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Hellcat Swap 71 Bbody

So I think Everything is downhill now
I start to install trans and one of the discs slips out of position .

Pull everything apart , too-cold to f around in shop so i get hoist into assembly room .
Reattached the lift slings
Got it all realigned everything retorqued -
And then Transmission wont bolt up to bh .

Look at input shaft on 855
Measured hellcat crank pilot hole
Asked everyone on FB if quicktime BH has discrepancies.. noone knows .

Measured 833 shaft
Looked at other drilled cranks .
Everything looked close +- .050

Pull trans out again and trimmed input shaft
Finally it slid in nicely.

Then I tried to put starter in .
It wont fit .

Hellcat swap on FB said all you need to do is trim/ grind a little bit ..
yeh right ..

Im still chewing on steel powder .

I looked at my oil filter and realized that with the hellcat oil cooler housing is touching the rack - crap.

Move two cars,
Get the engine lift back into heated area and lift the engine again.

Pulled the housing off the engine
Now I cannot cool the oil the stock way.

So I ordered a new nipple and guess i cant drive the car in Arizona for 6 hours straight.

Does Anyone have a recipe on how to do these swaps correctly the first time around ? Lol

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I was also shocked at how much grinding was necessary to fit the starter on my 6.4. A picture like yours would have gone a long way to setting expectations.
 
I was also shocked at how much grinding was necessary to fit the starter on my 6.4. A picture like yours would have gone a long way to setting expectations.
There might be another starter out there that requires less grinding - But I wanted to make sure any starter would fit -
The 2015 Ram starter with man trans might have larger diameter than the super expensive aftermarket ones.
 
Modified Mounting for Radiator - finally with help from one of my buddies at a cnc shop

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Didnt realize i didnt post since January
I dont know where to start
Every time I tried to move forward -3 steps back
Lol .
Got the Lizard Radiator powdercoated finally

Spent a couple weekends trying to figure out a cool way to use factory 71 gas pedal and cable .
I Cut the wired pedal , mounted on inside firewall and rigged a method for accelerator pedal to position Hellcat pedal .

Every night a new amazon AN or hose fitting for fuel or intercooler .

Mounted a factory intercooler in passenger wheelwell .

Plumbed . Bought parts , returned parts - lol

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The hotwire wiring kit is awesome
Everything fit like a dream
Side by side comparison- mopar harness vs hotwire harness .
Every plug fit perfectly!

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Cant believe the details necessary for this .
Im close to completing..

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If course wiper motor didnt clear szwartz manifolds
had to ditch the nice nos motor with a chinese 2 speed and change linkage
 
Got most of my plumbing figured out
used as much silicone hoses as I could
I think that was a mistake. Need an ugly gear clamp
to really make them seat nicely.
Pressure testing made me replace most of the fancy
clamps I purchased.
 
If course wiper motor didnt clear szwartz manifolds
had to ditch the nice nos motor with a chinese 2 speed and change linkage
I'm also attempting this swap in a 69 GTX. I feel your pain!! My factory 2 speed wiper motor isn't even close to clearing and I hear, like you, the 3 speed motor doesn't work without remodeling the firewall. What chinese 2 speed did you go with and what did you have to do to change the linkage?
 
I'm also attempting this swap in a 69 GTX. I feel your pain!! My factory 2 speed wiper motor isn't even close to clearing and I hear, like you, the 3 speed motor doesn't work without remodeling the firewall. What chinese 2 speed did you go with and what did you have to do to change the linkage?
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Youll have to dig up 2 speed wiper linkage
You can find on ebay
Or fortunately ive scrapped and saved from parts on other cars
 
Car is running
Have some stuff to debug with alternator
Throttle and etc .
Need a geek with a computer to help out …



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