PT.2 How to do a V8 swap? 318 Magnun LOW BUDGET BREADKDOWN how close to $0 can we get?
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- PART 2 Today we do some sketchy fab on the 1955 plymouth to make the 318 magnum fit. Will it run? Probably not but it looks cool.
1 step closer to the total budget reveal
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What a generally clean job, with the traditional hot rod innovation! To solve your battery placement issue, I would suggest moving the battery to the original battery box, which would allow a shorter alternator lead, and starter as well. That would leave you with the need to relocate a few generally small wires. Reminds me very much of my own youth! My own first brand new car was a 1961 Studebaker convertible, which I was able to get a deal on, just when the 1962 models arrived. Only one problem was that it had a 170" six, so after a year or so, I bought an older Stude with V8 and O/D, rebuilt it at home, and with the help of a good friend, made the swap. Took us a while, as we installed/removed it a couple of times, as I needed the car to go to work Monday mornings! Picture an image of two monkeys and a football...
Probably the most down to earth, easily followed engine - swap video I've ever seen (and I been around a LONG time)
Exactly what you did and how, explained the important things in depth and the rest just enough to easily follow.
Really top notch content - your followers get good information from you!
The wagon is cool as hell!, haven't seen the next vid but you're on the way!!!
Side note - whenever I have to put a front clip back on, I form/tape cardboard to the doors, it's the best way to protect everything that I've seen/done yet!
Thank you that gives me some motivation. Thats a great idea with the card Board. I shot this car with rustoleum rattle cans. I plan on painting it again probably multiple times for fun so paint doesn't matter too much. It looks pretty bad in person and the rockers are rotted out. BTW this was the first time I have ever done a swap like this I have replaced engines and transmissions. But never put something, in something, that wasn't meant to go in something.
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Then the swap is a big step up for you - take it from an OG, you did really well! Only forgetting to use the headers instead of the manifolds for your mockup is much better than some of the mistakes I've seen (IRL) some of the supposed experts make.
Yup, you did really well!
Dude.that's a very cool swap and while it's no show car,looks like you did a decent job without breaking the bank. When you're done would you show us a cost breakdown? Can't wait to see it done! Nice job...
Thats exactly the plan trying to get as close to $0 as possible after parting the wrecked truck out and selling the 55 drivetrain.
Can’t wait to see the test drive of it. It sounds great already.
Coming soon! Thank you for supporting
@@somewhatfast no worries I love watching what you do. Looking forward to the next update.
I'm sad to see the flathead go, but I'm glad you kept it MoPar and not the LS swap thing😄
Yes sir, like the old qoute goes.
"In a world of LS be a Magnum"
-confucious 551 BCE, probably
It looks great, keep saving them Mopars
I have a 2 door 55 Plymouth wagon with a 230 flathead and a 3 speed on the column. I would love to do a swap like this. Very cool video👍
It is WORTH it, wait for part 3! Find a 94-96 ram 5.2 or 5.9 you can buy a whole truck for 600-1000 bucks part the truck out and the truck will oay for most of the swap. Stay tuned for the price breakdown
Bad ass project, those 318's are solid engines, they keep going and going... Great work!
A great job my friend. Looking forward to first drive. ❤️💯
Great upgrade. I found about six of these sitting out in the guy's collection probably 15 years or better ago. I thought my girl found something. Two-door wagon of a Chrysler Plymouth Dodge variant. Well I still really neat cars. They just weren't as rare as I thought they might be. I remember back in probably the late 90s early 2000 I was going to do something wild like drop electronic ignition in where I had points before. The old distributor was worn out. Borinquen local O'Reilly store and they were looking at me kind of odd. So I just told them I wanted a distributor simile for a newer 318 that was pointless. So I walked out $18 later and it was complete with the cap. Already has that plug wires I did not use on another project so I use them and dropped into the sugar assembly and it ran like a champ 🏆. The point was that I had spent $18 for the complete assembly. They had a surplus of them and they weren't selling well at the time now you can't even buy the cheap Chinese knockoff for that price.
Where are they at?
Never really got in to this channel. However this got me interested! Lol hood stuff man keep jamming looking forward to seeing more.
Looks like you're in like flynn...hope your ride acts right...well done!,,
Thank you!
Subbed, I've got a '56 Seirra I just got to being drivable and '56 Coronet I'm starting to work on and looking towards a 5.2 5.9 magnum setup similar to this. Super awesome seeing some attention being brought to these 55 and 56 mopars! I will definitely be watching this.
If you are going to daily it often and care about MPG do the 5.2! Thanks for the sub
Well done with all the hard work you have put in so far. Looking good, sounding good. Can't wait till you've finish it and go for a cruize and enjoy it your family ...👍
Two-door wagons are awesome.
That car is awesome 😎
Wish I could find one like that 👍👍
They are getting hard to find!
Car is looking sweet for not a lot of money. Just shows you don’t have to spend thousands to have a nice ride!! Keeps guys like me motivated to keep going on my restoration.
What kind of car are you fixin on?
‘38 Plymouth Coupe
Awesome job, Nick! I know that if you get a van power steering bracket it pulls in closer to the engine, and a lot of guys use a pulley to mimic where the AC compressor was. I think it’s a Dorman part number. You may already have that figured out though.👍🏼🔥🏁🇺🇸
I need to get rid of the pump altogether. I think I might install airconditioning on the old girl. It gets HOT in texas. Maybe one of those cheap china underdash units and use the factory magnum ac compressor? Idk yet I'm already eyeballing that 74 satellite thats need to be worked on!
@@somewhatfast even in PA we have hot days but in Texas everything is bigger - including the temperatures! Agreed, put AC in that thing!❄️❄️❄️❄️
@@qmopar Hey you know how we do it though imma have to Frankenstein something together on the airconditioning! 🤣 You can buy a kit on eBay comes with underdash, hoses, condenser, for 350 bucks. Then Rockauto sells a 1995 ram compressor for 180 bucks! Might be able to do the whole thing for 600 bucks!
@@somewhatfast and we’ll be watching and cheering you on!🍿🍿🍿
I like what ya done there! I did the same thing to my 49 Plymouth 20 years ago! I bought a 77 ford Granada with a 250ci 6 cylinder c-4 trans and 8in diff. Swapped all in to my Plymouth plus wiring harness! Ben driving the wheels off since then! Plus have all 5 wheels off Granada also! lol
Very cool and well done on a budget!! I have a '61 Plymouth Suburban 4dr wagon with a Poly 318 and Powerflite 2spd auto trans that I want to stick a 361 B-engine into, with a 727 Torqueflite. I think the Powerflite cars had 3.36:1 gears to help get moving, should be perfect for a mild mini-big-block!! Still will have to fab mounts, etc. as the '61s still have the floating power design mounts and I want the fail-safe '73-up mounts like you used. Thanks for posting!!
Thats awesome I think I used the fail prone mounts! Found out after, I think off a 1972 fury. We will see how they hold up. Im not going to be ripping it much.
@@rodneybyrd9516 I'm going to look into that thank you
@@somewhatfast Also try Mancini Racing and other former Schumacher dealers!
Looking good,nice work👍🏼🇬🇧
No worries we are not perfect we know it will come out looking great
Coming along nicely. Great video
Thanks for the visit
It is looking awesome
Hey that sounds like a great idea with that cooling system and fan! Hopefully it works out for you 👍
old wagons are awesome
Hey my first time watching your channel. To solve your p\s pump and belt issue i recomend swapping the top idler for a grooved one like is on the tensioner, then you can route the belt from the water pump up and over the idler, yes you will loose some drive surface on the water pump pully but as you are running an electric fan there isnt as much load on that pully so should work fine
Thank you, have you seen this done? If so send me a picture please
@@somewhatfast i have not seen it myself, but looking at the accesory drives you have it should work
@@steve310t I have the old gooved pulled I replaced. Ill try and see
@@somewhatfast sounds good, you will have to measure for a shorter belt, but that seems like an in expensive/easy option and thats what i like
Check your connections, or use an electronic stock distributor and an msd box
Went with points
I would have left the wagon as it was! But it’s your car so do as you please. I really loved the wagon like it was.
The old drive train will go into another Plymouth to live again one day.
@@somewhatfast ok that works!
Long tube headers should give you better clearance down there.
This may be too late....but looking at your photos I would ask that you look at moving the battery to the
passenger side.
Then you only have to make new wires not moving the power steering . TONY
The car doesn't have power steering that pump is getting removed. It is only there because I haven't found a belt that will fit without powersteering.
I would have used a Mopar transistor ignition . No points,easy hook up etc etc.😊
I went old school points its what I know and understand and a set of points and resistor is CHEAP. Have a couple in the glove box!
I salute your skills. WELL DONE
Thank ya much Tom
Great show !
Turned out awesome congratulations
That wagon is sweet
Take the vacuum advance line out if there is one hooked on the distribitor.... Utg had something similar going on with aftermarket distribitor and it cut out when the vacuum moved the plate, the wires were broken and it made contact till the wacuum kicked in. Or something like that wtf do I remember 😂 and sorry for the bad explanation.
No that makes sense I might crack it open and have a look inside. Thank you
@@somewhatfast rock'n roll lets hope that its something simple like that. Cant remember if they got it workin or did they toss a bird with that distributor but it ran fine without the vacuum line hooked.
The company offered a replacement i might try another one and keep an old school points distributor under the back seat just in case!
On the oil pressure, is it electric or is it direct oil pressure to the gauge? The 1955 models still used a 6VDC system, while in 1956 they changed to 12VDC. When the change was made, Chrysler added a pulsed voltage regulator to take care of the electrically operated gauges. The regulator put out about an average 5VDC and they continued to use the exact same gauges that were used on the 6VDC system. When changing to 12VDC you do need to add that 5VDC regulator to keep from burning up the electrically operated gauges. The ammeter will be the exception which simply gets the + and - connected correctly.
Its a mechanical factory guage
One cool cruiser.
Good job Man. I like the 318. Had one in my D200. 1969. Your fan is not cooling the engine when not running. Just water in the rad. Blowing hot air on the engine. I'd cut it off with the switch. If it don't cut off when you're not there. It will flatten your battery. Or set on 🔥. But great job. I like Mopar stuff. 👍 good luck. Adios.
I ended up making it key on power with the sensor after some thought. 318s are way underrated!
@@somewhatfast yep That D200 camper Special was a heavy truck. With high gear back axle. I liked to stomp it of the line. Think it had 214 or 240 hp on the airfilter. But you needed a fuel tanker following you down the road. 😆 🤣 . Nice ride you got there. Should last you many years. Find your self a little caravan. Do some camping trips. Adios. .
Old school MOPAR or no car . They can keep there lap top cars. 👍🏻🇦🇺💯⛽️.
How about raising the battery up 20-30mm it looks like you may have the space
I thought about that but I need a new battery anyways and they sell a batterry at walmart that should fit right in.
Hi , just a thought , are you using a hei distributor ? Hall Effect Ignition dissies generate their own voltage once started. Your old plymouth would have a distributor that has 2 power feeds, one on crank
(start position ) that uses the whole 12 volts, and then when it starts, the ignition drops back to the on position which only gives it about 9 volts. The hei distributor doesn't want any incoming current once it's started, so the 9 volts coming in is enough to defeat the ignition process. I can't tell you exactly how to fix it, I accepted defeat and used an auto electrician. I do know he put a relay in the engine bay near the starter , that killed the 9 volt signal after startup. Just a wild guess, but, hope it helps.
I don't think this generates its own power. It just needs 12 volts all the time with the key on.
Those HEI ignitions pull a lot of juice. Have you tried 12 ga wire right to batt +? Sounds like your vehicle wiring may be shutting down, not the distributor failing.
Yes I tried 12 volt to the battery. The issue got better and better the more I ran it. But i can't push the throttle it will just completely lose ignition
@@somewhatfast just a heads-up;
It could also be your coil - seems the bigger load you put on the ignition (like revving it up) is when it cuts out, just for fun check the coil - they'll do that too.
(OG gearhead)
I hope you keep the cars original motor around after this just in case you ever wanted to go back original!!
I kept it I have a couple other flat heads laying around too.
Very nice
It's getting there Nick! You are a fabricator, pretty darn good for a country boy! You are almost up to Puddin's Fab Shop and the way you're going, it won't be long before you're even with his skill! You need a LIFT though. Can't wait for the test ride.
cannot wait mate great work . sounds trick
It's an initial module problem you can probably fix it by throwing the rigger part store initial module in it and they want to try that at some point do you unde distributors in the Chinese museums sometimes do similar things and usually it's an initial module or the wide and I'm going to it so if you make sure with a test light you're getting total Volt or a Volt meter out of the wire hanging it and then you put a different modulen in it
It's brand new though. I gave it a chance, now im going points distributor.
Good.job😄😍👍👍👍👏👏👏cool car 😍
What headers are those? Im doing a 50 wayfarer
@@karlsracing8422 Dodge dakota. The prices went way up though.
Air cleaner is to small. bigger is better as your engine works like a air pump .Index your spark plugs . 👍🏻💯🇦🇺⛽️.
I bought a huge 14 inch wide 3 inch tall air cleaner and it didn't clear my throttle linkage. Plan is to install a cable linkage for the throttle. You are right though DEFINITELY need a bigger air cleaner
Cool 🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧
Good. Job. Yes. 1
Do you want to get rid of the computer that came off the 1995. I used a Hei dist on my 1966 318 works great.
I sold most of the parts off the ram and I had to make room for the satellite so I scrappd the truck it was just cab and frame I don't remember if the computer was still on it. I should have pulled more stuff off. Final episode I will be doing a complete price breakdown parts sold and parts bought.
Also HEI is great but the cheap China ones are a hit or miss. Id rather have a set of points in the glove box!
That an OD trans from a 95? Thought they were computer controlled?
The 46 RE is on the late 90s rams which is electronic. The 94-95 is a 46RH which is all hydraulic. The Over drive IS just a solenoid it turns on and off with 12 volts. I will be making a video showing how to make it all work with two pressure switches and a vacuum switch. Very simple to do. Stay tuned.
Why don't you put the battery on the left side
Car had 2 batteries, this is where it was wired from factory this is where I wired it. I installed a smaller battery. Good to go. No need to run extra wires
Did you put a cam in that 318? Cause they're pretty much gutless without one .
This is a Magnum not an LA I've taken it down the road and it is no where near gutless. It should be a 230-250 hp motor at the flywheel eith headers and a 4 barrell. It was enough for me.
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Is that a Weber carburetor you got on there looks like you hit the wrong nail there with your thumb nail
Yup wacked it with a hammer putting muffler back on my pickup truck side of the highway. It's an edelbrock carb first time I've ever used one and I now an edelbrock guy.
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