5.7 Hemi swap on the cheap Tips and tricks inside.

I dont know if there is much difference, but my engine is out of a 06 jeep gc. I had to notch a corner on the head and valve cover on the L side rear. It wont clear the steer column. I had to notch for the alternator in the fender well. I cut out part of the K-frame and boxed it in for the oil filter. You can run a remote system so you dont have to do that. To get the motor in, I had to take out the steer column, and the steer gear box. I left the headers off and had all the steer linkages off. I took the nuts off the brake power booster and tied it to left as far as I could out of the way. It was still a pain. Wraped every thing in card board and with a lot of tilting and cussing I got it in place. There is no room. I slid the headers in thru the bottom, had to pick up with hoist each side of the motor to get room. Getting to bolts in was hell, used a magnet to get them in the hole then came up with contraptions to tighten them up. The bell housing bolts at the top were a nightmare too. lots of prying and had to shorten the bolts. I eliminated the power steering and A/C comp. I didnt want to use the elimination kits for that so I modified my water pump to take a different belt tensioner. I went to the parts store and got a tensioner that had reverse tension from the original, i changed that pulley to a smooth pulley. and I notched a groove and pryed the tensioner in place where the old tensioner fit. Lot of work but it looks and works good. Here are some pics of all that stuff.View attachment 20101118185130.jpg

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