SugarRay8
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The kits I’ve seen are for 55’ and newer, mine is a 54’, so best I can tell there are a lot more parts to make the conversion work on mine. Going through their website I totaled up about $400.00 just to convert it over, (the kit for a 55’ 331 is only around $50.00) may still have to do it, but I’m really hoping not to.
Crazy thing about the conversions being for 55’ and newer, you can still get rebuilt factory Hemi pumps for those! Just can’t get them anymore for the older ones. [S
Found a local guy last night with a lot of old Mopar stuff, has over 200 60’s and 70’s complete cars! He had a shed we went into, had more than 20 old Hemi’s in it and he has other sheds as well. Anyway, we found a 440 pump and they are quite a bit smaller, both the bolt pattern and pilot. However, I may get one and design an adapter to mount it to the Hemi. The only down side I see may be the depth of the fins, they may not reach deep enough to pump very well. Still, I’m going to look into it some more and see what I come up with.
Crazy thing about the conversions being for 55’ and newer, you can still get rebuilt factory Hemi pumps for those! Just can’t get them anymore for the older ones. [S
Found a local guy last night with a lot of old Mopar stuff, has over 200 60’s and 70’s complete cars! He had a shed we went into, had more than 20 old Hemi’s in it and he has other sheds as well. Anyway, we found a 440 pump and they are quite a bit smaller, both the bolt pattern and pilot. However, I may get one and design an adapter to mount it to the Hemi. The only down side I see may be the depth of the fins, they may not reach deep enough to pump very well. Still, I’m going to look into it some more and see what I come up with.