New Here and to dodge.Just picked up my dogde today
 

Hello im Mike im from way upstate ny wherethe salt rusts out all the carfs :/ anyways im new to dodge ive all ways been around chevy oand some ford. I had a 68 dodge dart gt when i was 15 and wish i would of kept and my dad had a 69 dodge charger 383 auto miss that too.
Well i picked up a 1985 Dodge Diplomat 2day its a real clean car body wise for being a north car its got the 318 w/3spd auto power/ac/cruise/tilt/and continental spare wheel on the back wich is coming off. it has 83k original miles. new tires i paid $1700 and drove it home.


Any info on this car?
Like
rear gears?
trans?
what type of front suspension does it have/ect? thanks

Welcome!

If it's a 3spd auto then it will be either a 904 or a 727. GEars in teh rear axle could be anywhere from 2.72 to 3.55 (I can't see any numerically higher gear in it but I could be wrong). For the front suspension, all I've got is IFS (lol).

it is and yeah and ik ifs lol but theres like a adj bar in the front that go's across kinda looks like a torson bar ?

welcome to the forum

Well, if it looks like a torsion bar, then it must be a torsion bar, and there better be two of them under there...



Welcome to the madness.

What part of "way upstate"? I spent many summer nights in the Saranac Lake/ Tupper lake region.

well ill get pic of what im talking about.
And yes im near saranac ifve been riding through there


just put it on the road just and just daily driving it but want to put some add ons to motor get some more hp out of it with out spending tons.
Any ideas?

This is what i mean looks like a torson bar but runs across the front of car
heres the pics
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SDC10050.jpghttp://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SDC10051.jpg

Yep, dems would be the torsion bars....

yea so...y would they be going that way?

Welcome!! :welcome:

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welcome to the forum

Thanks.
Well i got some kinks to work out of the ol girl. she pulls to the left soon as u let go wheel. Anoying pitch noise like a vacumm leak or something go's away when u throttel it up.
Has some hesitation/shaking/ forward & back/when coasting or driving?
any help would be good.


Plans i want to find the cheapest but good lean burn swap kit.
intake 4bbl
new universals drive shaft/plug wires/fuel filter/maybe repack wheel bearings

Welcome Mike :hello:

Thanks everyone seems like a good place. Been wating to do my ignition swap but cant find a good wiring diagram for it