slant to 265 hemi
Valiant50, It is easier then you think...I have put a hemi in a 67/68 Valiant here in oz. Just pull the old motor & trans swap the K member if the car is RHD or if LHD leave the K member in you only need to mod the right side engine mount just sit the hemi & trans in position on the 2 mounts then make a new mount for the right side. I would use the 904 auto & get a B&M or Hurst shifter they only require a small hole in the floor for the cable.
The reason to leave the K memeber in if the car is LHD is that LHD to RHD have different control arms & ball joint so it isn't just a straight swap so is easier to just mod the mount.
You are thinking a long the right lines you will need to remove the fan spacer. All A body MoPars have the same measurements from engine mount to trans mount weather it is slant 6, Hemi 6 or SB V8 the hemi is longer forward of thr engine mount by 75mm or "3".
Cheers Oz
I agree - i have a 904 here - since it is a 904 slant equiped RHD car this would be a bolt in Have the HEMI 6 standing on its k-member - the biggie is getting the 904 lined up with the Hemi - dowel wise to get the offset right.
Issue is straight forward actually - in my Collection i have a 170 slant, a LA 318 in the 78 CL SE, a 225 in the Charger and a 225 in the 68 Barracuda and that is out of commission. I need the cuda on the road, and making my spare 318 LA fit is more of an issue than making the hemi fit.
And the capacity of the cooling system will be up to the task - it will be a temporary solution till the slant is back and running and by then I will also know what I want to do with the hemi.
...but the hemi will be something else with 904 behind it in a 68 fb barracuda - the combo as mine is at this stage is very light -
Stock 265 is 18 kg lighter than a slant, the one I have does not have an cast iron exhaust - it has extractors, also the inlet is not cast iron - it is aluminum - apparently also not a production item - this drops the weight be a further so 10 -12 kg
The cuda with the hemi and 904 is 50 - 60 kg lighter than a Oz charger with similar running gear and most of in the front - the weight distribution will be very close to 50/50.
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