Help on K member

[bigsky4ever]

I just bought a 1971 dart swinger with a slant 6, I'm going to put a 360 in the dart. My question is what year v-8 k-member will fit the 71

 

[mopardude318]

Basically any year 67-76 V-8 K-frame will work...The 67 has its own pain in the *** idler arm that is super expensive, so scratch the '67 k-frame...this leaves you with the '68-72 v-8 k-frame, which all have the same biscuit style engine mounts...the 73-76 v-8 k-member will work but they changed to the better/stronger spool type engine mounts, which you would have to buy in addition to the k-member.

Or since you already have a 67-72 type slant 6 k-member, you can get a v-8 swap engine mount kit from summit which is 60 bucks...

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/TRD-4695/

or the more expensive engine mount swap kit from schumaker...

http://engine-swaps.com/

 

[bigsky4ever]

How strong are the v8 mounts swap kits? I'm going to do some bracket racing sometime down the road. Thanks mopardude318

 

[mopardude318]

They are just as good as anything else really...They will hold up to what you want to do...No issues in strength, go ahead and bracket race!

 

[bigsky4ever]

Thanks that helps out.