Blackbirdsrt78
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Has anyone ever done this...I have heard of swapping the Hemi's but I have never heard of anyone going for the 3.5..
I like the idea.
There's a guy on Moparts that did an A body with one and runs a 904 transmission.
If it works on an A, it will work on anything RWD.
Since I saw his swap, a Penastar V6 swap has been on my mind.
Good gas mileage, runs on todays junk gas, lots of parts, can be serviced anywhere, can get 300 hp out of it, light, compact.
I dont think it is as involved as one would think. I would start by pulling the engine out of a wrecked car at a salvage yard and take everything out with it. if you have a welder engine mounts and the trans mount is a snap. as long as you pull all the electronics with the engine then it should be no problem. I dont think I would go with the 904 though isn't the new trans they use a 5 or 6 speed. I think the brand new ones have 9. but yeah fuel injected V-6 in a car that is lighter than a charger...300HP OH yeah...
it might be an idea to keep in mind that the PentaStar V6 (the 3.6) is a great engine in the applications it was designed for. It is a high RPM, small displacement V6 with a lot of valve area (relative to engine size), and a high rpm oriented power band, pretty much the opposite of the Slant 6 and small block V8s used in our cars. In the applications it was designed for, with the 6-9 speed automatic transmissions, it works really well. However, if used with anything with fewer gears, it will not be easy to live with. Almost all of the transmissions used with the 3.6L are for FWD vehicles.
Kostas
I want a 3.5 with the 6 speed RWD in the blackbird
I want a 3.5 with the 6 speed RWD in the blackbird