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70dusterpink said:
Ok let's be honest I thought about this swap for my 70 duster and I want to go carb.... I realize I need mounts no big deal... The summit swap pan 200... Then probably srt8 headers... Not sure how much they are?? Since I'm going carb what do I need to make it run? Still need a computer??! That's another 250... Then an adapter to make it for to a 727 I think there about 400-500... Plus the actual hemi.... I see you guys post all the time a hemi that runs good for like 500-750?!? Where the heck do you find them?!? All the hemi I see are at least 2000 that run!!! I'm in nj if you know any cheap hemis let me know.... Also being honest how much does this swap cost if going carb? Less that 3000?! That's what it seems looking at all the threads... Please shed some daylight on this... Basically everything to do a carbbed hemi in a 70 duster
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The words cheap and hemi do not belong in the same sentence
 
70dusterpink said:
Ok let's be honest I thought about this swap for my 70 duster and I want to go carb.... I realize I need mounts no big deal... The summit swap pan 200... Then probably srt8 headers... Not sure how much they are?? Since I'm going carb what do I need to make it run? Still need a computer??! That's another 250... Then an adapter to make it for to a 727 I think there about 400-500... Plus the actual hemi.... I see you guys post all the time a hemi that runs good for like 500-750?!? Where the heck do you find them?!? All the hemi I see are at least 2000 that run!!! I'm in nj if you know any cheap hemis let me know.... Also being honest how much does this swap cost if going carb? Less that 3000?! That's what it seems looking at all the threads... Please shed some daylight on this... Basically everything to do a carbbed hemi in a 70 duster
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Willyrd said:
The words cheap and hemi do not belong in the same sentence
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You should not need an adapter to use a 727. A small block 727 will bolt right up to the 5.7 hemi. You will need a special flex plate to account for the difference from the crank to the converter.
 
RockinRobin said:
You should not need an adapter to use a 727. A small block 727 will bolt right up to the 5.7 hemi. You will need a special flex plate to account for the difference from the crank to the converter.
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This is correct! As far as the flexplate goes, there are aftermarket flexplates out there for this swap, but back when I did mine there weren't. I used the flexplate that came on the engine, a 2004 truck engine. I took it to a machine shop and had the welds cut off on a lathe that held the starter ring gear on, and removed the ring gear. The bolt holes for the torque converter are spaced metric, and may be a hair off to the outside if I remember correctly. I believe I had to file a slight bit off the inside of each bolt hole to get the bolts to go in. This doesn't affect the centering of the torque converter, as it registers in the back of the crank.
 
Most of the ones I see here in Aus dump that tech to fit a carb and a 727.

An old holley and 3 gears after all that work.

Must have sore feet from wearing those clown shoes.
 
392heminut said:
Pretty much what I did only I run an Edelbrock carb. My swap wasn't all that expensive.
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I fail to see the point of a retro fit if you don't add all the fruit (engine mgmt, decent gearbox with highway ratios/OD), seems like 1/4 of step forward but that is just my personal view.
 
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