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Plavidal
09-14-2006, 09:59 AM
in a Challenger, Charger, Dart, SuperBee, etc.? The more and more I am looking at my plans for a 69 pt camaro, I don't think I will have the money to do what I want and was thinking of going with my second choice, taking an old Dodge and putting a viper engine in tranny in it, as well as upgrade the suspension, etc.

Opinions are welcome.

Matt

:firefire:

strangler
09-14-2006, 10:13 AM
Your Chevrolet plans must be pretty extravagant, if a Viper parts car and restified Mopar become the more economical choice....

jy211
09-14-2006, 10:42 AM
saw a few done at SEMA

Plavidal
09-14-2006, 11:07 AM
I would just want the motor and tranny, so I wouldn't buy a parts car. I see them on ebay for $10k for both.

Matt


Your Chevrolet plans must be pretty extravagant, if a Viper parts car and restified Mopar become the more economical choice....

DJW32
09-14-2006, 02:16 PM
What are your plans for the 69 camaro?

Foudie
09-14-2006, 02:30 PM
I recall seeing a Charger with a Viper drivetrain in PHR about a year or so back?

Beeper
09-14-2006, 03:52 PM
Timemachinesinc down in hudson florida has a cuda with a viper engine and transmission at somewhere $120,000 a pop.

go-fish
09-14-2006, 04:05 PM
That was Matt Delaney's silver Charger GTS. His website is dadsmopars.com or something. He is in Shreveport, LA. There is alot of work ahead if you want to do it in anything smaller than a B body, it's been done though in a couple of e-bodies.

kp.touring
09-14-2006, 04:07 PM
Matt,
We did a the 68 Super Bee that was in the June PHR. It not as easy as you may think, a Viper V-10 is very long, yes longer than the 6 cylinders that came in those bodies. We had to move the firewall back about 6" and the radiator forward about 3.5" and you will have to build a tunnel for trans. You will also need to change the front K-member/suspension.
Other than that the car goes big time!

Kevin
Campbell Auto Restoration [CAR]

go-fish
09-14-2006, 04:14 PM
Go with the Camaro, Plavidal. That is if you want easier and cheaper.

Plavidal
09-14-2006, 05:56 PM
Man, this is one expensive hobby. Oh well, maybe I can go rob a bank.

:slap:


Go with the Camaro, Plavidal. That is if you want easier and cheaper.

Plavidal
09-15-2006, 09:55 AM
mini tubbed, completely new front and rear suspension, Ls1/t56 swap, etc. I am shooting for $40k, but I already know that isn't going to work. Parts alone will cost near that much, not including labor and purchasing the car.

WEaver


What are your plans for the 69 camaro?

JoshStratton
09-15-2006, 10:31 AM
I have not built a 69 Camaro, but I would imagine you could easily come under 40K depending on where you get the stuff and how much of the work you do yourself.

go-fish
09-15-2006, 10:35 AM
Plavidal, I wish it were easier and cheaper to do Mopars because I am mostly a Mopar kinda guy. There are some cRaZy prices for interior pieces, trim, grilles, etc. for Mopes and they're generally harder to find pieces. Then you've got the price of a good project car, might as well go with what you first visualized when you first came too this board because it sounds like you would really rather do a Camaro. Good luck on your search. If I remember correctly youre in NOLA? I know of a 67 Chevelle SS around Picayune, it's supposedly not a flood car. With the purchase of the car and $35,000 it would be a damn good ride.

Rolling_Thunder
09-19-2006, 05:16 PM
ummmm your chevy will be cheaper to build... I've done a Viper V-10 and T-56 swap into a 69 Charger... trust me... ANY Chevy will be cheaper.

Ron S
09-20-2006, 02:13 AM
Of course a Chevy would be cheaper,you can buy camaro parts at the 7/11.Is that really the point of the hobby,I for one hate the cross breading,GM cars should have GM motors,and so on.There are plenty of cool Mopar bodies you could jam that big exotic motor down into.Just my two cents

jsconiers
10-13-2006, 06:41 PM
go with your build. I have a 68 firebird convertible with simular build happening. DSE mini tubs are $400. ls1 setup from BPR with fbody brakes, cross member, motor mounts, power rack and pinion, sand plasted and painted subframe, etc 3k. Wayne due c4 IRS $500, 84 corvette dana 36 $400. ls1's on ebay can eb had for 1200 complete with out accesories if you search for two to three weeks. T56's go for about 1k. Matched set will cost you between 2500 and 4k depending on the year. Other crap you will need along the way like hydrolics, mcloed shifter, FI gas tank, wiring harness, radiator and various other items wil set you back about another 3K.


mini tubbed, completely new front and rear suspension, Ls1/t56 swap, etc. I am shooting for $40k, but I already know that isn't going to work. Parts alone will cost near that much, not including labor and purchasing the car.

WEaver

BLWN1
01-07-2007, 06:36 PM
Would love to put a V10 into a 66 or 7 Belvedere chassis if it would fit....

Black-Jacket
04-05-2007, 06:56 PM
i just cant get over the way those viper engines sounds, christ sounds like someone is plowing a feild when they pass you

70ptta
08-17-2007, 09:02 PM
Any updates? Ive been thinking of a viper motor /trans in my 70 cuda. How hard do you think this will be

BLWN1
04-09-2008, 09:32 PM
Any newbies on this? Still thinking on this one......

saunacrank
04-09-2008, 10:25 PM
All I know is I'm building a 67 Camaro with an LS2 and TKO600, and Im doing it because Im in college. The plan you are speaking of, my god, I cant even fathom the cost of said expendenture. But if you do, good luck