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[Black67satellite]

I'm doing my research and would appreciate any help members could provide me. I have a 67 Satellite with a 383 in it and I want to swap it over to a street hemi. What is involved in this kind of a swap? What all has to be changed?

 

[mopar 3 B]

everything imageable! This is pretty much what you can retain. Water pump and maybe radiator but not advisable.

 

[patrick66]

If the car is factory air, the radiator is the SAME as a Hemi car. The HD cooling was optional on non-air cars, too, and if the car has that, it will also have the Hemi radiator. Your K-frame can be retained. Torsion bars on a Hemi are thicker, but you can run the stock ones just fine. Your wiring harness will need to be modified or replaced. Are you going for a stock appearance, or are you building a hot rod and don't care about stock appearances?

 

[Black67satellite]

If the car is factory air, the radiator is the SAME as a Hemi car. The HD cooling was optional on non-air cars, too, and if the car has that, it will also have the Hemi radiator. Your K-frame can be retained. Torsion bars on a Hemi are thicker, but you can run the stock ones just fine. Your wiring harness will need to be modified or replaced. Are you going for a stock appearance, or are you building a hot rod and don't care about stock appearances?

Thanks for the info. I'm not going with a stock look. Just want the Hemi. I've turned the Satellite into a clone. Always wanted a GTX but never could afford one so this is my way of coming up with one. Just need to find the engine and get it installed.

 

[PurpleBeeper]

I've not done it, but I don't think that's a hard swap. You'll need an upgraded cooling system (as noted above), exhaust manifolds & some tweaking of the H-pipe most likely, throttle cable/bracket, maybe an offset power brake booster bracket to clear driver's valve cover (& associated parts) if your car has power brakes, downshift linkage might be different....not too much