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My wife drives a 06 charger R/T, the only thing I like about that car is the auto trans and that is a Mercedes design. The hemi seems sluggish and it burns oil like mad.
LOL. Chrysler is always bragging about the modern "hemi" and how potent it is.
In the sand the Hemi trucks are also dogs compared to LS power. Just spend some time at Silver Lake Sand Dunes in Mears Michigan and it becomes quickly apparent. Something about those Mopar guys that drives me crazy anyway....
I say go for it. There will be those purists that won't like it, but guess what? It's not THEIR car!
I get quite a bit of flack from the diehard Ford guys for putting an LS in my '63 Econoline. But I don't let it get to me. I'd rather they realize that a DIEHARD GM guy bought a Ford Econoline because I like they way they look better than the old Chevy vans.
I say go for it. There will be those purists that won't like it, but guess what? It's not THEIR car!
I get quite a bit of flack from the diehard Ford guys for putting an LS in my '63 Econoline. But I don't let it get to me. I'd rather they realize that a DIEHARD GM guy bought a Ford Econoline because I like they way they look better than the old Chevy vans.
I agree they(FORD) do better than chevy and dodge vans of same era. Im surprised havent seen a ls power econoline truck in works on here.
The flaming never stops for me either. Even though it is a 1999 dakota R/T, these guys act like I violated mother Mopar.
As for comparison. A guy came on my site and posted a thread swapping a modern hemi in his Dakota R/T.
He spent twice what I did, pulled the motor to put on $1800 headers, and made a whopping 270 HP at the wheels.
Now his transmission is shot. $3000 to replace it. Go figure.
In my opinion, you go with modern technology with the best aftermarket support, and screw the purists. You are putting money in this, and you have to live with it.
Just finished a LS1/4L60e in a 68 Dart. Used GTO pan and had to notch the stock front cross member a small amount. He has lots of pictures on his phone. I would defiantly do it again.
For the Mopar purist, we first put a 2011 5.7 hemi and 545 RFE trans and fooled with it for three years and never got it tuned right. We sent the computer to many tuners and took the car to some with the hemi in it. Finally gave up and put the LS in it. Tons more room and everything's better. Anyone want to buy a 12k mile hemi?
Just finished a LS1/4L60e in a 68 Dart. Used GTO pan and had to notch the stock front cross member a small amount. He has lots of pictures on his phone. I would defiantly do it again.
For the Mopar purist, we first put a 2011 5.7 hemi and 545 RFE trans and fooled with it for three years and never got it tuned right. We sent the computer to many tuners and took the car to some with the hemi in it. Finally gave up and put the LS in it. Tons more room and everything's better. Anyone want to buy a 12k mile hemi?
I shot you a PM. I'm starting my walk down the LS road in August for my 75 Swinger. I crunched the numbers on a GEN III hemi swap for the last year and couldn't fathom spending 3 to 4 times as much as it would cost me to do the LS swap. My car not anyone else's so the purists can fly kites. If your friend could share those pics please pm me and let me know and ill shoot you my email. Thanks, looking forward to finally pull the /6 out and moving back into something with some power again.
I planned on putting a build thread on here and FABO since mine is an abody. I'll have to check out Moparts.org and see what you mean b4 I post there. lol.
edit: just picked up a set of the turbo manifolds like Adam's up above, so hoping that takes care of the steering box clearance issue when I get the motor in place.
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I planned on putting a build thread on here and FABO since mine is an abody. I'll have to check out Moparts.org and see what you mean b4 I post there. lol.
edit: just picked up a set of the turbo manifolds like Adam's up above, so hoping that takes care of the steering box clearance issue when I get the motor in place.
You are braver than I am. I am a member of FABO. Bunch of chest thumping purists over there. Thinking about an LS in my 69 Dart. I should just pull the trigger and get started.
You might want to talk to HemiDenny over at ForAllBitchesOnly. His tubular front end is nice. He will be making up mounts to put an LS in with his k-frame
I know they are. They pretty much shut down one of the other guys threads "LSX Valiant" but I'm still doing mine. I started down the GEN III road but a 10k swap for a stock GEN III was ridiculous. So I just got back home tonight with all my stuff and will be pulling my /6 and 904 tomorrow to begin the swap. Here is a link to my thread over there, ill be starting one up here as well since the first 4 pages or so over there are me swapping out all my suspension and going back and forth about my power plant.
I know they are. They pretty much shut down one of the other guys threads "LSX Valiant" but I'm still doing mine. I started down the GEN III road but a 10k swap for a stock GEN III was ridiculous. So I just got back home tonight with all my stuff and will be pulling my /6 and 904 tomorrow to begin the swap. Here is a link to my thread over there, ill be starting one up here as well since the first 4 pages or so over there are me swapping out all my suspension and going back and forth about my power plant.
I haven't checked on the silver Valiants thread since I left my last comment, my username over there is Inkjunkie. Damn shame that thread hasn't been updated in a long time by the OP. Traded several messages with him, he told me that he didn't know what was going to happen, he was trying to get into more of a career than a job. That site is full of hipocrits.
Well hopefully I can get some testfit pics tonight if I can get far enough. Going to drain and drop the 904 and pull the slant, hopefully that goes quick so I can try a test fit tonight. If not then tomorrow I should have test fit pics to share.
04-18-2015, 10:19 AM
1969 Barracuda LS3 
