Re: A body engine swap discovery
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#17098
08/16/05 10:23 PM
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im not an a body guy but try mocking it up complete with a d shaft you may find offset or driveline angles are wrong! also get out your trusty torpedo level and see if that blocks tilted to the side at all...but anything is possible after all i see people selling big block b and e body k frames all the time so you can switch from a small block!!!
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Re: A body engine swap discovery
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#17101
08/17/05 10:06 AM
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BBR
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BTT pretty interesting.....
Drag Week 2011 - 77th place - DD Drag Week 2012 - 2nd place SRBB N/A Drag Week 2014 - Kapooya RMRW 2018 RMRW 2020
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Re: A body engine swap discovery
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#17103
08/17/05 12:53 PM
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Gas_Bandit
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I don't understand the fascination with trying to use the wrong K frame. They aren't that hard to find.
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Re: A body engine swap discovery
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#17104
08/17/05 01:44 PM
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First and foremost, the allure is to use the stuff you already have vs. finding a different K member and swapping it in. Not everybody wants to jack around with swapping a K if they don't have to. Makes me wonder if that's how they used to put a SB in a D100 since they came with /6's and SB's. Or do pickups use different K's for /6 7 V8?
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Re: A body engine swap discovery
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#17105
08/17/05 01:55 PM
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I've seen a couple of cars done like that and it works. I agree with 349 MagnumRT too, its about using what you have not how much you can spend. Its ALOT cheaper to find a mount that will work than it is to find and hang the correct k-frame. I found out a month or 2 ago that with the 70's style 318 brackets you can use the rubbers from an 88 Supra and it will drop into a 64/65/66 a-body perfect. Didnt cost me a penny to put it in my buddies Dart because I have a blown up Supra engine in the shop and looked at the mounts and . Cheap new discoveries are awesome when they work. Tim
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Re: A body engine swap discovery
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#17113
08/18/05 08:18 AM
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using toyota parts on a dodge? that's just wrong lol.
My old Dodge became a Mercedes a few years ago.
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