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Hemi engine swap! finally got it and starting swap, ill keep updating this as i go!

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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 10:45 AM
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I have good news"I was WRONG" usually that's not goon news ,but in this case it is.
"MY system only has TWO 02 sensors, And my exhaust from the exhaust manifold has the hole for the 02 sensors. I hooked them up and took it for a ride yesterday.Runs Great but the trans starts off in 4th gear.I think there's a wire I didn't hook up.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2010 | 03:11 PM
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There's no replacement for displacement.It's like riding a Sportster.You can put big tanks on it and make it look like a Big Twin.But it will always be a sportster.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2010 | 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by HemiDak-Quad
There's no replacement for displacement.It's like riding a Sportster.You can put big tanks on it and make it look like a Big Twin.But it will always be a sportster.
love that saying, its been around since the days of muscle cars, yet it still holds true, that why hopefully either later this year or over the winter i plan on turning mine into a 392 hemi!!


Originally Posted by HemiDak-Quad
I have good news"I was WRONG" usually that's not goon news ,but in this case it is.
"MY system only has TWO 02 sensors, And my exhaust from the exhaust manifold has the hole for the 02 sensors. I hooked them up and took it for a ride yesterday.Runs Great but the trans starts off in 4th gear.I think there's a wire I didn't hook up.
oh lucky u, well i would check a couple things, def check the main trans plug and make sure all your pin-outs are correct, that would be my first guess def, but also check your trans fluid and make sure its atf+4, trust me u dont want to use the wrong fluid or run it low, cuz when i first started my truck after the swap i threw 4 additional codes all trans related, topped it off and all went away! these engines and trans are very very picky!


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well my opinion you could have purchased a supercharger for the 4,7 and gained the 100horses difference between the 5.7 and 4.7 but not many people know how to install correctly but i still stand behind my 4.7. my son has ram qc with the hemi it does run strong but my rat motor is super smooth i can set my tea glass on it and never spills a drop but anyway there are times when i want that extra power but i can tow just as much as he can, besides the cummins turbo duallys at our local strip blow us both away- but of course they have trubos--anyway!
i agree with u 100%, i actually looked into those superchargers, i saw many many pics of people with them on, but none ever finished and ran them, so idk if its a very hard thing to do and make it run right, but anyways yeah i liked my 4.7 alot i got great sound and power out of it, i towed alot more than my truck was ever rated for and never had any problems at all, it ran great, even with a tad over 100K too! but my hemi i like alot more, plus there is alot more options for power parts out there even though they are not as old as the 4.7's! its really turning into the chevy small block of the mopar world! but im also going to like the extra mpgs ill be getting as compared to my old 4.7 too, especially due to the newer computers, although i did pretty good on my 4.7, i was over what it was rated for for city and way over the highway rating! course mine was not stock at all!
 
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 04:48 PM
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well here is another project update, it was running! idk what happened, but i have been starting and running it for like 5mins and then shutting it off for the past week when i can get up to my house so it can learn the cam, and other parts, now the last time i started it it was fine, but as i shut it down i heard a little bit of metal on metal, kinda like a piston seizing, it still rotates easily, so ill be digging in the motor again to find out what is wrong now, hopefully its something easy, i dont need anymore problems, i just want to drive it so friggin bad, and another thing is that i noticed when i took it out of park like 3 starts before it made that sound that the gear indicator on the dash had it showing that it was in all gears! i have never seen it do that before, and it has being throwing the trans power relay sense circuit code P0888, along with the trans system code P0700 that day, does anyone know of the top of there head any obvious reasons why it would trip those codes, i have checked everything i can possible think of, and for the obvious it has perfect trans fluid pressure, plenty of fluid, it never runs hot, no leaks, no cut or broken wires(new harness), def good grounds, etc... ill post up when i find out what is with the engine or i figure out what is going on with the trans!
 
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 08:35 AM
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I have no clue.Sorry.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 01:32 PM
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I can't say, but when I have done engine swaps and a electrical problem shortly developes I would see if the exhaust hasn't burned a harness or a single wire somewhere out of sight. Good luck.
 
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 04:36 PM
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Did you figure out where the noise was coming from in you're motor ?
 
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 04:39 PM
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Are you still having the trans.problem.If so let me know I have a couple of suggestions...
 
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Old Jul 30, 2010 | 11:30 AM
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How's the swap coming along ?
 
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Old Dec 18, 2010 | 02:50 AM
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I have a 4.7 n my ram n it has about 140k on it and it runs great n I get bout 15.5 city n I've goten 22mpg on highway cruzing at 65 mph. Its completely stock to. But I realy wish I had a hemi in mine. I wana check out how everything goes 4 you n ur swap. Good luck.
 
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