69 Dart Hemi Swap

Dantra said
Please excuse the Hijack... But seeing your setup here, has given me a slight glimmer of hope.

I'm thinking real hard on swapping a 5-7 into my 69.. I did 5.7/8HP70 swap in my 64 A100 truck earlier this year and man, what a blast that it is to drive now. And so reliable! It just works.

I have factory AC in mine and would love it IF I could retain it. Looking at your setup, it almost looks like it just might clear. I also see that you have retained heat, blower motor and the wiper motor.. I see so many deleted. I have PS and Pb as well. I may just have to go with electric ps to simplify things. But I really believe that AC might clear with whatever setup your running.. might have to shift forward just a tad if possible. Also, I'm not sure if there are other intakes that would allow more clearance for AC fittings. Just starting into the research so...

Would you mind telling me your setup? K member, mounts etc.. Running headers or cast? Is you alternator relocated?

Thanks for any info

Sorry for the late response, its been a busy month. So the K member is custom along with mounts and headers. I hear a lot of guys are using jeep commander manifolds. I built my own long tube headers using 3/8 flanges I designed and cut on our laser at work and then I bought a 2" mandrel piece kit from ebay and started cutting and welding. The k member is an original slanty k member that was in the car, I cut it apart and mounted a manual rack for steering to give me more room for headers. The alternator is in the factory spot for a car timing cover. It has an a/c p/s delete pulley on there at the moment but I plan to install air at some point. The motor had an unexpected spontaneous disassembly do to a faulty valve spring so things are getting all changed around now. Long tubes are gone, I built some turbo logs, going back to manual brakes with a dakota master, the motor is a different block, same rotating assemble plus one drop in piston rod combo, eagle heads, custom push rods, car intake with an 80mm single turbo. Hopefully the car is back on line here in the next month or so. I am shooting for some drag n drive events this next year. I will attach photos from my phone.