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rubberducky1774 
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 Topic: eagle 360 swapPosted: Feb/08/2011 at 10:32pm |
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i am planning on getting a 360 and putting it in my sx/4.
i was wondering if anyone on here has done the swap or has any pointers for the swap.
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purple72Gremlin
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Posted: Feb/08/2011 at 10:54pm |
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Eagles never had V8's in them.......................and it aint easy.
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rubberducky1774
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Posted: Feb/08/2011 at 10:58pm |
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i know that i know its been done before and i can do it my 258 is toast an i want a new project
i was just seeing if anyone on here knew about the swap and had any tips
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purple72Gremlin
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amxdreamer
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Posted: Feb/08/2011 at 11:29pm |
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This is another V8 Eagle that I took pictures off a couple of years ago. Love the old dash :)
   Love the license plate frame!
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rubberducky1774
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Posted: Feb/08/2011 at 11:34pm |
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that is an awesome eagle right there i would love mine to look like that one day
i just need to find a 360 close to me and id get started but there aint nothing close to me
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billd
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Posted: Feb/09/2011 at 7:18am |
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There's a GREAT write-up somewhere on the web where he shows the whole process.
Remember, the engine sits to the right on the Eagle, so you have to account for the V8 to be shifted to the passenger side AND the extra weight (although not much extra weight - the loaded 258 is only about 50 or so pounds lighter than an AMC 8) That's one of the most beautiful Eagles I've seen. Whoever did that Eagle is welcome to come and do the interior on mine! Let's make a deal........ |
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EagleFreek
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Posted: Feb/09/2011 at 4:34pm |
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There's a guy on the Eagle Nest that makes a kit to install a V8 in an Eagle. You can also save yourself all the trouble and buy this bad Eagle with a 390.
http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/2158786925.html Edited by EagleFreek - Feb/09/2011 at 4:35pm |
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Posted: Feb/09/2011 at 8:53pm |
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A guy in Detroit did it years ago and his looked factory. One of the issues if I remember right was mounting the front differential. The 6 cyl has a stiffening bracket that attaches the diff to the block. He had to fab something up to the V8.
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billd
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Posted: Feb/09/2011 at 9:11pm |
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The differential hangs from the motor mount brackets. There's a bracket that goes from the block down to the pinion area to keep the differential from "twisting" from torque. It's the only one of the three that bolt directly to the block, unless you count the ones that bolt on with the motor mount brackets.
On the driver side, the bolt go down into the top of the differential:
  Here is how it hangs on the right side:
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rubberducky1774 wrote: