Re: anyone put a late model hemi in a 64-66 early A body.
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03/21/15 08:38 PM
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Re: anyone put a late model hemi in a 64-66 early A body.
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03/22/15 07:56 PM
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Well, looks like it has been done with Alterkation front end ! I will not go that route. If I wanted to start with a coil spring front end, I would just tell the guy to buy a Chevrolet, and put an LS motor in it. I reckon to keep it all Mopar, I will just build the stroker LA engine for it.
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Re: anyone put a late model hemi in a 64-66 early A body.
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03/23/15 01:40 PM
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I tried, no luck without cutting/fabricating. All the ex manifolds I tried were going to dump it right into the steering shaft or needed the inner fender cut out or... The best fit I could find on the pass side was a durango manifold and it would need the bumps around the control are bushings smashed in or cut out. Could not find any headers.
Oil pan would have been easy, the regular a body conversion pans out there should have fit.
I was going to run manual steering and no AC or power brakes so did not even try them.
For me the deal breaker was the exhaust, no way to do it without cutting.
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Re: anyone put a late model hemi in a 64-66 early A body.
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03/23/15 05:20 PM
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Did some rough measuring a few years back on a 65 Cuda with this very swap in mind. As HRD says, clearances around the UCA inner pivot is tight.
Tight enough that I dropped the idea.
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Re: anyone put a late model hemi in a 64-66 early A body.
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03/23/15 11:47 PM
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That is what I wanted to know guys I have a buddy that could make it fit with whatever chassis work it would take. I just do not want to go to the trouble and expense. I can build a car that the customer will love and enjoy, with a traditional smallblock within his budget. Thank You !
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Re: anyone put a late model hemi in a 64-66 early A body.
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03/24/15 01:21 PM
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NO wheelbarrows of cash here ! I will just go with the stroker smallblock.
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Re: anyone put a late model hemi in a 64-66 early A body.
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03/25/15 04:07 AM
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I just do not want to go to the trouble and expense. I can build a car that the customer will love and enjoy, with a traditional smallblock within his budget.
You are way ahead in time, expense, & reduction of frustration with a small block - stroked or otherwise.
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Re: anyone put a late model hemi in a 64-66 early A body.
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03/25/15 04:25 AM
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Quote:
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I just do not want to go to the trouble and expense. I can build a car that the customer will love and enjoy, with a traditional smallblock within his budget.
You are way ahead in time, expense, & reduction of frustration with a small block - stroked or otherwise.
As I hate to admit it, I agree. A stock suspension early A is way difficult to throw a Hemi in. I'd imagine you'd have to have no accessories and manual steering. Heck, even throwing one in a stock suspensioned 67+ A body is a tight squeeze.
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