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I have customer that wants a new Hemi swap for his Road Runner- I'm great with LS stuff but the Chrysler stuff is new to me- any companies you recommend? anything to look out for- he want to go with a stick and pistol grip shifter- Thanks _ Chris
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Hey Chris
What do you want to know?

I'm doing a 6.1 HEMI in my 70 Cuda...
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Here are some links...

Good general websites..
http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php
http://www.bigblockdart.com/techpages/techindex.shtml
http://www.lxforums.com/board/index.php
http://www.modernhemi.com/forums/index.php?

Suspension
https://www.reillymotorsports.com/
http://www.xvmotorsports.com/about/index.cfm
http://www.firmfeel.com/
I'd avoid Magnumforce......

Engine
http://www.shophemi.com/
http://purehorsepowerperformance.com/hemiparts.aspx
http://www.indyheads.com/
http://www.modernmuscle.biz/

Transmission
QuickTime makes bellhousing for T56 and TKO to modern HEMI
Hurst Driveline (formerly Classic 5 Speed) offers trans kits

Radiators
http://www.wizardcooling.com/
Ron Davis etc etc

Electronics
FAST makes computers and harness etc for conversion
Mopar Performance makes an ECU now too

Headers
http://www.ttiexhaust.com/
Hedman, BBK etc make shorties too

General Restoration and Conversion stuff....brackets, accessories etc etc
http://www.bouchillonperformance.com/
http://www.hotrodlane.cc/
http://www.rtspecialties.net/
http://www.tonysparts.com/
http://www.beaparts.com/online_catalog.aspx
http://www.weldtechstainless.com/wtstainless.htm


That should get you started

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Dang Ned, you just dropped a bomb on the pastor.

To think I had to research that stuff for months going through that last year.
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Chris --

Hard to make any money doing stuff that you get bogged down in... Learning new stuff while trying to make a living can be 'a very expensive education'...

Just something to think about...

Sometimes it pays to say "sorry".
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I have customer that wants a new Hemi swap for his Road Runner- I'm great with LS stuff but the Chrysler stuff is new to me- any companies you recommend? anything to look out for- he want to go with a stick and pistol grip shifter- Thanks _ Chris
I think TTI sells mounts for a stock K-member conversion. But the oil pan is a big issue.

From all of what I've seen the RMS front coil over/engine cradle/K-member is the way to go. Then TTI headers and Milodon pan.

You don't want one with a coil over that mounts to the factory shock towers.

For the trans go Keisler.

RMS, TTI, Keisler is the most popular setup people are using.
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thanks for all the info guys-
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dude on this site with Muttstang and on pro-touring with the $5000 mustang build, did one of those swaps and used LS electronic on a Cuda a few years back. He would be a guy to speak with.
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I have customer that wants a new Hemi swap for his Road Runner- I'm great with LS stuff but the Chrysler stuff is new to me- any companies you recommend? anything to look out for- he want to go with a stick and pistol grip shifter- Thanks _ Chris
For engine management and transmission control if using an automatic, I would recommend using Street and Performance for anything basic or mildly modified engine wise. It is a straight forward install and requires minimal knowledge to figure out. It comes with a single harness that is routed to the correct length of all connectors. And best of all it only requires like 5 wires to hookup to the car wiring. I installed a setup in a charger with the chrysler 5 speed automatic and it was super easy.

Stay away from anything having to do with F.A.S.T. Their setup is more tunable for absolute maximum HP but is quite a pain to link together and can only be used with and LS style manual throttle body. Which by the way requires having an ugly throttle cable draped across the intake and going thru the firewall. The MULTIPLE harness setup is annoying and has way to much length for all connectors. Their harness is modular meaning you can choose which components you use like injectors,coil packs,etc...and if you want to control the newer automatic transmission it takes an additional computer and additional harness to work that as well. All adding up to higher prices for extra packaging and and extra work to install. I also installed one of these systems in a challenger and it was such a headache.

Both cars had aftermarket front suspensions but Street and performance also makes a shorter oil pan and pickup tube for stock k-member clearance.

Hope it helps you out!
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The new Challengers are available with a t56, which AFAIK is the same in the SRT-8 as the viper box, juding by all of our transmission rebuild tools SPX sends us at the Dodge store I worked at are all the same for the VIPER/Challenger SRT8 T56.

I'm looking into swapping my cousings Charger SRT8 to 6 speed eventually, and using off the shelf OEM Challenger 09+ R/T or SRT stuff seems to be the way to go.
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