1968 Dart Turbo 6.0 Swap

**ThatGuysLSX** · 05-07-2018, 06:08 AM

Looking to turn so heads! And possibly rattle the Mopar world! I will be swapping a gen 3 6.0 into my recently restored 68 Dart. The Dart is 2 door, recently bought down to bare metal and painted. Chassis and suspension was all redone with oem like parts. I have a 2002 Magnum engine and 727 in the car right now, but Im just not happy with the performance. On the other hand, I built a gen 3 6.0 last year for my 2004 silverado and its a monster. I been tuning with HP tuners for a few years now and since last summer I have 4 gen 3 engine I've built for friends.

For this project I'll list my budget 6.0 build components, feel free to ask questions.

LQ4 Block
Stock Crank
Stock floating Rods with ARP Cracked Bolts
Speed-Pro Hypereutectic Pistons H1129CPA
Sealed Power Plasma-Moly Piston Ring Sets E-921K
799 Heads with LS6 Blue Springs
LS7 MLS GM Head Gaskets
ARP Head bolts
Trickflow 7.400 Chromoly Pushrods
OEM Rockers with Trunion Upgrade
Summit Racing® Pro LS Camshafts SUM-8700 LIFT 0.525 int./0.525 exh. Duration at 050 inch Lift: 225 int./236 exh. Lobe Separation (degrees): 110
Sharp Customs 102mm LS1 LS2 SHEET METAL INTAKE
G-Plus 102mm Throttle Body
60lb @55psi Siemens Injectors
CX Racing T76 T4 Turbo (Planing 8-12Psi)

Running a OEM PCM with a PSI Stanalone Harness
Mated to a TCI Super StreetFighter TH400 with a B&M Nitrous 2400 Stall Converter
8 3/4 Rear ( Front loader) with a Auburn Posi Carrier with 3.91 Gears

Aiming to land in the 600s somewhere, I dont see why I would have any trouble. Ill adjust the boost to stay in the 600s as I will plan to drive this Daily to work (3 Miles Away)

For any Dodge guys on here trying to do this, the rear steering is the first obvious problem, either you can get a gto front sump pan, or you can flip the front spindles and convert to front steer. I will be installing a T-Bird Power Steering Rack & Pinion for Mustang II Crossmembers that uses an lines to my gm ps pump. Also I will be removing the oem torsion setup and fabbing upper tower supports for QA1 Coilovers.

***SMWS6TA*** · 05-07-2018, 07:00 AM

Nice build, That's a baby cam. You can go to a Polluter Cam from Tick and it would work great. It was designed for LS2/6.0 Liter blocks.

**ThatGuysLSX** · 05-08-2018, 09:08 AM

***SMWS6TA*** · 05-08-2018, 03:40 PM

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**ThatGuysLSX** · 05-08-2018, 05:54 PM

**5150** · 05-09-2018, 06:49 AM

Sounds badass!

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**ThatGuysLSX** · 05-09-2018, 12:37 PM

Decided to change the cam bearings, I ordered them Monday and put them in today. I have a ls specific cam bearing tool and it made short work removing and reinstalling. 3 different sized bearings, 1 & 5 bearings are the same and so are 2 & 4 locations, location 3 has its own O.D different than the others. Anyone looking to do their own cam bearing make sure you get the locations right. Afterwards I used a can of pb blaster with the straw and stuck the straw in the oil hole on the bearings to make sure I was able to blow pb blaster down thru to the main caps oil journals.

I also got my reman oem crank installed and fastened down with ARP main fasteners. Cam and crank both spin freely.

Ive built a handful of these LS engines, and with great success I use Harbor Frieght Air compressor oil as assembly lube. I never have a problem, its cheap and I can get it by the volume. I can be more generous with coating the bearings and rotating assembly.

Tonight, I will aim to change my rod bolts to ARPs cracked bolts and get my pistons installed.