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Re: A body engine swap discovery [Re: RV2] #17115 02/28/06 08:23 AM 02/28/06 08:23 AM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,167 Maryland GO_Fish master
GO_Fish master Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,167 Maryland	Quote: It worked! the engine and trans are in, I finished up late so I did not get any pics, but in a day or two I will post several pics. RV2, how did this work out for you?? Scott B. "I'm a self-made man... I started with nothing, and I still have most of it!" 68 360 rusty B'cuda 'vert (GO Fish)13.59@ 98.72 mph 69 340 GTS stock 14.18@ 95.60 mph 01 5.9L Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x4 01 3.5L 300M 16.23@ 86.97 mph

Re: A body engine swap discovery [Re: BrianT] #17116 02/28/06 08:26 AM 02/28/06 08:26 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,619 Almost Heaven B_Body_Bob Master of nothing
B_Body_Bob Master of nothing Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,619 Almost Heaven	Quote: That looks like the way my 340 is mounted. It was originally a /6, and a previous owner swapped in a 340. I wondered if it was a Shumaker mount or what, but it looks very similar to what you have there. Schumaker mounts do look a lot like that, except IIRC the steel mount parts have a hole cut in them. We've got a set on our Duster. Everybody makes fun of a hillbilly until they need something fixed

Re: A body engine swap discovery [Re: B_Body_Bob] #17117 02/28/06 08:47 AM 02/28/06 08:47 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,675 Columbia, CT M moper I Live Here
moper I Live Here M Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,675 Columbia, CT	Trucks have multiple holes in the crossmember..No K frame per se. It looks like it might be "off a hair as far as right to left, but really, stick a driveshaft in, and take a few pics showing from the K frame back. Is the oil pan inplace? Steering linkage too? Looks like it is..How about heads and headers or manifolds? Getting the bare block in is easy..it's getting it all to work that gets a little tougher. Cool idea tho. It took me 2 cuts and 2 welds to make big block mounts out of the factory /6 mounts that used factory rubbers and mounted a 383 to a /6 K frame in a Swinger some years back. With the 2bbl exh logs on it and power steering. I was bet I couldnt do it with not buying any parts. I won $50, and had one whale of a burnout machine...lol. Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... Now you tell me what you know.

Re: A body engine swap discovery [Re: moper] #17118 02/28/06 09:15 AM 02/28/06 09:15 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,158 Hamilton,Ohio P POZEST top fuel
POZEST top fuel P Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,158 Hamilton,Ohio	Transdapt mounts... http://www.tdperformance.com/TransDapt.html

Re: A body engine swap discovery [Re: POZEST] #17119 02/28/06 09:36 AM 02/28/06 09:36 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Innovation is a good thing, but not if it leads to hassles in everything else you put on the car. I hope that works for you, but I would mock up the entire driveline. I have a 72 duster that I bought with the 340 4 spd already in it. The previous owner liked to be "innovative" and used a B-body clutch fork and pivot. Needless to say it didn't line up so he torched the pushrod and bent it to get it to work. I found out this was done on the side of the street when it snapped. Just one example of what I have to go back and fix right after his "innovative" ways of doing it the first time.

Re: A body engine swap discovery [Re: RV2] #17120 02/28/06 11:45 AM 02/28/06 11:45 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,204 Fort Worth, TX Clair_Davis master
Clair_Davis master Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,204 Fort Worth, TX	Per the TTI web site: Quote: From the center of the crankshaft to the top of the K-frame the correct distance is 5-1/4". The engine is also offset toward the passernger-side. Measure from the center of the crankshaft to each frame rail. The difference should be 2-1/2". As long as you can achieve these numbers side to side and up/down, you should be golden. Just eyeballing, it looks about right. I don't know what the front/back angle of the drivetrain is, but that would be the final dimension to check to verify that a totally custom install was right. Using a stock Mopar trans & mount, this wouldn't be a real concern. Clair 68 Sport Fury Vert (440/727) Getting a heart transplant... 69 Valiant 100 (340/833/EFI)

Re: A body engine swap discovery [Re: RV2] #17121 02/28/06 12:35 PM 02/28/06 12:35 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	This Post needs to be "IN THE BEST OF" Pages GOOD JOB MAN

Re: A body engine swap discovery #17122 02/28/06 12:56 PM 02/28/06 12:56 PM
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,954 Illinois SGTFURY62 top fuel
SGTFURY62 top fuel Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,954 Illinois	Would this work in a b-body also? Hmmmm

Re: A body engine swap discovery [Re: SGTFURY62] #17123 02/28/06 01:20 PM 02/28/06 01:20 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Can anybody think of why this wouldn't work with a 360 also?

Re: A body engine swap discovery #17124 02/28/06 01:30 PM 02/28/06 01:30 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,463 Rome, PA Ryan_340 master
Ryan_340 master Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,463 Rome, PA	Quote: Can anybody think of why this wouldn't work with a 360 also? yes because the 340/360 share the same mounts. 1972 Power Wagon W100 1973 Power Wagon W200 1971 Duster 1972 Dart Swinger 3-1972 Demons

Re: A body engine swap discovery [Re: Ryan_340] #17125 02/28/06 01:32 PM 02/28/06 01:32 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,968 Hampton, Ga. 7 70dart360 Green Meister
70dart360 Green Meister 7 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,968 Hampton, Ga.	Tim 70 Dart Swinger 72 D-100 440 shortbed 76 Pinto, 68k 21mpg!

Re: A body engine swap discovery [Re: 70dart360] #17126 02/28/06 01:46 PM 02/28/06 01:46 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,167 Maryland GO_Fish master
GO_Fish master Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,167 Maryland	Relax guys, this is an old post I revived today. I never heard back that the engine was in and running and everything worked out okay... Thats what I'm hoping to find out. Scott B. "I'm a self-made man... I started with nothing, and I still have most of it!" 68 360 rusty B'cuda 'vert (GO Fish)13.59@ 98.72 mph 69 340 GTS stock 14.18@ 95.60 mph 01 5.9L Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x4 01 3.5L 300M 16.23@ 86.97 mph

Re: A body engine swap discovery [Re: GO_Fish] #17127 02/28/06 02:03 PM 02/28/06 02:03 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 10,693 Surface of the Sun, AZ Hotwheelsjr I Live Here
Hotwheelsjr I Live Here Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 10,693 Surface of the Sun, AZ	I'd also like to try this with a 318 swap into my '67 Barracuda with a /6 K. The DS mount is the one that is different between 318s and the 340/360, so in theory, with a 318 DS mount and the truck/van pass mount, it should work, huh? I'm all about saving some coin and I'm not interested in rebuilding my front end because of a K swap. Much easier/cheaper to use what works than having to swap an entire K frame IMHO.

Re: A body engine swap discovery [Re: Hotwheelsjr] #17128 02/28/06 02:06 PM 02/28/06 02:06 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 43,511 Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy Rhinodart Rhinotruck
Rhinodart Rhinotruck Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 43,511 Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy	I am just about to giveaway a set of 69 318 truck mounts, so this interests me too! The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it. JB Rhinehart, Realist A-Body's RULE!

Re: A body engine swap discovery [Re: Rhinodart] #17129 02/28/06 02:26 PM 02/28/06 02:26 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	I just picked up a 71 Duster with /6 k-frame and I also pulled a 318 from a 78 Dodge truck with the mounts. Would be very interested if this works also.

Re: A body engine swap discovery #17130 02/28/06 02:33 PM 02/28/06 02:33 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,167 Maryland GO_Fish master
GO_Fish master Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,167 Maryland	RV2 initiated this string. I just PM'd him to see if he'll pick the thread back up with some more details. Scott B. "I'm a self-made man... I started with nothing, and I still have most of it!" 68 360 rusty B'cuda 'vert (GO Fish)13.59@ 98.72 mph 69 340 GTS stock 14.18@ 95.60 mph 01 5.9L Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x4 01 3.5L 300M 16.23@ 86.97 mph

Re: A body engine swap discovery #17131 02/28/06 04:09 PM 02/28/06 04:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,968 Hampton, Ga. 7 70dart360 Green Meister
70dart360 Green Meister 7 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,968 Hampton, Ga.	I always thought you used the truck mount on the drivers side on a /6 K frame. Thats the way my 72 Dart was (I didnt put it together). I broke the mount and almost never figured out what I needed. Tim 70 Dart Swinger 72 D-100 440 shortbed 76 Pinto, 68k 21mpg!

Re: A body engine swap discovery [Re: RV2] #17132 02/28/06 04:21 PM 02/28/06 04:21 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest M MoparforLife Too Many Posts
MoparforLife Too Many Posts M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest	Quote: It worked! the engine and trans are in, I finished up late so I did not get any pics, but in a day or two I will post several pics. Finally some one who is ready to improvise and to try something with out having to order everything ready made. Nice to see some one else that is willing to do a little homework and save a few bucks. I posted a post the other day on /6 to V8 conversions that the right mount is right and it is only the left mount that needs to be reworked.

Re: A body engine swap discovery [Re: MoparforLife] #17133 02/28/06 06:15 PM 02/28/06 06:15 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 751 St.Clair Shores, Mich bryansgarage super stock
bryansgarage super stock Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 751 St.Clair Shores, Mich	I'm doing this conversion right now on my 67 Valiant. A guy over on A body.com did the same thing. I have the truck mounts from a 85 318, some 68 318 biscuits, and some 72 318 brackets and biscuits. I was curious too if the driveshaft angle would be o.k.

Re: A body engine swap discovery [Re: RV2] #17134 02/28/06 07:18 PM 02/28/06 07:18 PM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,118 Alone in the darkness gamagoat6x6 super street
gamagoat6x6 super street Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,118 Alone in the darkness	I just replaced the /6 with a 318 in a `78 B100 van and the K frame was perfect. I guess we won`t be tossing out any more van/truck mounts and I have some here with the 360 mounts in `em too for the 340/360 swaps. Nice work RV2 `02 RAM2500 SPORT V10 4x4 `06 GMC sierra NO cars

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