1968 Barracuda / Hellcat Redeye swap project

jamesmcclain340 said
trying to get my info straight. doing a hellcat / 6 speed swap sometime soon. trying to figure out the best K member to use. trying to stay budget friendly. lord knows I still have big purchases to make. would prefer to keep the TB but will do disc brakes upgrade (I would like to stop). which is the easier/ cheaper route pre-73 biscuit or 74 and up spool. also I don't want to have to change mounts every other week. thanks for your time.

I would think your best option would be the Holley system, which is for the '73+ spool mount V8 k-frame only. This would allow for you to keep the OEM AC compressor (assuming you want AC) and is setup to bolt an HC motor in without having to do firewall mods for the intercooler manifold on the back of the blower.

The biggest drawback (IMO) to the Holley stuff is since the motor is moved forward, the stock trans mount and linkages are wrong. But since you are already planning to do a 6 speed, you would have to rebuild all of that anyways so it doesn't matter. It's annoying to me in that I can't do either my 6 speed swap or my G3 swap one at a time, they both have to be done at the same time. But it's worth it to me since I can keep the low mount AC compressor and not have the oil filter issues.

The other issue is that moving the motor forward is bad for an already front heavy bias, but unless you are building it for a competition arena where every percentage hurts you, I would just ignore it.