68 4spd Fury
Senior Member
Maybe just disconnect the secondaries on the carb?
Since no one has answered this, I'll take a stab at it.However I'm still looking for an answer on if they actually make a adapter mounts for the swap
Ain't that the truth.Here I am still around and still driving like a maniac
Agreed. There's always a story on either side. When my daughter was 17 I told her should could drive my '62 413 New Yorker to school if she could get it out of the garage; reverse band was broken. She did until I sold the car when I bought my Newport.Thank you John Hatchard for your lovely stories.
Now lets see if you can grasp this..
There are several members on this board, including myself, who when they were teenagers had performance cars..
3500 pound cars with 300/400/and even some 500 horsepower engines.. Not a 5000# wagon with a motor home engine.
And guess what, we still are not dead..
We didn't have great tires.. Polyglass tires and a spit of rain equal no traction,, not todays radicals that seem to grip everything..
I was 17 and had a 383 Dodge Dart.. 3200# and 330 hp.. And skinny polyglass tires..
And guess what.. Here I am still around and still driving like a maniac ( to which many here can atest to)..
So again, John Hatchard, thank you for your lovely stories of doom and gloom that only help to re-enforce the desires
of an over protective parent who has very little trust or faith in their children...
Thank you for that because that's reality.Thank you John Hatchard for your lovely stories.
Now lets see if you can grasp this..
There are several members on this board, including myself, who when they were teenagers had performance cars..
3500 pound cars with 300/400/and even some 500 horsepower engines.. Not a 5000# wagon with a motor home engine.
And guess what, we still are not dead..
We didn't have great tires.. Polyglass tires and a spit of rain equal no traction,, not todays radicals that seem to grip everything..
I was 17 and had a 383 Dodge Dart.. 3200# and 330 hp.. And skinny polyglass tires..
And guess what.. Here I am still around and still driving like a maniac ( to which many here can atest to)..
So again, John Hatchard, thank you for your lovely stories of doom and gloom that only help to re-enforce the desires
of an over protective parent who has very little trust or faith in their children...
Same thought process my family had, first car is a 77 NYB with a 440, weighs a million pounds and does 0-60 in 3 to 5 business days, still love her thoughI understand the issue of the 440 and such, BUT there's a LOT of things which will NOT directly hook-up other than just the motor mounts. Wiring harnesses, a/c lines, linkages, etc. I'd find a way to disconnect the secondaries on the carb, for example, on the 440. THEN teach him how to drive defensively and send him to a driving school too. Teach him to RESPECT the power at hand rather than withhold it from him, hopefully. Not to mention that HE'll pay for anything that breaks.
Now, certainly he and some of his buddies can probably determine that the secondaries aren't working and try to remedy that. BUT if you remove the linkage, where are they going to find another piece to fix it? Of course, you can check the oil every so often to see if they might have tried.
ONE other thing to consider . . . although the 440 is powerful, almost ANY 4-cyl turbo with a 8-speed automatic will leave it in the dust at a red light. So it's not the fastest thing on the road, by a long shot, from my observations. PLUS, if it was my offspring, I'd rather they be in a heavy car than in a little sedan, but that's just me. Just make sure they wear the seat belts!
Just some thoughts,
CBODY67
As I read through all this I had a inkling there was more to the story. You sly old dog!Lol I get where your coming from but he's doing all the work.its so he can learn too about engine swaps. I have all faith in my son but I would be the fool and just let him have a long heavy car that can really get up and go. Then he has to learn how to brake and control a very heavy car.
It would be similar in a way that I have a Beretta arx100 assault rifle .think most parents would just give him that rifle to learn the safety fundamentals and firing it at a target while being safe at all times. Hell no I wouldn't take the chance.thats why his but had a pellet gun that looks and functions similar to that rifle to learn before moving up.
Ok ok truth be known. I have a 87 dodge short step side that I been building for like 20 years that's always been on the back burner.... marriage can do that... especially a toxic one. Lol. Soo it has a 8 3/4 sure grip with 3.91 gears. I have a full tunnel ram set up for a 440 that I been itching to set up. So I have a hidden agenda to put the 440 from the wagon and finally get my truck running.
if you are worried about the 440 being to much there are a few thing you can do. 1st you can adjust the throttle linkage(so he can't go full throttle), 2nd you can disconnect the secondaries on the carburetor and third you can retard the timing of the engine. this are all cheaper then doing an engine swap.Ok it's been a very long time since I been on here. I went through a nasty divorce by her choice. She had a lawyer and I did not.some how in the end I got full custody of my son and the wagon I'd say I definitely came out on top.anyways moving on to the subject at hand. My son will be 17 next month.he can't stop talking about how he wants to drive the wagon and when it will be his. It has a very strong 440 infact it's too strong for him right now.i have a healthy 318 with tranny that I want to swap out? My question is ,is there a company that makes motor mount adapters or must I look for a k frame or subframe for a smallblock. Any advice at all would be greatfull