Mopar Muscle – October 2019

(Barré) #1

When we removed the intake manifold,


we were surprised to see an aftermarket


valley pan in the engine. It seemed to


have been installed correctly, so we left


it alone. To keep debris out of the


engine, the cylinder-head ports were


stuffed with paper towels, and the


gaskets were removed. The cylinder


heads and end rails of the block were


cleaned. Fel-Pro intake-manifold gas-


kets (PN SFL1243) were laid onto each


cylinder head and the block end rails.


We had to remove the factory roll pin


from the back end rail of the block to


permit the Edelbrock manifold to seat


properly onto the cylinder heads and


end rails. With the roll pin removed,


the intake manifold dropped into place.


This is a comparison of the two
kickdown linkages. The black
kickdown linkage (left) is the
4-bbl version that came from
a 340-equipped Dart. The 2-bbl
linkage (right) did not have the
proper location for the throttle
cable. The longer kickdown
bracket of the 4-bbl version
worked perfectly with the factory
throttle cable on our 273 Dart.

The LD4B was torqued to the cylinder


heads. We had to modify the throttle


return spring bracket to fit the manifold.


The 2-bbl kickdown linkage was


swapped for a 4-bbl version. We


installed the kickdown linkage that


we had removed from our 1969 Dart in



  1. All of the hoses, the temp sensor,


and the distributor were reinstalled.


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