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I know a lot on the 273 won't bolt up to a 360. I was somewhat aware of the exhaust manifold issue and potentially an oil pan issue. At most I'd only keep a 318 or 360 in there for 2-3 years or so. If the 273 is able to survive long enough, I might as well just skip the small block step and go to a GEN III.



Samy, I'm going to be brutally honest here, which I know is not popular on the inter-web, but here goes. After assessing the cars progress so far, and the time it's taken on the TVS install, I'm going to say a gen 3 Hemi conversion is the last thing you should be considering. Every single part from motor mounts to headers to you name it needs to be changed in a Hemi swap. A 360 requires an oil pan and manifolds (which i have two sets laying in front of me). That's it. Or just leave the dang 273 in there and get to racin'. Anyway, I know sometimes people who ask for advice really aren't asking, and they want to do want they want to do. While you're pontificating about expensive wheels and T56s and Hemis, I'm out there with $99 Mustang Wheels, and old a833, and a 360 racing...

Nailed it, the reason he has no wheels is he cannot get over using a spacer. I thing some people are so afraid of mistakes that they never get anything done!



Thanks for the honesty guys. And for the record, the reason why I'm not able to get anything done is because I've got no free time. I'm working or at school from 8am to 5 or 6 pm at night (doesn't include driving home) and once I get home I've got homework to do. I haven't had a free weekend since September because all I've been doing is working on homework, studying for tests, and working on other projects. There's no point in me worrying about a car when I'm trying to graduate. If I don't pass all of my classes, I won't have my job secured in March. Screw me for being responsible and putting my Dart off to the side for a couple months to focus on my career and future.

And yes, I don't like making mistakes and when things go wrong it stresses and bugs the hell out of me. Yes, I'm afraid of screwing things up, I admitted it, but what's wrong with that? The only way to fix all of that is by going in there and doing it. And I'm not opposed to going the small block route. As I said early, it keeps things simple. I was leaning with the Gen III idea because a good portion of the people in this thread were pushing me to go in that direction. Tom, if I find a 360, I'd be happy to drive on down to pick up your manifolds and oil pan. It's kind of hard to drive the Dart over to test the Mustang wheels when I don't have wheels to drive the Dart down there.