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    Offline TreeFrog

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    « on: December 05, 2006 - 11:20:24 AM »
    if I change the small block out in a challenger for a big block, does the k-member have to change?

    I believe a /6, and HEMI do for sure, and I recall some adjustments in the Tor-bars ... :working:
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    « Reply #1 on: December 05, 2006 - 12:06:11 PM »
    No, the small block k member will work just fine with the big block. You may have to adjust the torsion bars up a little, but they will work also.
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    « Reply #2 on: December 05, 2006 - 02:42:18 PM »
    Quote from: 392heminut on December 05, 2006 - 12:06:11 PM
    No, the small block k member will work just fine with the big block. You may have to adjust the torsion bars up a little, but they will work also.

       :iagree:

    You should really have thicker torsion bars for a big block though, but it isn't a must. You will need different motor mounts for the big block too.


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    « Reply #3 on: December 06, 2006 - 06:42:27 AM »
    I have never touched a Torsion Bar ... heard stories good and bad.  Where would I find a set of hevy duty ones?  Please don't say junk yard...my knees could not take the pressure in this area... :sly:

    Quote from: MEKrunner on December 05, 2006 - 02:42:18 PM
       :iagree:

    You should really have thicker torsion bars for a big block though, but it isn't a must. You will need different motor mounts for the big block too.


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    « Reply #4 on: December 06, 2006 - 07:59:47 AM »
    Pick up a summit, jegs, or Mancini Racing/MP catalog. They are all in there.
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    « Reply #5 on: December 06, 2006 - 09:57:52 AM »
    There's really not that much difference in the torsion bars. I'm running the stock bars in my Cuda with the 392, which weighs about 200 lbs more than a smallblock, and the bigblock is only about 100 lbs heavier than a smallblock if even that much. An old drag racing trick was to run /6 bars under the hemi cars to get more lift on the launch, and they worked just fine!
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    « Reply #6 on: December 06, 2006 - 03:18:16 PM »
    I have a 440 in my 69 and that was a 318 car from the begining and it work just fine :bigsmile:
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