G3 HEMI Aussie Valiant Ute

This ' New Hemi Swaps ' section at FABO has been my number 1 go to place for info and ideas on my project . a BIG THANKS to all the contributors. So now that I have made some progress and have a growing cache of photos , I thought it might be a good time for some "show and tell" , while hopefully providing some help to others with there swaps .

I don't plan to cover the swap from start to finish here , Ive done that at queenslandchryslers.com , click the link on my signature below if you want to see more .
I just want to show some of the things that I haven't found here , or that I think are different enough to be of interest . And probably some show off photos too :tool:


First a little info and history . The car is a 77 Chrysler Valiant Utility . Aussies call small car based trucks : Utiltys or a Ute. I brought it back in 1998 as a rough driver and completed a rebuild in 2006 with a hot 6 banger under the hood . I damaged that 6 banger in 2012 , later that year I decided to make the change and purhased a 6.1 Hemi from a wreaked 08 SRT 300C .

Progress at first was slow , while I was trying to decide what direction to take with suspension steering , and the engine management .

Heres a couple of photos of the ute around the time it was finised in 2006 , It doesn't look that good now .