Been driving a 'you can't drive that on the street' car for years. 5,000 converter, reverse manual, 430s with spool. 415ci sbc, 14-1cr, .710 lift solid roller etc etc. Besides normal maintenance I've only had to change valve springs, distributor gear and i wore out my fuel pump after roughly 10,000 street miles and dozens of passes. Practical? Hell fn no. Nothing practical about 3-4 mpg. But awesome? Hell yes. You only live once. Build your hotrod the way you want and enjoy it. Drive it. Race it. Love your car bro 👌
Yep...I used to have to brew up my own octane booster for my hotrods back in the late 1970's and 1980's....there was NO good gas anywhere around where I lived....but I had a hookup at the airport who would sell me 5gal cans of AV gas that I'd blend with the crap unleaded of the day and toluene and xylene and some other goodies....it ran my 12.6 and 13:1 motors just fine :D I'd have to go out and stash a couple cans of 'refill' gas around in strategic places just in case I got low...lol Man....those were the days....freedom and speed!!! not enough of all that left, anymore :(
only live once, huh? i'm sure your kids wouldn't miss you for their birthday's, graduation, wedding. small mindedness is a terrible disease. that's what the track is intended for...racing.
To use clutch terms, that's about what it's doing. The best way to think of it, is imagine two fans facing each other on a table. The air in between, is transmission fluid. Switch only one fan on (that would be the turbine connected to the crank), and it begins to blow air into the other fan. If the fan is large and its blades are shaped a certain way, then it doesn't take very long before its blown enough air into the opposing fan for that fan to begin turning too....and soon at the same rate as the first fan. That would be a low stall speed torque converter. Now imagine a table with a smaller first fan and its blades are shaped a certain way. It too throws air into a second fan, but its not a lot of air. The second fan's blades turn slowly, lazily...it takes longer for the first fan to send enough air into the second that the second fan is turning as fast as the first. that's the problem of a hydraulic coupling. Where it shines is at idle at a stoplight...you don't have to disconnect it like you would a clutch, since the "first fan" (or turbine) isn't pushing enough "air" that the "Second fan" is going to override your foot on the brake pedal.
@@xmo552 De nada, glad to help. I have a switch pitch torque converter, which is a GM invention for the THM400's, and Hurst Olds really dropped the ball by not having them in their cars. You can swap from 1,800 RPM stall speed to 3,300 RPM. Its two converters in one, GM used it for their two speeds when they got real heavy with the cars. But its a kick ass street/strip technology...for the 1970's :)
One of those things that I was told as a teenage gear head by an experienced racer that has served me well is to install many redundant grounds. Thank you Willie.
I see you are from BC, I used to street race around the lower mainland before they opened Mission. I had a 69 Swinger 340 4 speed tunnel ram dual 4’s with 4.56 posi in 1981. I moved the leaf springs inboard, 6 cylinder torsion bars, electronic ignition, 73 K member with big bolt pattern rallye wheels. Your car brings back great memories.
This was a great video for me, I’ve never played with an automatic and didn’t really get the whole high stall thing. Literally see it in action here, total eye opener. Cheers
Boy that brought back some old memories.. I had a 68 Dart GT with a built 340.. Dyno'ed at 425 h.p. .. Had a lot of fun with that car.. Got lots of attention.. Thx for taking me along for the ride...
Car looks and sounds awesome..4500 stall seems like the sweet spot for your setup of street cruising and some track time...Came across your channel 2 weeks ago and I’m locked in..100 % Mopar house with 3 challengers a ram 2500 and a Jeep.. Can’t wait to see the next time at the track good luck...
Beautiful car bro. My uncle bought a brand new black 1968 GTS with the 383/Torqueflite before he left for Vietnam in 1968. The day after he got it we went to the speed shop and put on Hooker headers, 24" Cherry Bomb glass-packs and this little 8 inch chrome Kal-Custom air cleaner. Back in the day it was unbeatable on the street.
I used to run 8" 5,000 on the street. Much like you just illustrated, the amount of stall was RPM dependent. Little bit of throttle was maybe 3,000. WOT would be 4,500-5,000 depending on gear. Was a very high compression motor with a lot of cam. Only downside was MPG if you care about that kind of thing.
I have 2 68 HURST HEMI DARTS! BUT LOVE ALL 68-70 MOPARS! THEY WERE THE BEST LOOKING CARS OF THAT ERA. I HAVE IN MY COLLECTION 68-70 ROADRUNNERS, GTX'S, CHARGERS, DARTS AND I WENT 71 ON MY CUDAS (4 HEADLIGHT&GILLED FENDERS), ALL BIG BLOCK & HEMI CARS! BUT LOVE THEM ALL AND YOUR 68 DART 👍
I love your car I Totaled a GTS Back in eighties it was my stepmother's car it was bad-ass. But you have your car set up perfect That's what a hot rod supposed to look like
This is why I love this channel you say your going to do something and you do it......4500 stall can't wait too see it launch at the track..... Being on the floor changing converter that was great...cops being cool that was nice! ... The new camera stand is really good I miss the hey I'm falling action thou!.... Yeah not so much.
I can share an old trick for you that has worked many times for me over the years. First, get two long 3/8-16 bolts about 3-1/2" long. Next, cut off the top hex where the socket goes with a dremel tool or cut-off wheel. Next, place the two bolts in a vice and using a dremel cut-off blade, score two grooves into the top of the bolts about 1/8" or 5mm deep. Keep the score lines in the center of the bolt. Lastly, bevel the top of the bolts slightly with a grind-off wheel. Use these two bolts to thread into the back of the block as alignment dowels for the trans bell housing and finger tighten. After the trans is on and secured with two regular attachment bolts, remove the long bolts with a screw driver in the slots created by the dremel and save for another day in your tool box. This works for any auto trans install as long as the bolt threads match the block. Since most are 3/8-16, that is the number I provided. Take care and thanks for the continued updates!
I did this on a Pontiac that kept cracking flexplates..got tired of pulling trans...finally figured out that the 301 bolts were accidentally put in instead of the 400 bolts...400 had wider heads..never cracked another one.
LOL,i use a similar thing to adjust the cowling on the HH65 Dolphin US Coast Guard helicopter, we use hardened bolts with heads cut off also to use as taps to clean out anchor nuts,use dremel to cut slot along threads to remove junk,taps are made of pot metal and break.hard to fix some of the anchor nuts depending on location.
We stock a LOT of regular slot or Allen head studs at a lot of the plants where I work, so I’ve just used those, but excellent tip. My cousins taught me that one when I was a teenager, I’d hate to even guess how many hours it’s saved me.
I do that to line up the oil pan, but use proper size all thread. You can temporarily use nuts to hold it up for you while you make sure the gasket and end seals are aligned properly
"Tunnels.....Gotta love tunnels." You sounded like the kid who likes turtles -- I LIKE TURTLES. Nice car man, it's good seeing people our age appreciating these classics & keeping them out of the crushers. I'll tune in for the next time you go testing.
Saw the BC plate and was like “cool, he’s from BC but I’m sure that’s probably in Van..” Then I saw the 7/11 and thought that intersection looked familiar! I’ll keep an eye out for your car;) Thumbs up from Victoria.
Super nice car brother and sounds awesome....I changed out my converter from a 3600 to a 4500 and it picked up 4 tenths in the 1/8th and the engine was so much more free when driving around it wasn't in a bind at all it is just like yours while at driving speeds it revs so clean and holding the foot brake it will go to 4500 and not even pull on the car until I mat it and then it felt like I dropped a clutch on a stick car it's amazing how good they work when they're done right... awesome car brother can't wait to see it at track...
Im looking to run either a 4,500 or 5,000 stall on my 4 cylinder. Got a 67mm turbo on an auto AWD. Damnit this video got me excited about this. Thanks man!
Awesome vid .I just bought a new trans and a 3000 stall for my 78 GMC 4x4 (425 hp ls 5.7) been worried that I might be making a mistake cuz I drive the truck daily but after seeing this vid Im a little more confident that it will be fine..thanks
Turbo action 8" opal converter works well behind any combo! Know as a 3800 most of the time! But flashed 5200 behind a engined that needed it! & 3800 behind less power! I was so amazed wt a opal convert! Also it tightened up dwn the track & street!
Love your dart , had to subscribe especially since I recently purchased 68 dart from Oklahoma. 30 yrs ago I had 70 dart with 318 I installed with a Mopar guy and the whole time I had it I wanted 67 to 69 anyway , I heard you and Dylan maccool both say neutral fills up the convertor, did not know that . Love your content , backing out of garage etc all awesome keep vids coming !
With a 4500 stall street driving will be almost like driving a stick with a slipping clutch, the difference is at 4500 there is nothing but grab no slip and that was the goal to get peak power to the 60 foot launch so Good Job on the modification, i am going to say you may in the future find that with the right engine modifications coming that a 4500 may be too high once HP has increased and everyone seeks more HP , great video cant wait to see a launch and see how it goes, keep up the great video's my friend and your passion.
Hey thanks for watching and good input. I will always match stall with engine and car combo. This is my 4th converter! Tho one only lasted one week! Stay tuned for the next race day vid!
85 El Camino with B&M supercharger. 3200 transking stall in turbo 400. Shear heaven at 30 Mph stomps. My C5 is jealous! Your Dart is Fine, nice build, ultra clean, I can sure appreciate the hours spent and lets not mention $!
Love this, no harm, no foul. Driving an amazingly fast car on the street, cop pulls up admires and acknowledges the work. Here in Australia, you fart in your own stock car and the cops start pulling you over and defect you for anything and everything.
love our vids reminds me of me when i was in my twentys dodges was the only car to drive im 64 and i now drive a 5 speed new edge stang but i still remember my dodges i had 2 70 charger rts with 440 and 727 s ty for the memerys
Like your video that's cool that you can get on out and hang out with some of your Mopar friends been doing a lot of that here in Michigan Port Huron love your Dart
Very nice ! I put my High block from the drag boat in my dart, just for kicks. But it really needed the High stall and short gears to utilize the power curve, it was all up top. It was late from the gate...but great in the straight.
I definitely like the new camera mount, but maybe you can set it up to telescope and then you can stash it in the console. Filling the converter part way up helps when you first start the engine. Then the transmissions pump will fill it the rest of the way and you can top things off. And most Cops are as Squirelly as the rest of us, th just have lights and siren to make it legal! I did a ride along with a friend of my ex wife’s brother years ago. He had a 68 Z28 Camaro with a 302 and off road cam. Along the way in we met up with his coworker who had a Etta with a 327. They decided to have a little impromptu drag race right there on the street. It was damn close, but the Vette wound by half a fender. It sounds Vicious as hell by the way! Love that rev!
I all was have used just Type F and haven't ever had any problems with any of my 727 or 904 and I do rebuild my trans myself and haven't seen any problems with them
Found your channel by mistake. I’m in my 60s but when I was in high school I had a one year old 69 dart swinger 340. I paid $1700 for it had 20,000 miles. I can’t remember but I thought the GTS were all 383’s. I Had 340-6pack heads on it JR racing headers the cam was the ZIP 510 I think it was a crane. I had the hurst ramrod shifter with a hemi clutch.I hung out with lots of older guys and one guy had a 68 GTS he put a 440 in it. We had a SSB automatic factory race car with a dual quad hemi. The guy that owned the gas station I worked at He Had the wombat funny car Jim wemett. Wish I never got rid of that car.
I have a deep B&M GM turbo 350 trans pan with a adapter to a baby mopar 904 trans filter. It's how it come from B&M. Unfortunately most parts stores several years ago stop selling the baby 904 and so many other parts like full metal radiators.
Darts optioned with the 383 Wedge & a Hemi-4speed we’re fast as fuck, even with that boat anchor of a iron big block. I had a friend, Ken, in high school who had a ‘68 GTS in B-5 blue with white Dart side stripes, manual steering & breaks. It may not have been the most expensive car a school but it was definitely the coolest.
Ok. Thanks for the stall lesson. I've always wondered about the numbers and how they effect an automatic transmission. It almost sounded like you were driving a clutch a few times
Building a engine I have to coat most threads with blue lock tight on balancer, water pump, oil pan, fly wheel, timing cam gear and more. Unless it has a nylon lock nut on it I usually use blue lock tight. I use gray gasket maker on oil pan, oil pan block surface both sides of gasket. I use gasket maker. Let it get tacky install gasket torque bolts with blue lock tight on threads and gasket maker under bolt head. Wipe off excess gasket maker and let dry fully dry. I also greese lug nuts often so they don't rust or cross thread.
The thing I love about man-well trans mixers is I don't need to remove the trans ....I don't even need to shut the engine off to change what the car stalls at. Yeah it's harder and lest consistent to launch but if your wanting 60 ft times go look at the guys doing A/a gassers, running 4 speeds....10,000 rpm clutch dumps, wheels up.
I ran a 4000 stall in my '68 Camaro. Great for drag racing, total shit on the street. It's slip n' slide all the time. Does a real number on the trans, temp wise.
I had a lot of bad experiences with cheap high stall converters....will fry your automatic without the proper cooling. I am now drivin a custom A&A transmission 4k stall converter in my 69 Dart equipped with a 416 stroker and 3.91 gears. Drives like a dream and is not overheating with just the factory rad cooling.
@@ChicagoRob2 I ran a 4k to work, school, cruise, etc. seeing how it was my only car at the time including multiple teenage burnouts per day. It had one external cooler on it. The car had been set up that way for 15 years..didn't have any problems
I ran an A&A trans with their 3500 stall in a Big Block 69 Charger. I ran a 28,000 GVW stacked plate style trans cooler from the trans to the cooler, then from the cooler in the radiator to stabilize the temp. I once pulled 8 launches in a row and the temp never got over 120 degrees.
J Hutch just purchased a plate cooler for my Mopar with a 3500 Branting stall. Haven’t fired it up yet, the trans shop insisted on me getting a Summitt check valve on the return line because of the huge cooler. Did yours have a check valve?
ATI Super F Sythetic Type F. For those questioning 4500 stall on the street, as long as the converter is paired/made for your combo, it works just fine. I roll a 9.5in Dynamic 4500 w/3.91 and 26in tire in AZ and drive year round. 1.60 60ft and can still cruise 65mph highway. Get the biggest trans cooler you can and the best fluid possible.
@Grumpy468 Not sure how one would measure that, but with a well engineered combo, the car drives around like it does not even have a converter at all. Key is light car (3150*), very fast timing curve, and a well sorted afr (in this case holley efi w/timing control and considerable tuning time. Hit it in any gear, and there is 4500-4600 instantly depending on tire size.
Outstanding job on building a beautiful Dart that sounds as it should! It doesn’t seem like you noticed a significant increase in your transmission temperature nor, was there a bunch tranny oil puking out on the garage floor after you parked it. Reason as to why I’m inquiring is basically for the same thoughts as you! I guess, it’s time to stop being a chick and just install my 4500 stall converter I’ve had now for a little over two years!! Thank you, klaus
Got to love a dodge dart,,,my first car was a 67 charger second 70 challenger and third 73 charger SE,,, l had some bad ass cars,,,if i only knew what they would be worth now,,,,have 8 classic cars waiting to restore,,,just did 45 dodge pickup,
i'm building a 383 stroker to put in my 48 ford f1 on a 1985 chevy half ton frame. around 550 hp. 4:10 p- track. going to go with 2800 to 3000 torque. looking at the boss hog converter. what converter did you use and is the boss hog good or bad? it will never be on a drag strip. weekend warrior only. and yes i will hit it hard from time to time. lol.
My conver was a custom build. I haven’t use a boss hog or any off the shelf conver. Not to say anything bad about that, but Both where custom builds on what my combo required. Thanks for watching
Damn that is a nice ride my fist car was a 69 dart it didn't have that kinda power to the tires but I sure did have some fun in that car wish I had it back
I was douped into buying a stall that was way too high. Told it was a 4500 stall and it stalls at 6k on motor. 6800 on a 200 shot. Been driving this on the street for the past 5 years. People are so scared of a “high” stall on the street. Around town, on the highway, it’s just a riot. So much fun. I can blow the street tires off at 60 mph on motor. I just run around on slicks most of the time.
I reved my stock bottom end 360 to 7200 to 7500 rpm all the time no issues. With that high a stall converter you might have to up your shift rpm or your usable window is going to be pretty small at 1500 to 2000 rpm. Nice car though. What does it weigh. How is the DA at your local track. Ours is shitty out here in Edmonton Alberta. My best pass ever in my 6 speed 2010 SRT8 Challenger with kenne bell at 12 lbs boost was an 11.74 at 121.55 mph and DA was 3900 feet. Car with 1/2 tank of gas and me in car at starting line is 4600 lbs.
My window is 2000 rpm and I don’t have a cage so I can only go as fast as an 11:5 equivalent. Car weight about 3300 with me in it. Check out my last race day vid for more info. Thanks for watching.
It all depends on the converter . I've had a 4500 that wouldn't hardly move the car till 4000 rpm but did great when foot hit the floor . I've had a 4500 that did alot better just driving normal.
67chargerman I know lots of guys who run tractor fluid other than myself. You’re a lot less likely to burn up your trans with it, and it makes the trans live a lot longer than it would with high HP applications
m 88 it’s pretty much the same thing as normal trans fluid, just thicker and displaces heat a lot better. Not saying I’d use it on any normal car though, I’d only use it for race applications
That’s awesome, just went for a ride through my home town in a sweet dart, I love western speedway, I know it’s for sale but hopefully not lost, used too drag race in the street class there many years ago, good luck bro!
I'm a Chevy guy, but lots of respect for your Dart. Nicely built. Even the cops like it lol!
Haha no doubt. Thanks for watching. Lots more on the channel!
Been driving a 'you can't drive that on the street' car for years. 5,000 converter, reverse manual, 430s with spool. 415ci sbc, 14-1cr, .710 lift solid roller etc etc. Besides normal maintenance I've only had to change valve springs, distributor gear and i wore out my fuel pump after roughly 10,000 street miles and dozens of passes. Practical? Hell fn no. Nothing practical about 3-4 mpg. But awesome? Hell yes. You only live once. Build your hotrod the way you want and enjoy it. Drive it. Race it. Love your car bro 👌
Hell ya brother! Preach on! Thanks for watching bro!
Yep...I used to have to brew up my own octane booster for my hotrods back in the late 1970's and 1980's....there was NO good gas anywhere around where I lived....but I had a hookup at the airport who would sell me 5gal cans of AV gas that I'd blend with the crap unleaded of the day and toluene and xylene and some other goodies....it ran my 12.6 and 13:1 motors just fine :D I'd have to go out and stash a couple cans of 'refill' gas around in strategic places just in case I got low...lol
Man....those were the days....freedom and speed!!!
not enough of all that left, anymore :(
Gear vendors help when you need it lol.
Your set up is what I want to do!!!
Stock interior floor shift or 4 speed.
And be able to run Fast class
only live once, huh? i'm sure your kids wouldn't miss you for their birthday's, graduation, wedding. small mindedness is a terrible disease. that's what the track is intended for...racing.
This was a nice vid showing what a "loose converter" actually means on a street car.
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I'm still a bit lost😡
Does a high stall mean it's mostly slipping until it gets to that rpm?
To use clutch terms, that's about what it's doing. The best way to think of it, is imagine two fans facing each other on a table. The air in between, is transmission fluid. Switch only one fan on (that would be the turbine connected to the crank), and it begins to blow air into the other fan.
If the fan is large and its blades are shaped a certain way, then it doesn't take very long before its blown enough air into the opposing fan for that fan to begin turning too....and soon at the same rate as the first fan. That would be a low stall speed torque converter.
Now imagine a table with a smaller first fan and its blades are shaped a certain way. It too throws air into a second fan, but its not a lot of air. The second fan's blades turn slowly, lazily...it takes longer for the first fan to send enough air into the second that the second fan is turning as fast as the first.
that's the problem of a hydraulic coupling. Where it shines is at idle at a stoplight...you don't have to disconnect it like you would a clutch, since the "first fan" (or turbine) isn't pushing enough "air" that the "Second fan" is going to override your foot on the brake pedal.
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@@xmo552 De nada, glad to help. I have a switch pitch torque converter, which is a GM invention for the THM400's, and Hurst Olds really dropped the ball by not having them in their cars. You can swap from 1,800 RPM stall speed to 3,300 RPM. Its two converters in one, GM used it for their two speeds when they got real heavy with the cars. But its a kick ass street/strip technology...for the 1970's :)
One of those things that I was told as a teenage gear head by an experienced racer that has served me well is to install many redundant grounds. Thank you Willie.
It's funny how that works so well in a hot rod, but is a really baaaad idea in audio
Also beneficial when you wire up a trailer!
Good grounds = Less getting pulled over!
Good cops. Started to sing that note on the freeway. Goosebumps. Have fun, Man👍🏻
I see you are from BC, I used to street race around the lower mainland before they opened Mission. I had a 69 Swinger 340 4 speed tunnel ram dual 4’s with 4.56 posi in 1981. I moved the leaf springs inboard, 6 cylinder torsion bars, electronic ignition, 73 K member with big bolt pattern rallye wheels. Your car brings back great memories.
This was a great video for me, I’ve never played with an automatic and didn’t really get the whole high stall thing. Literally see it in action here, total eye opener. Cheers
Wait till you see the new launches 🚀
Boy that brought back some old memories.. I had a 68 Dart GT with a built 340.. Dyno'ed at 425 h.p. .. Had a lot of fun with that car.. Got lots of attention.. Thx for taking me along for the ride...
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Car looks and sounds awesome..4500 stall seems like the sweet spot for your setup of street cruising and some track time...Came across your channel 2 weeks ago and I’m locked in..100 % Mopar house with 3 challengers a ram 2500 and a Jeep.. Can’t wait to see the next time at the track good luck...
Hell ya brother! Thanks for watching
Beautiful car bro. My uncle bought a brand new black 1968 GTS with the 383/Torqueflite before he left for Vietnam in 1968. The day after he got it we went to the speed shop and put on Hooker headers, 24" Cherry Bomb glass-packs and this little 8 inch chrome Kal-Custom air cleaner. Back in the day it was unbeatable on the street.
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What I’ve learned over the years is big stall speed=big fricken trans cooler! Nicely done 👍
Thanks bro! Lots more on the channel!
Cool that you respond to fans of your work👍
I try to respond as much as I can. Sometime TH-cam is funny and I don’t see all the comments tho. Thanks for watching bro!
I used to run 8" 5,000 on the street. Much like you just illustrated, the amount of stall was RPM dependent.
Little bit of throttle was maybe 3,000. WOT would be 4,500-5,000 depending on gear. Was a very high compression motor with a lot of cam. Only downside was MPG if you care about that kind of thing.
For sure! And who cares about gas mileage! They are on the wrong channel if that’s the case! Thanks for watching.
Everyone cares about that kind of thing but what can you do about it,,, add ram air?
Small block mopars rock ,bring as many cubes as you like ,it eats em all ,big breather on the big end!!!
Don't be scared. I've been running 4500 on the street forever. Great dyno info. Sweet ride buddy!
I’m not scared! I’m stoked! Thanks for checking it out!
@@SimpsonsSpeedShop Haha. I know. Great videos.
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Great video Joe! Glad to see the new converter work well for you. The in car view looks great also. ✌👍👍
Thanks bro!
Mopar motors sound so rowdy when built properly. Love it
I have 2 68 HURST HEMI DARTS!
BUT LOVE ALL 68-70 MOPARS!
THEY WERE THE BEST LOOKING CARS OF THAT ERA.
I HAVE IN MY COLLECTION 68-70 ROADRUNNERS, GTX'S, CHARGERS, DARTS AND I WENT 71 ON MY CUDAS (4 HEADLIGHT&GILLED FENDERS), ALL BIG BLOCK & HEMI CARS!
BUT LOVE THEM ALL AND YOUR 68 DART 👍
Wow sounds like a great collection! Thanks for watching, more vids on the channel!
That thing's gonna be a rocket ship coming out of the hole now. As long as you can hook it! Awesome ride dude!
Hell ya brother. Thanks for watching
I love your car I Totaled a GTS Back in eighties it was my stepmother's car it was bad-ass. But you have your car set up perfect That's what a hot rod supposed to look like
Right on! Thanks for watching lots more on the channel!
Love drag cars that aren't too chopped up, sick touch that you have a stock steering wheel!
Yep! 👍🏻👍🏻
This is why I love this channel you say your going to do something and you do it......4500 stall can't wait too see it launch at the track..... Being on the floor changing converter that was great...cops being cool that was nice! ... The new camera stand is really good I miss the hey I'm falling action thou!.... Yeah not so much.
Hahha right on bro. I’m done with falling!, for now anyhow. Thanks for watching I’m gunna use the new stand in next race day vid. Stay tunned!
Makes me feel warm and fuzzy..had a 69 340 Dart...you have a beautiful car...enjoy and have fun...
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Sounds great ! Looking forward to seeing a video at the track with that new converter. Best of luck !!
Coming soon!
I can share an old trick for you that has worked many times for me over the years. First, get two long 3/8-16 bolts about 3-1/2" long. Next, cut off the top hex where the socket goes with a dremel tool or cut-off wheel. Next, place the two bolts in a vice and using a dremel cut-off blade, score two grooves into the top of the bolts about 1/8" or 5mm deep. Keep the score lines in the center of the bolt. Lastly, bevel the top of the bolts slightly with a grind-off wheel. Use these two bolts to thread into the back of the block as alignment dowels for the trans bell housing and finger tighten. After the trans is on and secured with two regular attachment bolts, remove the long bolts with a screw driver in the slots created by the dremel and save for another day in your tool box. This works for any auto trans install as long as the bolt threads match the block. Since most are 3/8-16, that is the number I provided. Take care and thanks for the continued updates!
Erick Miller Good one!
I did this on a Pontiac that kept cracking flexplates..got tired of pulling trans...finally figured out that the 301 bolts were accidentally put in instead of the 400 bolts...400 had wider heads..never cracked another one.
LOL,i use a similar thing to adjust the cowling on the HH65 Dolphin US Coast Guard helicopter, we use hardened bolts with heads cut off also to use as taps to clean out anchor nuts,use dremel to cut slot along threads to remove junk,taps are made of pot metal and break.hard to fix some of the anchor nuts depending on location.
We stock a LOT of regular slot or Allen head studs at a lot of the plants where I work, so I’ve just used those, but excellent tip. My cousins taught me that one when I was a teenager, I’d hate to even guess how many hours it’s saved me.
I do that to line up the oil pan, but use proper size all thread. You can temporarily use nuts to hold it up for you while you make sure the gasket and end seals are aligned properly
Maniacally laughed, like I was at the wheel, as you ROARED through the tunnel. Well done! Great noise, etc. Very nice paint and color too.
"Tunnels.....Gotta love tunnels." You sounded like the kid who likes turtles -- I LIKE TURTLES.
Nice car man, it's good seeing people our age appreciating these classics & keeping them out of the crushers. I'll tune in for the next time you go testing.
I like turtles. Check out new vid to see how she runs. Thanks
i'm diggen the new view from the center console. 11/10 visibility.
Cool it will stay!
Saw the BC plate and was like “cool, he’s from BC but I’m sure that’s probably in Van..” Then I saw the 7/11 and thought that intersection looked familiar! I’ll keep an eye out for your car;) Thumbs up from Victoria.
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Super nice car brother and sounds awesome....I changed out my converter from a 3600 to a 4500 and it picked up 4 tenths in the 1/8th and the engine was so much more free when driving around it wasn't in a bind at all it is just like yours while at driving speeds it revs so clean and holding the foot brake it will go to 4500 and not even pull on the car until I mat it and then it felt like I dropped a clutch on a stick car it's amazing how good they work when they're done right... awesome car brother can't wait to see it at track...
Right on bro! Thanks for watching check out the channel! That vid is over a year old! Lots of race vids on the channel
Brother has a 68 dart just like that ,running a B1 MOTOR ,5000 Stall CONVERTER,Darts nice looking cars
Im looking to run either a 4,500 or 5,000 stall on my 4 cylinder. Got a 67mm turbo on an auto AWD. Damnit this video got me excited about this. Thanks man!
Good for you bru !!! Nice neighborhood !!….. neat going for a drive with you
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Coming from an old Mopar had myself I used to have a 69 and a 70 roadrunner myself you and the car is very cool in my opinion
Thanks bro! Lots more on the channel! Check it out. I think you like it 👍🏻thanks for watching
Awesome vid .I just bought a new trans and a 3000 stall for my 78 GMC 4x4 (425 hp ls 5.7) been worried that I might be making a mistake cuz I drive the truck daily but after seeing this vid Im a little more confident that it will be fine..thanks
Excellent! Thanks for watching
Turbo action 8" opal converter works well behind any combo! Know as a 3800 most of the time! But flashed 5200 behind a engined that needed it! & 3800 behind less power! I was so amazed wt a opal convert! Also it tightened up dwn the track & street!
I've never owned a Mopar unfortunately, but that is a nice car you have. Good luck with it.
Thanks bro, I have converted a couple to mopars! Sub to follow. New vid up tomorrow!
Sounds like a cross between a CVT and my old SeaRay Pachanga cruising the James River.
I like.
Love your dart , had to subscribe especially since I recently purchased 68 dart from Oklahoma. 30 yrs ago I had 70 dart with 318 I installed with a Mopar guy and the whole time I had it I wanted 67 to 69 anyway , I heard you and Dylan maccool both say neutral fills up the convertor, did not know that . Love your content , backing out of garage etc all awesome keep vids coming !
Yeah Mopars dont charge the converter in park..I installed a Transgo shift kit that solves that problem.
With a 4500 stall street driving will be almost like driving a stick with a slipping clutch, the difference is at 4500 there is nothing but grab no slip and that was the goal to get peak power to the 60 foot launch so Good Job on the modification, i am going to say you may in the future find that with the right engine modifications coming that a 4500 may be too high once HP has increased and everyone seeks more HP , great video cant wait to see a launch and see how it goes, keep up the great video's my friend and your passion.
Hey thanks for watching and good input. I will always match stall with engine and car combo. This is my 4th converter! Tho one only lasted one week! Stay tuned for the next race day vid!
85 El Camino with B&M supercharger. 3200 transking stall in turbo 400. Shear heaven at 30 Mph stomps. My C5 is jealous! Your Dart is Fine, nice build, ultra clean, I can sure appreciate the hours spent and lets not mention $!
Sweet ride brotha...enjoy the hell out of it and live long!
Thanks bro! Lots more of her on the channel! Thanks for watching
Love this, no harm, no foul. Driving an amazingly fast car on the street, cop pulls up admires and acknowledges the work. Here in Australia, you fart in your own stock car and the cops start pulling you over and defect you for anything and everything.
Haha yep lucky he was a good cop! Thanks for watching. Lots more on the channel!
Just hope you beefed up the trans cooler with that much stall you create a lot more heat. Sounds nice
Decent cooler and electric fan
Really like the video man like the way you present everything broke it down nice and neat thanks bro
Great! Glad you like it. Lots more on my channel! Thanks for watching.
love our vids reminds me of me when i was in my twentys dodges was the only car to drive im 64 and i now drive a 5 speed new edge stang but i still remember my dodges i had 2 70 charger rts with 440 and 727 s ty for the memerys
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Back when...97-ish. I ran a nice 283, 57 Chevy with a 4000 on the street. Dang it was fun!!
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Like your video that's cool that you can get on out and hang out with some of your Mopar friends been doing a lot of that here in Michigan Port Huron love your Dart
Right on bro. Thanks for watching
Nice ride my brother! 68 Dart here
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Man what a beautiful car! Great video!
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Very nice ! I put my High block from the drag boat in my dart, just for kicks. But it really needed the High stall and short gears to utilize the power curve, it was all up top. It was late from the gate...but great in the straight.
Sounds nice thanks for watching lots more on the channel!
Your car is sweet !! the cop liked it too!!
I definitely like the new camera mount, but maybe you can set it up to telescope and then you can stash it in the console.
Filling the converter part way up helps when you first start the engine. Then the transmissions pump will fill it the rest of the way and you can top things off.
And most Cops are as Squirelly as the rest of us, th just have lights and siren to make it legal! I did a ride along with a friend of my ex wife’s brother years ago. He had a 68 Z28 Camaro with a 302 and off road cam. Along the way in we met up with his coworker who had a Etta with a 327. They decided to have a little impromptu drag race right there on the street. It was damn close, but the Vette wound by half a fender.
It sounds Vicious as hell by the way! Love that rev!
Right on man, thanks for watching
Been a Chevy guy all my life, but damn your Dart is gorgeous.
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What gears are u running ?
That thing is sweet dude! ...and sounds totally amazing.
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Nice ride brother,sounds awesome,even better when the police is cool👍
Have fun and be safe
Killa sound ! From Adelaide Australia 🤘🏻
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I all was have used just Type F and haven't ever had any problems with any of my 727 or 904 and I do rebuild my trans myself and haven't seen any problems with them
Badass ride!! Sounds awesome!!
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Simpsons Speed Shop already did!!
👍🏻 hell ya brother
"Tunnels,gotta love tunnels"
Don't we all!
That thing is radical!!!! love it Man
cool channel....beautiful Dart. I have a 5200 rpm stall converter in my hotrod that I drive on the street.
Sounds sweet bro! Thanks for watching
Found your channel by mistake. I’m in my 60s but when I was in high school I had a one year old 69 dart swinger 340. I paid $1700 for it had 20,000 miles. I can’t remember but I thought the GTS were all 383’s.
I Had 340-6pack heads on it JR racing headers the cam was the ZIP 510 I think it was a crane. I had the hurst ramrod shifter with a hemi clutch.I hung out with lots of older guys and one guy had a 68 GTS he put a 440 in it. We had a SSB automatic factory race car with a dual quad hemi. The guy that owned the gas station I worked at He
Had the wombat funny car Jim wemett. Wish I never got rid of that car.
Most guy wish they never sold there cars for sure. Thanks for watching
I love the darts and your car is very nice looking and clean.
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@@SimpsonsSpeedShop I did.
I got a 2500 stall for the street, and I do have a gage. Will advise. This Dart is frickin' awesome. Take us for some more rides.
Will do!
do you have a manual valve body
@@Potato-lw3fe Yeah, full manual valve body. Don't know whether I'll like it or not. Haven't driven it yet.
I have a deep B&M GM turbo 350 trans pan with a adapter to a baby mopar 904 trans filter. It's how it come from B&M. Unfortunately most parts stores several years ago stop selling the baby 904 and so many other parts like full metal radiators.
Darts optioned with the 383 Wedge & a Hemi-4speed we’re fast as fuck, even with that boat anchor of a iron big block.
I had a friend, Ken, in high school who had a ‘68 GTS in B-5 blue with white Dart side stripes, manual steering & breaks.
It may not have been the most expensive car a school but it was definitely the coolest.
I love Lukas products because they actually work! No lie!
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Ok. Thanks for the stall lesson. I've always wondered about the numbers and how they effect an automatic transmission. It almost sounded like you were driving a clutch a few times
sounds nothing like a manual lol
Thanks for the rule of thumb for selecting the tq rpm. I hope it works. With only a 350 ft track, maybe the 2000 rpm range won't be a limit.
Ya I think she will be ok. Thanks for watching g
Building a engine I have to coat most threads with blue lock tight on balancer, water pump, oil pan, fly wheel, timing cam gear and more. Unless it has a nylon lock nut on it I usually use blue lock tight. I use gray gasket maker on oil pan, oil pan block surface both sides of gasket. I use gasket maker. Let it get tacky install gasket torque bolts with blue lock tight on threads and gasket maker under bolt head. Wipe off excess gasket maker and let dry fully dry. I also greese lug nuts often so they don't rust or cross thread.
I love the style of car is one of the prettiest they made back in the days I think it's a 67 or 68
It’s a 68. Thanks for watching lots more on the channel
Good video! Great Dart, too. I got an idea about what a 4500 converter would feel like now.
Thanks for watching
That trans is going to be hot as heck, I’d like to see it in a lower stall speed before to compare..
The thing I love about man-well trans mixers is I don't need to remove the trans ....I don't even need to shut the engine off to change what the car stalls at. Yeah it's harder and lest consistent to launch but if your wanting 60 ft times go look at the guys doing A/a gassers, running 4 speeds....10,000 rpm clutch dumps, wheels up.
Are you running a transmission temp gauge? I wonder how much the high stall is impacting the trans temp on the street.
I ran a 4000 stall in my '68 Camaro. Great for drag racing, total shit on the street. It's slip n' slide all the time. Does a real number on the trans, temp wise.
I had a lot of bad experiences with cheap high stall converters....will fry your automatic without the proper cooling. I am now drivin a custom A&A transmission 4k stall converter in my 69 Dart equipped with a 416 stroker and 3.91 gears. Drives like a dream and is not overheating with just the factory rad cooling.
@@ChicagoRob2 I ran a 4k to work, school, cruise, etc. seeing how it was my only car at the time including multiple teenage burnouts per day. It had one external cooler on it. The car had been set up that way for 15 years..didn't have any problems
I ran an A&A trans with their 3500 stall in a Big Block 69 Charger. I ran a 28,000 GVW stacked plate style trans cooler from the trans to the cooler, then from the cooler in the radiator to stabilize the temp. I once pulled 8 launches in a row and the temp never got over 120 degrees.
J Hutch just purchased a plate cooler for my Mopar with a 3500 Branting stall. Haven’t fired it up yet, the trans shop insisted on me getting a Summitt check valve on the return line because of the huge cooler. Did yours have a check valve?
Very nice example of old V8 muscle it’s hard to beat that old V8 sound also
You know it bro! Lots more of her on the channel check it out!
Sounds good. A loose converter and some super trap 44s sound awesome.
Dam you really keep her clean.👏
I try! Thanks for watching! Lots more on the channel!
ATI Super F Sythetic Type F. For those questioning 4500 stall on the street, as long as the converter is paired/made for your combo, it works just fine. I roll a 9.5in Dynamic 4500 w/3.91 and 26in tire in AZ and drive year round. 1.60 60ft and can still cruise 65mph highway. Get the biggest trans cooler you can and the best fluid possible.
@Grumpy468 Not sure how one would measure that, but with a well engineered combo, the car drives around like it does not even have a converter at all. Key is light car (3150*), very fast timing curve, and a well sorted afr (in this case holley efi w/timing control and considerable tuning time. Hit it in any gear, and there is 4500-4600 instantly depending on tire size.
Outstanding job on building a beautiful Dart that sounds as it should!
It doesn’t seem like you noticed a significant increase in your transmission temperature nor, was there a bunch tranny oil puking out on the garage floor after you parked it.
Reason as to why I’m inquiring is basically for the same thoughts as you!
I guess, it’s time to stop being a chick and just install my 4500 stall converter I’ve had now for a little over two years!!
Thank you, klaus
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Good video dood. Love the cops! Brilliant!
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Love the car. Perfect stall
Like your posts man. glad your having so much fun too. I liked and subbed.
Right on bro! Thanks! More to come soon
Sounds EFFING GREAT!😊
Got to love a dodge dart,,,my first car was a 67 charger second 70 challenger and third 73 charger SE,,, l had some bad ass cars,,,if i only knew what they would be worth now,,,,have 8 classic cars waiting to restore,,,just did 45 dodge pickup,
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i'm building a 383 stroker to put in my 48 ford f1 on a 1985 chevy half ton frame. around 550 hp. 4:10 p- track. going to go with 2800 to 3000 torque. looking at the boss hog converter. what converter did you use and is the boss hog good or bad? it will never be on a drag strip. weekend warrior only. and yes i will hit it hard from time to time. lol.
My conver was a custom build. I haven’t use a boss hog or any off the shelf conver. Not to say anything bad about that, but Both where custom builds on what my combo required. Thanks for watching
Damn that is a nice ride my fist car was a 69 dart it didn't have that kinda power to the tires but I sure did have some fun in that car wish I had it back
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Awesome Joe《☆》Kudos to you local popo for car appreciation🤠Good luck at the track Brother🤓👍🏾:*: Greetings from Florida my friend🤓🗣🔊☮✌👍🏾
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Nice to ride around with ya 💯 %
Saw the B.C. plate and had to say hi to a fellow coaster!
Hey brother! Follow the build along!
I subscribed a long time ago but I have not seen any of your newer videos lately
Beautiful car, man!
I was douped into buying a stall that was way too high. Told it was a 4500 stall and it stalls at 6k on motor. 6800 on a 200 shot. Been driving this on the street for the past 5 years.
People are so scared of a “high” stall on the street. Around town, on the highway, it’s just a riot. So much fun. I can blow the street tires off at 60 mph on motor. I just run around on slicks most of the time.
Hell ya brother. Thanks for watching
I reved my stock bottom end 360 to 7200 to 7500 rpm all the time no issues. With that high a stall converter you might have to up your shift rpm or your usable window is going to be pretty small at 1500 to 2000 rpm. Nice car though. What does it weigh. How is the DA at your local track. Ours is shitty out here in Edmonton Alberta. My best pass ever in my 6 speed 2010 SRT8 Challenger with kenne bell at 12 lbs boost was an 11.74 at 121.55 mph and DA was 3900 feet. Car with 1/2 tank of gas and me in car at starting line is 4600 lbs.
My window is 2000 rpm and I don’t have a cage so I can only go as fast as an 11:5 equivalent. Car weight about 3300 with me in it. Check out my last race day vid for more info. Thanks for watching.
I just love those old Dodge cars,, Real power monsters
Hell ya brother! Thanks for watching
It all depends on the converter . I've had a 4500 that wouldn't hardly move the car till 4000 rpm but did great when foot hit the floor . I've had a 4500 that did alot better just driving normal.
Beautiful car sounds good too if you don't mind me asking what's your cam specs thanks for your time
Check out the dyno video. Full build info there thanks for watching
@@SimpsonsSpeedShop thank you
@@SimpsonsSpeedShop man I was expecting that camshaft to be bigger than what is in that video LOL sound killer👍
I run tractor fluid in my trans, runs way cooler compared to regular trans fluid
What brand of tractor fluid?
glendon5857 John Deere
That's exactly what Mike's racing Trans told me ! & its what i use as well
67chargerman I know lots of guys who run tractor fluid other than myself. You’re a lot less likely to burn up your trans with it, and it makes the trans live a lot longer than it would with high HP applications
m 88 it’s pretty much the same thing as normal trans fluid, just thicker and displaces heat a lot better. Not saying I’d use it on any normal car though, I’d only use it for race applications
That’s awesome, just went for a ride through my home town in a sweet dart, I love western speedway, I know it’s for sale but hopefully not lost, used too drag race in the street class there many years ago, good luck bro!
Ya for sale but I think it will keep going. Thanks for watching! Subscribe to not miss my next video.