70 dodge dart vs. 70 nova

[GrumpyJeff]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

I went to an exclusive college in MA: Babson. It was a rich kid's school. The kids of Captains Of Industry went there. So there were all kinds of brand new muscle cars: Boss 302s, Boss 429s, L78 Chevelles, Z/28s, L71 Corvettes, Charger R/Ts and even Edsel Ford's custom built by Holman and Moody 1970 Boss 351 . . . and one Black/Black with White Stripe Swinger 340. Only 1 option: Posi. Rear. The owner's name was Randy and he was like me: not a rich kid, but he knew an awful lot about cars. Yes the car was modified but only what we could see from the outside: headers hanging down and hood pins but with no pins: small locks. He helped pay his tuition street racing for money. No one in school was ever given a chance to look under the hood and he refused to say what gears were in the rear end. Only one car on campus was able to beat him: 1969 SCJ Mach 1 with 4.30 gears.

His car was stolen three times in less than 6 months. The first two times it was recovered almost immediately so there was no damage. The 3rd time it was gone for over a month. When it was recovered the entire front of the car was missing along with the engine and trans. Everything from the firewall forward was gone. So he took the insurance money, used what he needed to pay off his tuition and with the rest he bought a "beater." When we asked him, now that the car was gone, what was under the hood, his only reply was "it wasn't stock."

He once gave me a ride in it: jumped on 1st gear: I was slammed back so fast I thought I was going to wind up in the back seat. I swear the front end lifted because the horizon disappeared.

love theses type of stories !!!! thanks for sharing

[markinnaples]

The Duster/Demon/(later)Dart fastback body style, IMHO, is very underrated. My buddy had a '71 Demon with a T/A 340 Six Pack that he redid but never got running right before he sold it. The day he sold that was a bummer. There was a red Demon with a black Super Stock hood on it (I'm guessing that's what they called that hood with that huge wide scoop) that ran around our area that sounded absolutely nasty, but never got close enough to see what he was running. I imagine a decent 440 in that body style would be a rocket. Too bad you don't see many of that body style these days.

[Hotrodpaul]

Here's a nice one that with a little work, would be quite fast on the street:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-Dodge-...AAAOSwo4pfe9Mi

Drop in a late model Hellcat hemi, 700-800 Hp and leave it the way it looks, with better rear tires of course!

[EZ Nova]

Originally Posted by Hotrodpaul

Here's a nice one that with a little work, would be quite fast on the street:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-Dodge-...AAAOSwo4pfe9Mi

Drop in a late model Hellcat hemi, 700-800 Hp and leave it the way it looks, with better rear tires of course!

I would buy a R5 P7 ex nascsr mopar and swap cam. Many believe the mopar were the most powerful nascar motors when they ran. But were pretty much a rebadged TRD deal.

[earntaz]

Originally Posted by EZ Nova

I would buy a R5 P7 ex nascsr mopar and swap cam. Many believe the mopar were the most powerful nascar motors when they ran. But were pretty much a rebadged TRD deal.

So you're saying the TuRD motor was a MoPar or the MoPar was a TuRD motor?

[EZ Nova]

Originally Posted by earntaz

So you're saying the TuRD motor was a MoPar or the MoPar was a TuRD motor?

I'm on another site with the engine guy from Hendrick's, Warp Speed. He said that, and a couple other engine guys who work with them said the same thing, few subtle changes as they had to make some differences. They had to do some changes for part numbers, but thought it was TRD that the based were based off.

Anyway, the few guys that have worked on the the newer Nascar stuff said the mopar was the one to get for a street strip deal.

[EZ Nova]

I also thought the 70 Duster's we shorter wheelbase then the '69 Darts??

[EZ Nova]

Originally Posted by earntaz

So you're saying the TuRD motor was a MoPar or the MoPar was a TuRD motor?

The "search" deal on that site SUCKS!!! So if I can talk to Warp and get clarification I will.

[MarcDant]

Originally Posted by earntaz

So you're saying the TuRD motor was a MoPar or the MoPar was a TuRD motor?

The toyota has a different cam tunnel design ,more cam bearing mains ,20 head bolts, front mount distributor ect.Different from mopar.
as far as nova to dart comparison maybe a 68 L79 [half a point of xtra compression] would hang or better the 68 dart
[13 extra ci ]. Just my .002 cents.

[PeteLeathersac]

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Cool story Lee and thanks for sharing that!
I like Mopars too but admit I'd choose a subframe/coil Nova over K-frame/torsion Dart every time.


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