What to do with my Scamp?

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If it was mine. I would pull the 6 drop at at my machinist have it redone. Put new tires, check brakes new hoses belts ect.
Have my buddy do a rebuild on the 904 and drive it. Probably put my extra 8 3/4 as it's fresh too.
Bounce around wherever I wanted to go like Al Bundy.
 
It is a '71 Scamp. The 4th option is not in the picture. It will be built by somebody, may as well be the rescuer! Putting bearings into a six is money that could be put towards a drivetrain upgrade. But it could be a cheap way to get it running dependably until you can afford to do everything.

Oh ya, get a cheese grater grill! Darts can not do that. :)
 
Your time, your money.
We all know an engine swap also should go along with a trans and rear, along with the linkage.
For me, a street car will also need front sway bar. More time and money.
I'd use your limited time and money to find out why oil pressure is low.
A couple people asked about the details on the oil pressure. If there is a correlation with increasing engine temperature or not is a big clue. If there is a correlation with rpm, that's another clue.
Pull the pan and check the bearings while your in there. Plastigage 'em. Maybe you'll find a clogged pickup but I wouldn't bet on it.
Depending on what you find, an option may be taller rotors in the oil pump (aka high volume pump). This might be in conjunction with different grade oil.
Trouble shooting an engine is a pretty good experience.
 
TT5.9mag said:
You have no options. You must yank the slant, toss it in the garbage and put a 5.9 magnum in it.

Oh wait that’s MY only option. Do what you want it’s your car.
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Now would be a good time to teach the kids the lessons about making do with less. Less food, less time with daddy, same clothes as before, stuff like that.
Hey...you have a car to build and sometimes that means sacrifice. You'd be giving the kids a lesson that will teach them to be frugal and not to waste things like kids do today.











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Welp. Reviving this old thread to announce that I decided to do a Magnum swap on the Scamp! To hell with the slant....

I am picking up a 5.9 this weekend. (If the link works, its this bad boy:Pardon Our Interruption...)
I sent an offer of $349 and the seller accepted.

Donor vehicle was a R/T Dakota with 101k miles, according to the odometer anyway. It looks like the truck was in a wreck, so if luck pans out, I'm hoping the motor is still pretty good.

I'll probably start a new thread for this build, as I'm sure I'll have questions. But right now the plan is to get the motor home, then disassemble, and do "light" rebuild: tear down, hot tank it, replace bearings and gaskets, make sure there is no bad damage internally, then reassemble using the exisiting rotating assembly and roller cam, top it with a carb and intake, add a distributor, shoot it with some paint, and drop it in. Of course I need a new trans and exhaust, and eventually a rear as well, but I might poke along with the 7 1/4 with mild driving for a bit.

The goal is fun per dollar—a budget build. So i'm hoping I can reuse the Magnum internals as much as possible. I think the R/T motor had a good cam, if I'm not mistaken.
 
ScampNYC said:
Welp. Reviving this old thread to announce that I decided to do a Magnum swap on the Scamp! To hell with the slant....

I am picking up a 5.9 this weekend. (If the link works, its this bad boy:Pardon Our Interruption...)
I sent an offer of $349 and the seller accepted.

Donor vehicle was a R/T Dakota with 101k miles, according to the odometer anyway. It looks like the truck was in a wreck, so if luck pans out, I'm hoping the motor is still pretty good.

I'll probably start a new thread for this build, as I'm sure I'll have questions. But right now the plan is to get the motor home, then disassemble, and do "light" rebuild: tear down, hot tank it, replace bearings and gaskets, make sure there is no bad damage internally, then reassemble using the exisiting rotating assembly and roller cam, top it with a carb and intake, add a distributor, shoot it with some paint, and drop it in. Of course I need a new trans and exhaust, and eventually a rear as well, but I might poke along with the 7 1/4 with mild driving for a bit.

The goal is fun per dollar—a budget build. So i'm hoping I can reuse the Magnum internals as much as possible. I think the R/T motor had a good cam, if I'm not mistaken.
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Same cam as ALL the other 5.9 magnums.
 
I was wondering if I should try and keep the factory injection... Would need the computer and figure out a fuel pump situation... but man that would be cool.
 
ScampNYC said:
Welp. Reviving this old thread to announce that I decided to do a Magnum swap on the Scamp! To hell with the slant....

I am picking up a 5.9 this weekend. (If the link works, its this bad boy:Pardon Our Interruption...)
I sent an offer of $349 and the seller accepted.

Donor vehicle was a R/T Dakota with 101k miles, according to the odometer anyway. It looks like the truck was in a wreck, so if luck pans out, I'm hoping the motor is still pretty good.

I'll probably start a new thread for this build, as I'm sure I'll have questions. But right now the plan is to get the motor home, then disassemble, and do "light" rebuild: tear down, hot tank it, replace bearings and gaskets, make sure there is no bad damage internally, then reassemble using the exisiting rotating assembly and roller cam, top it with a carb and intake, add a distributor, shoot it with some paint, and drop it in. Of course I need a new trans and exhaust, and eventually a rear as well, but I might poke along with the 7 1/4 with mild driving for a bit.

The goal is fun per dollar—a budget build. So i'm hoping I can reuse the Magnum internals as much as possible. I think the R/T motor had a good cam, if I'm not mistaken.
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ScampNYC said:
Ah, damn. Is there anything special about the R/T motor?
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Fun per dollar is awesome. But as you now know the cam is the same as any other OE 5.9 cam and so is the rest of the engine. So the first thing you should do is pull the stock cam and send it to Oregon cams for a regrind. Something in the 224@050 range will wake that engine up like crazy. And put a set of valve springs on it to go with. Hughes 1110 will work well. If you do that with an RPM air gap intake and a 750 carb you’re looking at a solid 350-375 hp and a damn fun little package.
 
TT5.9mag said:
Fun per dollar is awesome. But as you now know the cam is the same as any other OE 5.9 cam and so is the rest of the engine. So the first thing you should do is pull the stock cam and send it to Oregon cams for a regrind. Something in the 224@050 range will wake that engine up like crazy. And put a set of valve springs on it to go with. Hughes 1110 will work well. If you do that with an RPM air gap intake and a 750 carb you’re looking at a solid 350-375 hp and a damn fun little package.
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I was thinking the same thing but was talked out of it by other coworkers, made sure the engine ran first :lol:
 
skep419 said:
I was thinking the same thing but was talked out of it by other coworkers, made sure the engine ran first :lol:
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Not a lot wrong with making sure it runs first but I do that on a run stand and not in the car. Makes it really easy to tear in to it afterwards. Once it’s in the car and running I tend to not want to touch em.
 
TT5.9mag said:
Fun per dollar is awesome. But as you now know the cam is the same as any other OE 5.9 cam and so is the rest of the engine. So the first thing you should do is pull the stock cam and send it to Oregon cams for a regrind. Something in the 224@050 range will wake that engine up like crazy. And put a set of valve springs on it to go with. Hughes 1110 will work well. If you do that with an RPM air gap intake and a 750 carb you’re looking at a solid 350-375 hp and a damn fun little package.
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Oh cool! So then would I reuse the roller lifters? Love these great ideas ...
 
I got the motor. She is looking good.
Hey, there is a rebuilt 727 trans near me, that is supposedly ordered from Ma Mopar in the 80s for some guys 73 charger but never installed, yadda yadda. It has a complete Mopar “retrofit kit” and a brand new driveshaft. All new parts from Mopar, linkage, dust shield, etc. Guy says he’s sell for $850. Thing is, it’s a lockup trans. It’s the closest trans I can find for my swap. No torque converter, will have to source one. Thoughts?
By the way, the car will just be a fun cruiser, not a race car or anything like that.
 
/6 or V8??? Depends on what you want. Power is expensive. You will likely spend at least several thousand dollars getting a 5.6 in there. Rebuilding a /6 will be a lot less. Do you just want a fun classic car to drive? Then go with the /6. Do you want to burn some rubber and have a healthy ruble when you drive? Then go with the V8. Only you can decide that.

Oops, just saw that you had purchased the 5.6, so I guess you made up your mind. FWIW, I think you made the right choice. keep us posted.
 
The fuel pump for an EFI conversion is pretty easy. You can sump the tank and bolt an external pump to the floor; that's what I did. Or you can use immersion rated fuel hose to put an in tank pump on the end of your sending unit - fewer mods to the tank but more affected by fuel slosh.
 

Very unusual to find a clean A Body not all rusted out around that big city...awesome you have a garage too. 5.9 magnum great choice
 
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