'66 Dodge D-Dart at Mecum auction

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Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Alan,
What you said does make sense. 8 3/4' for 4-speeds, and the 7 1/4" for automatics in 65'. I would imagine many of 65' 273 Commando 4-speed
Darts and Cuda's in early 65' never drove home from the drag-strip. Got brought home via a chain.
I will post some valve clearance info. You have to check the photo's of the cylinder head (valves and combustion chamber) in the Ted Spehar
Dart, on the D-Dart site. Those intake valves are not 1.87". They are definitely 1.78. On the bottom side of the head, a "2" is stamped within the indentation. Not sure if that indicated anything special.
On the engines, again put together at Chrysler Marine & Industrial.
Paul

Paul,

I had a 1964 Valiant with a 225 and a 4 speed with the 7 1/4. I raced it in stock class and E/mp (cam and 4bbl) at ATCO......broke 5 rear ends in one year...it was truly worthless!

JimR