Holy Huge picture batman, congrats. Was it worth it?
Hemi-Kota Project DONE!
Well just got done with my conversion. I have to offer thanks to all here who shared their experience. You can't buy that kind of help. I did my conversion with all stock parts and programming with the intent of keeping it smog legal in California. I succeeded! I'll post up pictures and a play by play here over the next few days. Thanks for all your help. But mostly to HemiDak whose thread was the one I found first. You made the difference in deciding to go forward with this project.
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I'm finally getting around to reloading the SMALLER pictures. Sorry for my anti-techie-ness. Thanks for viewing!
I'm finally getting around to reloading the SMALLER pictures. Sorry for my anti-techie-ness. Thanks for viewing!
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so here is how it started life with me
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I bought it with a dead 4.7l and a really bad paint job.
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I bought it with a dead 4.7l and a really bad paint job.
Using sage advice from HemiDak, I used a truck configuration Hemi. Step one was making motormounts. Since the 5.7 bolted right up to the transmission, I left that in the vehicle. I cut the 4.7l mounts apart and made plates that bolted up to the Hemi.
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After measuring about 5 gazillion times to make sure it would work I welded them up.
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The next step was to make an oil pan that would clear the front differential. This was probably the hardest part. I used both oil pans, the one from the truck Hemi and the one from the 4.7 to make a 6.5qt custom oil pan.
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I'm leaving the pics big in case someone wants to copy my work, they won't have to squint 
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