other people. It was the year of highest Dart
production. 1965 was a very close second. (I may have these two years
reversed)

The Aspen/Volare was a much heavier car. If yours ran well, you must've
had the 225 w/2bbl carburetor. The 1bbl cars ran poorly.

Yup.