Getting ready to swap a 5.7 into my 73 Dart Swinger

ktowne1 said

Thanks a lot for the info! I'm quickly realizing that there were a little more smoke and mirrors involved this swap than what I had anticipated lol. I am still set to start on this in about 3 weeks though. What about a driveline? Someone said earlier that you have to use a custom driveline? I still have mine and I have the one from the donor car. I was hoping one of these would work somehow.

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The small block transmission will bolt up to the hemi. There will be one bolt hole that is not used (the top if I remember correctly.) You will need to dig through the posts here to see what you need as far a flex plate and such as I do not remember since I am not using the mopar tranny. The rear end will hold up for bit if it is a 7 1/4 but no telling for how long. 8.25 or 8 3/4 will hold up fine.