6.1 HEMI IN MT 71 CUDA...NEED SOME INFO

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Offline TROUBLE987

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6.1 HEMI IN MT 71 CUDA...NEED SOME INFO
« on: April 01, 2010 - 02:34:17 AM »
I have been reading for months and i want one of the new hemi motors bad for my car,so i called my wifes dad who has a salvage yard and he has 1 he said i can get for a good price..now my qustion is whats it going to cost on top of the cost of the motor..does anybody have any ideas?or have any of you done it..i know i need the tti headers and mounts..and a oil pan but im not sure about harness or anything else..oh i have a 440/727 in the car now,so ill need to get a small block 727 also..anyhelp would be nice if you got any.. :thinkerg:




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Re: 6.1 HEMI IN MT 71 CUDA...NEED SOME INFO
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2010 - 06:35:31 AM »
If you get all the accessories with the motor you will need
Motor mounts 150
Factory ecm 800 retuned to run on the
Custom harness 200-500
Oil pan 500
Hoses and stuff 1000 little things you know.
Transmission ?
fuel pump 200 out of tank 800 in tank w\new tank

You can spend more for better stuff like the ecm(aem is 2k or fast) new gauges

I would budget 5k after you ge the motor  :bigsmile:
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Re: 6.1 HEMI IN MT 71 CUDA...NEED SOME INFO
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2010 - 07:02:00 AM »
If you get all the accessories with the motor you will need
Motor mounts 150
Factory ecm 800 retuned to run on the
Custom harness 200-500
Oil pan 500
Hoses and stuff 1000 little things you know.
Transmission ?
fuel pump 200 out of tank 800 in tank w\new tank

You can spend more for better stuff like the ecm(aem is 2k or fast) new gauges

I would budget 5k after you ge the motor  :bigsmile:
Well he wants 3500 for the motor and its got 53000 miles on it and i heard it run..he said take what i need..so with that being said about 9500 to 10,000 then to do the swap..cause i got to have a trans and drive shaft,headers and what all you was saying...and i bet i cant use the power steering,or the ac either?i may go ahead and put a 426 hemi in it before i spend that much..i love the new ones but 10,000 in a install on a motor thats got 50,000 miles..i was hoping around 7000...but if you wanna play you got to pay...well thx for the info..im going to rethink this cause i would have to try to figure all the stuff out too,its not like im bolting in a 426 hemi with holleys on it... :-\

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Re: 6.1 HEMI IN MT 71 CUDA...NEED SOME INFO
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2010 - 08:25:24 AM »
I ran the numbers before and have a complete breakdown on what you will need for the conversion somewhere and the total was just over $10k including the engine.
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Re: 6.1 HEMI IN MT 71 CUDA...NEED SOME INFO
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2010 - 09:57:15 AM »
The 426 would be even more money...
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Re: 6.1 HEMI IN MT 71 CUDA...NEED SOME INFO
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2010 - 01:47:03 PM »
The 426 would be even more money...
Yea a little more but i woundnt have to fight with the install,and i have a bb trans in the car and drive shaft,also good friend has a nice set of headers he wants to trade for rear i know the hemis dad ran them for years,so i could put a hemi in the car and be driving by the evening..no fuel pump upgrade,no ecu,no harness,just put in and go..and if i did start to sell i think it would bring more money with the 426 hemi,than the 6.1. my father in law got me excited when he called and said he had one..so i was like,a couple of thousand dollars and have a 6.1 hemi.. :ylsuper:then i came on here :nono:so i was like crap...but anymore help or ideas would be great,i just dont want to get to the point where im setting with 14,000 in a 6.1 motor and cant get it to run right,when i could have got 426 thats all im saying..i was looking at trying to save some money and have a new motor is what it comes down to..

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Re: 6.1 HEMI IN MT 71 CUDA...NEED SOME INFO
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2010 - 03:01:27 PM »
If you could get a complete 426 that is in known good condition it could work out ok, but if you have to do work on the 426, it's big big $$. Check topcat's thread in the resto section on his hemi.
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