[hatchetmobile]

As far as oil pan are concerned. As it is a question in this thread, and a main discussion piece, buy a milodon if you do not have proficient metal forming and welding skills. To make you own, you need a 5.7 and a 4.7 oil pan. You have to cut them both apart. Then straighten out the odd edges of the 4.7 pan. Then you can think about welding the pans together. After that is all done, then you need to add an extension and fit the pickup tube to fit the new pan. The pickup is made of stainless and the fitment needs to have the bottom of the pickup screen to pan bottom clearance of about 1/4". If you do not believe you have the skills to make that. Buy the setup from milodon. And it's going to be around $700. You have to buy their pan, pickup tube, gasket, pan bolts, and dipstick setup. If you go this route, be sure to check the pn# there is one for 2x4 and one for 4x4. The 2x4 pan will not fit correctly. There is a member here that helped them develop this pan. I'm really bad with names. So I cannot remember his handle. But I give him all the upmost respect for his work on this so we have the opportunity to just buy an off the shelf part for this kind of swap! Lastly here is a pic of my two pans I need to make into one. As you can notice they do not look like they could match. But they will. You just have to spend a lot of time to make them work. Second pic will be them sitting on top of each other to show the amount of bending/shaping you have to do to make them work. And after I make these into one, I make my fitted pickup tube. Then, after all that, I can try to set up the dipstick ti be accurate. So spend the $$. Or spend a skit load of time to make it all correct....

 

[hatchetmobile]

And for you guys making your own mounts. There are a few things to consider.... remember that the center line of the crank bolt hole needs to sit very close to the original 4.7 motor. This means height and width or x, y and z axis for those that get it. Y axis or length, will be slightly off. But that cant be helped if you plan on using the 45rfe and not getting the driveshaft shortened... It's not as easy as you think. I understand that 2x4 mounts are available. But 4x4 are not. I may have the extra steel to make a set or two of mounts. Pm for details.

 

[hatchetmobile]

When yall get to electrical let me know. Cause your cruse won't work, stupid emissions shit, brake sensor, and a long list of ects... lol. Shit, I just need to write a book! Lol

 

[MR-Chantel]

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[DADDYODODGE1]

I have been reading a lot about Hemi broken bolts, or bolts coming loose. Seems to be an issue with
stock exhaust manifolds or headers!!! Are there any solutions? After market bolts or stock? Using
anti-seize to make it easier to remove if broken, or Locktite to keep them from coming loose.
Any brand of bolts that stay tight and don't brake?
Any advice will be appreciated. Thank You.

Daddyododge1