Starter clearance is great. Better than I was expecting.

It's a magnum starter.

Some pictures of the Jeep SRT Oil filter adapter. The shield had to be shortened to avoid the K frame, so I trimmed it a little extra.

Ground flat and de-burred. One less thing to cut my hand on later on.

Today I took 1/2" off of the 23 spline input shaft.

Scribed the whole way around.

Rough cut...

Smoothed and hand chamfered...not bad for a greek!

A little update:

-My bellhousing alignment dowels pulled out with the block plate. They say that they need 7 ft lb., but clearly I didn't get that much (they were tight...)

-Accessory drive is almost done, just need to add the balancer and PS pump. It was a heck of a time finding the right idler pulley bolt.

-I ground on the mount for the ps side engine mount. I also found my Moroso Solid Mount for the drivers side. No mods needed.



-I bought radiator hoses and they're going to work out pretty well.

Upper radiator hose for passenger side neck:
Dayco C72282 - ID of 1.44 and 1.72 (for a 2006 Dodge Charger 5.7 hemi)

Lower radiator hose for drivers side neck:
Dayco E72281 - 1.44 & 1.66 ID (I measured this one in the store- the water pump side was ~1.5" I think, and the radiator side was smaller) - this is for a 5.7 dodge charger



Thanks to wade for his FABO post on radiator hoses.

do you know the main cap bolts are torque to yield?

They are.

2 uses are about all you get out of them before they undergo plastic deformation and no longer "stretch".

I cut the back ear off of the ac compressor today.








And also clearanced the k frame for the ac compressor.

....and its in!










It fits well. It took some fighting on the biscuit mounts and a little clearancing of the moroso solid mount, but it all fits without issue.


Next up, try and slide the headers in from underneath, bolt on the 6.1 intake and add the oil filter adapter. It will be sealed and I can move onto the fuel system mounting of the additional pump and accumulator.

I have to say, it is a really good looking motor for this car.

A huge thanks to Wade (uhcoog1) for helping me drop it in and being a confidant for all of my tough hotroding decisions lol.

Easiest Hemi swap so far!

I'm looking forward to seeing how well everything fits.

Solid mounts would like to hear some feed back on how it feels once running and driving

I'm only running a solid mount on the drivers side, the passenger side is a cheap rubber mount.

I'm trying to not break parts and keep this as a low maitnence motor. I didn't have the money for mity mounts or poly locks, but I had one of these mounts left over from the big block stuff. I figured 500hp and a 4 speed might tear up a few things.