DTM Racing Project: "Sally" the 1968 Dodge Dart

[Bucketlist2012]

Very Nice..

Although a Chevy guy, I love all cars, and certain Mopars are just Killer...

The Dart is one of them...Sweet car you have, and nice Job..

[wedged]

Originally Posted by DTM Racing

In the cars that I've done, I've never seen it to be an issue. once the arm is locked in place by the retaining nut, struts and torsion bar, any slop is removed. I've taken them off vehicles with 12,000 miles and still as tight as the day they went in. Is it possible that the "looseness" is actually coming from the pin hole in the K-member? I've had to reweld several of those because they come detached inside the k-member.

The torsion bar is not and was not designed to retain the control arm. The factory rubber bushing is a press fit to the pin and to the arm. That press fit and the strut rod is what is supposed to retain the arm. Caster will dynamically change under accelleration and braking if that press fit is not retained. If you take the torsion bars out you can better see what I am talking about. Remove 1 bar and then pry on the arm at the pivot pin. it will start sliding off the pin.

[DTM Racing]

Been working pretty steady to get the car ready for RTTC. Lots of parts ordered and sitting around staring at stuff to make better....
Pulled the Cluster to have our friends at Redline Gaugeworks do their magic.


The interior as we got it, felt carpet and all..




Test fitting the new carpet. Grey is the new black folks!



Engine getting ready for shiney stuff...





In theme with making every penny count, we'd rather spend money on parts than shoes...



Coming along nicely...


And our new front drum piston...



Tackling wiring now, should have that and the new trans buttoned up tomorrow.

[Rick Dorion]

Nice. Do you have a side pic of the car? I just saw a local ad for a 67 dart sedan which has me interested.

[DTM Racing]

[Rick Dorion]

Thanks. I have a soft spot for these as I had a 340 '70 Duster.

[DTM Racing]

Its been a busy week getting everything ready for RTTC3 and the Mopar open house at Hotchkis. Here is a bit of a recap:

The cluster came back from Redline Gaugeworks


And this gets taken care of...








More work on the coolers and fans, as well as some touch up on the radiator.







More wiring work under way.











Some flair.

[DTM Racing]

And we are off to the races. I took the car out for the first session on the road course to make sure the car was safe, and after that it was 100% in the owner's hands.

[DTM Racing]

I took his girl friend out for a spin, we were told to smile...





I don't think we did so good...



To top off the weekend, the owner was the recipient of the "Renegade Award" for best all around non-sponsored car. Doesn't get much better than that!




We still have a lot to do, the car has no rear sway bar, the Edelbrock is being cantankerous, and we still have the powersteering at 8:1 conversion to do.

[Chad-1stGen]

Had fun watching that car get around the autocross course. What was causing it to smoke super bad on the hard left hander near the the far backside of the autocross course?