Plymouth man
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Does anyone know of any engine mounts I can use to put a 318 in a 68 fury where a slant six used to reside?
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225 to 318 or 440 swaps
Here's the question first, what are the major hurdles in swapping slant six to 318 or 440 in a 65 to 68 fury or polara ? Now the long winded story to go with it., I have the bug bad and there are some 65 68 4 door fury's in the area, nice condition, minty ,but plainish , grandpa...
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'67-72 Mopar A-Body Slant 6 K-Member to Big Block Kit
For your 67-72 Mopar A-Body with a Slant 6 K-Member. This kit eliminates the need for K-member removal and makes the job of installing a Big Block 383, 400 or 440 engine both easy and cost-efficient. Installs a Big Block on your Slant 6 K-member, with or without power steering. Kit includes...
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This is for A-body because, perhaps, the concept of a slant-6 in a C body was not very common. I wonder how that bracket would bolt-up for the application being considered.
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Mounting systems are completely different. Your would need to change the stub frame or find a junk yard car and cut out the V-8 steel supports for the mounts and weld them to your frame.
Dave
Plymouth man
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thanks everyone didn't know if the a body ones would work or not
Plymouth man
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Yeah I was also wondering if anyone else had tried it but that would be a 180 dollar gamble
John Reddie
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I am planning on doing the same swap. I have a '67 Fury 4 door hard top with a bent stub frame and a nice stub frame from a '67 Fury I that had a slant 6 originally. The diagrams in my service manual show both frames to be the same except where the engine mounts attach. I have another frame from a Fury II that had a 318 but is incomplete and rusted but has good front cross-member mounting brackets.
The way I want to do it is to remove the engine and transmission from the hardtop along with the bent frame then remove the slant 6 brackets from the good frame. Once I have the the 318 brackets from the junk frame removed, I will bolt those with the mounts to the 318 block and after carefully measuring the position, I will attach the rear transmission mount and lower the engine with transmission into position and once the mounts are in the correct spot on the front cross-member, I will weld them in place then put everything back in the car. I think it will be easier that way to get the brackets placed correctly. Careful measuring and patience is the key here I think. I am 81 and working outside so progress is slow but steady.
The way I want to do it is to remove the engine and transmission from the hardtop along with the bent frame then remove the slant 6 brackets from the good frame. Once I have the the 318 brackets from the junk frame removed, I will bolt those with the mounts to the 318 block and after carefully measuring the position, I will attach the rear transmission mount and lower the engine with transmission into position and once the mounts are in the correct spot on the front cross-member, I will weld them in place then put everything back in the car. I think it will be easier that way to get the brackets placed correctly. Careful measuring and patience is the key here I think. I am 81 and working outside so progress is slow but steady.
RGORHAM29
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Wait, what? 81 and doing this outside in New England winter? (Although wet winter) Example of a real man. My hat off to you sir.
John Reddie
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Thank you RGORHAM for the kind words. I do what I can but when bitter cold sets in, work ceases. Once the spring comes, I am hoping to get to work more steadily.
John
John
RGORHAM29
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Amen. I took this week off myself with the goal of working on my fury between the holidays. Then I (we) got an unwanted gift of flu bug in the house. So alas, we rest up while it sits and waits for another (hopefully) mild weekend. Ron
Dick Singleton
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I would just weld some wherever i needed them to make it work
John Reddie
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As was stated earlier, for my '67 Fury anyway, the 6 cylinder and 8 cylinder stub frames are the same except for the bracket placement for the engine mounts on the front cross member. In my situation, the best frame I have is from a Fury I with 6 cylinder brackets. Luckily I have a 318 frame with good brackets but the overall frame is in poor condition. In my case, I will need to cut the 8 cylinder brackets then remove the 6 cylinder ones from the good frame and weld the correct ones to that frame. If you have a factory shop manual, there is a nice diagram of both frames. I will try to post pictures of both diagrams but my computer skills are limited.
John R
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