Dodge D200 Swap (yet again)

[Todd....!!]

Hey Fred,

Why did ya pull the 318? Did it go bad?  Can't remember...

What's goin back into the truck?  Will it not get the B treatment?

Just a wonderinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn...............

Do you have a digital camera? or are ya usin REAL FILM to take your
pics?  OR a video with a video card to scan the pics in directly from
the vid?

Again, justawonderin....

Later...

Todd....

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Frederic Breitwieser wrote:
> 
> Just updated some of my pages... pictures only, didn't add the text yet.
> 
> Anyway,
> 
> http://www.xephic.dynip.com/dodge/318swap.htm
> 
> Yanked out the 318.  When you load the page, scroll all the way to the
> bottom, that's where the new pictures are.  The rest of the page is
> kinda "status quo".  Eventually I'll break it up into three pages.
> Pre-yank, yank, and install.
> 
> Install occurs tomorrow :)
> 
> BTW, its imperative you remove the starter when taking out a truck's
> 318.  Even though none of the bolts need to be removed to seperate the
> engine from the bellhousing, the starter shell was in the way.
> 
> Chilton's didn't say "remove starter", so I didn't bother.  an hour
> later, after yanking with all my might, I removed the starter, then one
> good hearty yank resulted in the seperation.
> 
> I also sat the unloaded "B" block in there, with its own motor mounts,
> and by coincidence, if I take the existing 318 motor mounts and rotate
> them 180 degrees, they line up perfectly with the B Block, and the
> centerline of the crank appears to line up with the centerline of the
> tranny.  Of course the bell housing is different, but I have that.  So,
> to swap in the "B" stroker down the road, should require nothing
> mechanical - the flywheel is the same, I already verified that, thus
> ensuring that the only piece I'd need that's different is the
> bellhousing, which I have sitting on the garage floor.
> 
> Kewl, eh?  Couldn't be any easier.  Damn, I like simple.
> 
> Cheers!