'66dartstarter

Hi all! This is my frist post. I have a 1966 dart 273 2 door. The carb on it looked like it had been under water for the last 15 years. I tryed to clean it but it was to far gone. So I am looking for a good new one that would work in its place. I am trying to keep it as stock as i can. so if you have any info for me that would be great. Thanks Kris

theomahamoparguy

is it a 2 or 4 barrel?

'66dartstarter

Its a 4 with what looks like a manifold controled chock. If that sounds right?

mopardrt

did the 66 273 come with 4 barrels? I thought most darts with small 8's always had 2 barrels

67 GTX

the 273's had four barrels
you could check ebay if you want to find the original one
not sure if anyone re-produces it

'66dartstarter

i have looked on ebay but i realy dont know what iam looking for. if someone can tell me more about it that would be great. also how hard would it be to put disk brakes on the front? i know it would not be stock but help on the everday driving of the car. ones i get it done or driving agone im going to give it to my mother sinec i got the car from her couse "its a pile of crap if it does not run or drive" in her word but i know it means a lot to her. so thank you all for the help and info
Kris

theomahamoparguy

It's probably a carter-AFB. The closest thing you will find for it will be an Edelbrock Performer carb. the smallest one they make is the 500 cfm version. You can get one with a manual choke or an electric choke, (electric highly recommended). Also, buy the mopar linkage adapter to go with it. (less than $10). If you ge this route, you can do away with the manifold type choke......(another alternative would be to rebuild your carb that you got. It may look bad but you would be amazed how well a good cleaning and rebuild can do.) Google the "summit racing" website. there you will find the Eldebrock carbs. Anyway, you can look on the website and see if your carb looks like the Eldebrock carb. If it does, then its a Carter that you have on your 273. (eldebrock bought the design rights to the old Carter AFB's).
If it does not look like the Eldebrock, than the carb has been changed.

theomahamoparguy

Swapping the front to disc brakes is not that hard IF (this is a big "if") you are mechanically inclined OR you just let someone else do the work. Doing this work can be a real pain in the ***. To make things worse, there are not too many people that I would trust to do the work because most of the mechanics nowadays have never worked on an old dart (or similar). You will need to find someone who knows these cars AND is not just blowing smoke up your back-side. (I could do it but I don't know where you live). Master power brakes has the parts for the conversion. Or you can find them in the junkyard on a 1973 or newer dart-duster-valiant etc. with the factory disc brakes. One word of warning; if you go this route, you will need to change the wheels to the newer style with the larger
4 1/2 inch wheel mounting bolt pattern. (probably a good idea anyway; stronger). Of course, now you will have the problem that the rear wheels will have a diferent pattern. Just get a different rear or do what I did when I had a 64 dart. I just carried 2 spares.[one of each bolt pattern] (lazy persons fix).
Any way, if you got any problems, just ask for help on this forum, we'll walk you through any problems. Hey, that's a nice thing your doing for your mom!! I like it!

'66dartstarter

well let me start off by saying thank you for all of the info. the carb that was on the engine, i took off and apart put all the parts in our carb cleaner at work for about 12 hrs and then put the top end in a cem. like wd40 over night. i then tryed to get the chock rod to move and it did not so i was going to take the valves off and try to push the rod out of the block. the two screws snaped off in the rod. i figgerd it was now junk. if i think about it it does look like a eldebrock. so a 500 cfm would be compatible? and on to the brakes i am a tractor tech and have worked on lots of trucks and brakes so the conversion does not bug me to do. i just realy did not know where to go or where to look. so one last question, the disturator on the car has two points is this stock or after market?

sgp7679

just go to autozone, they have everything