440WB,

Do you mind taking a pic from the side and I'd like to see how the oil filter/kframe clearance worked out in your case.

Congrats on getting it dropped in, looks great and you've taken the lead, now tell us all about it! 8^)

-Daty

Here is that picture

Jesse

Only have this view to show you. I pulled the motor out again. It was only a tempory check on fit and clearance's. I decided to go with TTI's complete E Body exhaust system. Went to Mancini's and picked up a set of ceramic coated headers and placed the order that comes with their set of recommended motor mounts with the shumaker set and the block off plate. So will have to go with the inner fender by pass oil filter mount.
Was going with the 4 x4 truck oil filter offset, and S & P motor mounts which are on in this pic.
the offset is waiting for me @ the dealer to pick up which I no longer need. With the S & P mounts the oil filter would of hit and needed the offset.

Daty,
Update..
I took my Dart over to a friends shop to take out the engine/trans. The engine/trans are now out. You know what happens when you start taking things apart? Well, you start saying stuff like: "this isn't going to look right" or "I might as well do this right while it's apart". The whole engine compartment is now bare. The wiring, firewall items, grille, front bumper and everthing is off.
This project is going to be almost a full-blown restoration along with the Hemi swap. You end up with a lot of things to do that you didn't think there would be. Anyway, we've pretty much figured out what we're going to do.
I'm waiting on new torsion bars so we pull the '74 k-frame out and put the '69 k-frame in. Once the body work is done in the engine bay, we're planning on test-fitting the Hemi the first week of December. Once test-fitted it will come back out so the body/paint work can can continue. The whole car will be re-painted.
Hope to have the project complete by late Feb or early March.
Hopefully the Mopar Performance engine kit will be here in about a week.
The mid-sump oil pan arrived from Street & Performance the other day.

How's your project working out?
Bob

Great progress there Bob. I know the feeling of one thing leads to another too. Pulled the slanty a couple weekends ago and my my the engine compartment is all tore up from the years. I'm considering repainting the compartment, at the least new brake lines, redo the harness (tape on the factory harness and plastic tubing on the hemi harness will look weird) and hide it while I'm at it.

Still need to pull the fuel system and clean and coat underneath.

I switched the serp. belt from a 70834 to a 70825 to get the tensioner more range. The tranny is all rebuilt and in the garage, and got some stuff cleaned up. Don at FBO shipped out the fuel system today (YEA!).

There's stuff to be ordered like the madelectrical stuff (though I may piece it out instead) and a remote oil filter.

TTI is really screwing me on the blockoff plate, was supposed to get it long time ago and they've had "manufactoring issues". Mancini has the plates listed at $20, but they are TTI plates. Sam is at SEMA so no update until he gets back Monday.

-Daty

Regarding the plate, is anyone interested in a private run of blockoff plates? I've got a source.

-Daty

Here's an action shot.

-Daty

pile-o-parts

-Daty

poor lonely heartless Cuda

Got a call from Sam today, the plate will be back from the platers and shipped out tomorrow.


In other news, stripped the fuel system out and powerwashed the bottom of the vert. I'm debating on pulling the rear end out before I bedliner the bottom of the car. I'd like to get the bedliner on before this weekend.

-Daty

hey daty Im glad you posted in with your updates --
just got my exhaust from TTI yesterday. in opening up the box, just like you -- No block off plate! will have to make the call. also noticed in reading the install sheet that they recommend for dual exhaust metal body hanger brackets --- since I had ordered a complete exhaust system dont you think that would have been included or at least mentioned with the order sheet? another thing is with the box of headers I have a set of collector tubes, in the exhaust box I have another set of collector tubes? doesnt make since to pay for the same parts twice in having doubles? maybe I can use them as stacks in my hood? havent heard from don yet as to the delivery on my package. front end parts R & R all done. looking for a spanner wrench to pull the fan. the new mounts look smaller and offset compared to S & P 's set which I need to change them out yet. still no progess on the trans other than pulling it all out of the boxes.

I have a standing order with a machine shop in Austin (thanks Michael!) for 4 plates (with oring grooves) for $225, more than the $20 Mancinci quotes but they are available now. I wasn't able to get anything from the dealer on the remote cooler/filter possibility. The plate from TTI was supposed to be shipped. No idea on why two sets of collectors, maybe on is 2.5 and the other 3, or a set came with the exhaust and another set came with the headers.

My Stuff from Don should be in transit, I'll blastoff an email in a min.

The way things are going right now I'll have the car waiting on me instead of visa-versa, the next big thing is pull the rear end out of the way for bedliner undercoating on the bottom. A good old buddy of mine Tyson has come over the least few weekends, it's nice to have someone around to bounce stuff off of and be the extra hands.

-Daty

Daty,

The bedliner coating on the underside sounds like fun! Good luck with that. I had considered doing that to my car also but I'm going to leave the underside alone, for now.
I'm still waiting on engine parts from Direct Connection. So the engine progress is going nowhere right now.
I did order all new brake lines, all new wiring (dash, front & rear light harnesses), and various gasket kits for putting things back together after the paint is done. It's getting expensive!
Since I'm in no big hurry now, I'll wait to see what becomes available concerning the oil filter block plate.


57HemiDart -->
Bob

I got home after work and spent a few hours under the vert pulling the rear (housing/springs/shocks) and applying the bedliner with a brush. That stuff is drippy and I made a real mess of the floor (and myself) BUT it looks great, got about 1/2 the rear done (trunk hump), have one rear wheelwell and the floorpan left to do. I haven't decided to do a 2nd coating or not, may need to to hit spots I missed. I wonder if that roller thing works better, use it for flatter areas and cut the corners and brackets with the brush. Looks like it'll take 2 gallons though, one can isn't enough. I did the bedliner trick in the interior floorpan/trunk area too, really cuts down the road noise.

Going to need to touch up the rear housing/springs now (one thing leads to another syndrome).

I'd like to swap kframes this weekend.

-Daty

Here's a pic of the holes on the side of the manifold for you.

-Daty

Here's a pic of the bedliner undercoating work, its kinda glossy (there are tintable products out there for a flatter more original look) but this works for me. Looking at the pic I need more light under there when I finish it out, all kinds of missed spots.

-Daty

just wondering...where are you going to put the radiator? it looks too close

The Hemi has less overhang than a 340 (esp. with the serp belt system) so there shouldn't be any clearance issues to the radiator, won't know for sure positive until I put the motor in. The plan is to use the 22" 3 core HE unit I have already. As far as a fan I'm not sure whether to use an electric or clutch fan, a lot depends on radiator hose routing.

-Daty

If the bottom horizontal part were cut off this one, and the holes drilled in the vertical section, it would *almost* work....but it looks like the cable barrel is too far back to reach....what kind of cable are you going to use?

I don't know, I'd like to use my stock cable (slant 6) since it'll be long enough, otherwise I may have to go Lokar, OR if I use the late 80's/early 90's Dodge truck I'll need to use it's cable since its a different design as far as mounting to the bracket. Kickdown will more than likely be cable operated (Same Dodge truck or Lokar again).

-Daty