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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.
 
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