Can a 350 engine and transmission out of a '78 Camaro be put into a '72 Dodge Charger?

[Remington shooter120]

I have '78 Camaro with good 350 engine and good TH350 transmission, but the body is bad and I have a '72 Dodge Charger with no engine or transmission, but the body is in decent condition. I am just wondering if the motor and transmission can be dropped in the Charger.

[Mad Jack8550]

Kind of like putting a square peg in a round hole. How good are your fabrication skills and do you have access to the required fabrication equipment?

The Chevy engine and transmission will fit. The Dodge engine bay is large enough to fit a MOPAR big block.

Don't expect to find any off the shelf adapters for this. You will need to fab up your own custom mounts, cross member, engine accessory mounts, and headers. You will also need a custom drive shaft.

In the process you will greatly decrease the value of the Dodge. The current trend in collectible cars is to keep the car as original as possible. To keep the value up of the Dodge you would be better off doing some research of the VIN and find out what engine and transmission came in this car from the factory. Then install an engine and transmission as close as possible to the factory original. Also, the current trend to keep the most value is to keep it as stock as possible. This would also cost less money.

[ladystang]

with enough money and skill.

[mustanger]

Mad Jack is right about keeping it close to original. Even if you want to put a more powerful engine than it came with you'd be better off with a Mopar driveline. Someday, if you decide to sell the car, having a chevy driveline will not only devalue it but will also make it harder to sell. People who buy collectible cars don't want them with mickey moused drivelines and jury rigged components. Most any Mopar engine will either drop in or, most likely, have well made adapters and mounts to use and will definitely increase the value and sales potential of the car.

[RumbleBee1462]

it will not work! you dont mix mopar with chevy... if you out your gm350 in a dodge the car will explode and catch on fire! sorry man

[dodge man0195]

yes it can but that's sort of degrading a Chrysler product,some guy in our home town did this to a 69 charger and he,s not one of our most popular people right now,it can be done though,he did it just to prove that a chevy engine could beat a mopar product,he didn't prove his point very good though,he,s never won a race in this car and we hope he never does,as long as theirs a good mopar club around he never will either,good luck.
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