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hemi k frames #1726226 01/10/15 10:07 AM 01/10/15 10:07 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 6,531 sw chicago R RAH OP master
RAH OP master R Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 6,531 sw chicago	does anyone know if a 1970 HEMI k frame will go into a 1968 roadrunner with minimal or no modifications? what needs to be modified or changed? RAH@wowway.com

Re: hemi k frames [Re: RAH] #1726227 01/10/15 10:50 AM 01/10/15 10:50 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,106 CANADA Desmond super stock
Desmond super stock Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,106 CANADA	you need to use the '70 steering box and column "Been spending all my nights on the internet, looking for a clue that I ain't found yet, just a bunch of Mopars, guitars and other s#*t i can't buy." - Sturgill Simpson

Re: hemi k frames [Re: Desmond] #1726228 01/10/15 10:53 AM 01/10/15 10:53 AM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,383 Az 69hemibeep pro stock
69hemibeep pro stock Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,383 Az	Didn't they use a different sway bar set up? 1969 Hemi Roadrunner 2nd owner

Re: hemi k frames [Re: 69hemibeep] #1726229 01/10/15 11:55 AM 01/10/15 11:55 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard
ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	I'd sell it and buy a correct one for the 68. You should come out money ahead.

Re: hemi k frames [Re: Desmond] #1726230 01/10/15 12:01 PM 01/10/15 12:01 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,004 U.S.S.A. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,004 U.S.S.A.	Quote: you need to use the '70 steering box and column Not true.

Re: hemi k frames [Re: 69hemibeep] #1726231 01/10/15 12:03 PM 01/10/15 12:03 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,004 U.S.S.A. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,004 U.S.S.A.	Quote: Didn't they use a different sway bar set up? Yes they did and it only requires drilling holes for the swaybar mounts if going from a 70 to 68 , going 68 to 70 won't work because the 70 swaybar passes thru the K member.

Re: hemi k frames [Re: JohnRR] #1726232 01/10/15 12:34 PM 01/10/15 12:34 PM
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RAH OP master R Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 6,531 sw chicago	thanks much for all your advise bob h 708 687 1187 RAH@wowway.com

Re: hemi k frames [Re: RAH] #1726233 01/10/15 12:44 PM 01/10/15 12:44 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,086 Strathroy, Ontario BS27R1B master
BS27R1B master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,086 Strathroy, Ontario	There is also a difference in the skid plate. '.. it was long ago and it was far away, and it was so much better than it is today..' Jim Steinman

Re: hemi k frames [Re: JohnRR] #1726234 01/10/15 12:55 PM 01/10/15 12:55 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,106 CANADA Desmond super stock
Desmond super stock Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,106 CANADA	Quote: Quote: you need to use the '70 steering box and column Not true. Well, that's what I had to do - the angle was completely off using the '68-'69 set up I had... "Been spending all my nights on the internet, looking for a clue that I ain't found yet, just a bunch of Mopars, guitars and other s#*t i can't buy." - Sturgill Simpson

Re: hemi k frames [Re: Desmond] #1726235 01/10/15 01:13 PM 01/10/15 01:13 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,004 U.S.S.A. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,004 U.S.S.A.	Quote: Quote: Quote: you need to use the '70 steering box and column Not true. Well, that's what I had to do - the angle was completely off using the '68-'69 set up I had... Then you got one that missed QC checks because the steering box angle is the same 66-7. Also a 70 column is different than 68-69 so I'm curious what you did there ... 68-69 ignition is in the dash , 70 in the column.

Re: hemi k frames [Re: BS27R1B] #1726236 01/10/15 01:15 PM 01/10/15 01:15 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,004 U.S.S.A. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,004 U.S.S.A.	Quote: There is also a difference in the skid plate. I forgot about that , 68 has a MAN'S skidplate , 70 has a something about the thickness of tinfoil.

Re: hemi k frames [Re: Desmond] #1726237 01/10/15 02:01 PM 01/10/15 02:01 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 18,415 UPPER MICHIGAN, MARQUETTE COUN... N NITROUSN I Live Here
NITROUSN I Live Here N Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 18,415 UPPER MICHIGAN, MARQUETTE COUN...	Quote: Well, that's what I had to do - the angle was completely off using the '68-'69 set up I had... Maybe you had a 70 E body Hemi K-frame???..

Re: hemi k frames [Re: NITROUSN] #1726238 01/10/15 05:17 PM 01/10/15 05:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,004 U.S.S.A. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,004 U.S.S.A.	Quote: Quote: Well, that's what I had to do - the angle was completely off using the '68-'69 set up I had... Maybe you had a 70 E body Hemi K-frame???.. Probably ...

Re: hemi k frames [Re: JohnRR] #1726239 01/10/15 08:22 PM 01/10/15 08:22 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,467 So Cal autoxcuda Too Many Posts
autoxcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,467 So Cal	Go to the MegaParts website and look at the pictures.

Re: hemi k frames [Re: RAH] #1726240 01/10/15 08:37 PM 01/10/15 08:37 PM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 467 Coon Valley, WI M megaparts mopar
megaparts mopar M Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 467 Coon Valley, WI	Quote: does anyone know if a 1970 HEMI k frame will go into a 1968 roadrunner with minimal or no modifications? what needs to be modified or changed? Bob if you have questions give my dad a call He knows them inside and out. I know the skid plate and sway bar are different and am pretty sure that is it. If the one you have is an original as Scott said you will come out ahead selling it and getting a correct one.

Re: hemi k frames [Re: JohnRR] #1726241 01/11/15 12:52 AM 01/11/15 12:52 AM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,881 Pittsburgh,PA RTSrunner top fuel
RTSrunner top fuel Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,881 Pittsburgh,PA	Quote: Quote: Quote: Well, that's what I had to do - the angle was completely off using the '68-'69 set up I had... Maybe you had a 70 E body Hemi K-frame???.. Probably ... I agree,isn't the steering box at a different angle on the E-body K-frame?

Re: hemi k frames [Re: RTSrunner] #1726242 01/11/15 02:13 AM 01/11/15 02:13 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,004 U.S.S.A. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,004 U.S.S.A.	Quote: Quote: Quote: Quote: Well, that's what I had to do - the angle was completely off using the '68-'69 set up I had... Maybe you had a 70 E body Hemi K-frame???.. Probably ... I agree,isn't the steering box at a different angle on the E-body K-frame? Yes it is .

Re: hemi k frames [Re: JohnRR] #1726243 01/11/15 04:54 AM 01/11/15 04:54 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,157 Bend,OR USA C Cab_Burge I Win
Cab_Burge I Win C Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,157 Bend,OR USA	Years ago I swapped a 1968 RR Hemi motor and tranny with the K member into a 1969 GTX, we ended up wrecking that car going to the races after hitting a big wild dog The owner bought a R/T 440 1970 Challenger out of a wrecking yard in Los Angles and I swapped that K member, motor and tranny into the Challenger I think I took the steering colmum apart and had a extension welded onto it to make it fit the standard steering box out of the RR To many years ago, we never had any issues that I remember other than NHRA raisning a fuss about the sway bar and how I had to beat the 1968 K member up to make the 1970 E body sway bar fit in it Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)

Re: hemi k frames [Re: JohnRR] #1726244 01/12/15 12:08 PM 01/12/15 12:08 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,106 CANADA Desmond super stock
Desmond super stock Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,106 CANADA	Quote: Quote: Quote: Quote: you need to use the '70 steering box and column Not true. Well, that's what I had to do - the angle was completely off using the '68-'69 set up I had... Then you got one that missed QC checks because the steering box angle is the same 66-7. Also a 70 column is different than 68-69 so I'm curious what you did there ... 68-69 ignition is in the dash , 70 in the column. Never touched the column inside the car, had to modify it as it hooked to the steering gear in the engine compartment. Coulda been an e-body K, yeah. Was a while ago... "Been spending all my nights on the internet, looking for a clue that I ain't found yet, just a bunch of Mopars, guitars and other s#*t i can't buy." - Sturgill Simpson

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