WE'RE HELLCAT SWAPPING A 350Z!

a few months back I picked up this stolen Hellcat  from the Salvage Auction rebuilt it and then   ripped it right back apart I ripped out all the  wiring from it and used it to complete my manual   swapped Dodge Demon project and now we're well going  to steal even more from it we came in this morning   I got to thinking the only thing cooler than a 707  horsepower Hellcat engine and a 4,400lb Hellcat   will be a 707horsepower hellcat engine in a 3,300  lb Z I mean he already has the Super sick stance boy   Wheels now we just need a big ignorant engine  three times the horsepower it is literally three   times the horsepower the math checks out there the  basic idea here is we're going to take the engine   out of the Hellcat and try to mate it to the  transmission that's already in the 350Z that way   we only have to worry about the logistics around  swapping an engine and not doing a complete Drive   Line refit and of course we're not doing it just  for fun right she's not sounding too hot these days the whole point being here is that one  could I suppose argue you that a Hellcat engine   swap is practical practical practical or  not I'm positive there's a 100 problems   we're going to run into most of which will  probably be caused by the fact that that   engine is massive compared to this one but I  suppose there's only one way to find [Music] out she ready to come out or uh not yet but you  need to see this yeah that's pretty impressive   I mean I suppose it is fitting and just in case  they don't know the back story on this car it's   a submarine yeah the license plate checks out  when he bought this car it was flooded up to   the top of the doors and while a lot of it's been  restored the engine the trans and obviously most   of the shifter linkage is still original and it  is crunchy it's nice Florida saltwater corrosion   now this build there is a lot of stuff we're  hoping to reuse like the transmission one thing   we're not going to be able to repurpose though  is Bor exhaust don't get me wrong the Bor is a   really nice exhaust if you're making like 2 or  300 horsepower fortunately you're out of that   club now like 100% And what you said you're going  to do is run two like Joe Dirt open headers right   no more of course for reference the stock exhaust  on the Hellcat is a dual 2 and 3/4 I think what   we'll ultimately do on this one assuming the open  headers that just pitch get tiring after the first   15 minutes is run a true dual 3-in after all  we have two holes to fill why not fill them and with that we're basically more  or less ready to come out what do   you say we drop the Hellcat out and while  you're finishing up this I can knock the   transmission off that and then we can  test fit in SS like a plan to me stand it oh yeah last time I had to pull  the alternator off to get to the   oil pressure switch and now the alternator's just chilling all right we're Gucci it's not going  anywhere I was a little scared about that there we go now we just got to get the  trans off it and we can start to   get an idea what we're going to be  working with here yeah good enough [Music] the suffering both I think we got  a problem they're fighting a little bit huh it's almost like this car was  underwater or something it's funny   that you see it in exterior it looks  like so clean it really does the car   looks awesome and yeah then you start turning  riches salts falling out rust a whole nine yards all right serious question is  this algae I don't know what's going [Music] on all right what's hung up now don't go down yet   I think it's just the bolt  are plock steering shaft um got it [Music]   check that out you didn't tell me to that boil of  headers on it you need to do this SP probably made   plenty of power it's what like 260 not at all now  obviously we still have a massive amount of work   to do here but I think we should probably you know  what I'm getting that right Fernando you got to   I guess this is like the first of many moment of  truths here what about if it doesn't fit at all I   wouldn't be surprised I'm positive we're going to  have to cut a lot of this car up but hey it's an   old Nissan right it's fine it's rusty already what  was that uh the supercharger pulley is hitting   the radiator so we need to go back with it so  dropping the car down over the engine the steering   shaft that is going to hit the valve cover that  subframe studs really close to the valve cover   I'm starting to think we might have to pull the  entire front end of the car part which on these   it all does unbolt so that's great that might  be the way we have to get this engine in there   I don't think it's going to go in like this and  it's certainly not going to be easy but hey it's   in sort of congrats on the swap 707 horsepower  does all that it matter we got a lot of work to do ready for round two I think I am  you think or you know it's just like   we need to make make a lot of cuts hit  in the Heather already yep both sides   all right well to be fair we kind of knew the  stock header wasn't going to work right yeah [Music] exactly it's going in pretty good though  get this guy up and out of the way who needs AC do you heard that I heard it I don't know  what it was but I heard it all right so   that's about as far as we got right we're  looking pretty good pretty good so I guess   like logistically it does fit in the engine  bay that's something as it sits right now I   guess this is about where your radiator fans  come in so that's probably not going to work we   are going to have to move this a lot further  backwards definitely going to have to hack   out this false firewall it's just thin sheet  metal you can cut out pretty much all of it   and that'll give us a lot more room to move this  thing back you ready to hack this gym up um it's   going to be a little bit disappointed that I have  to cut a solar Orange Shell but it's for a good   at least this is a salvage title right flood is  salvage title Salvage flood yeah same difference   right I get that you're trying to like Spruce it  up be like it's not Salvage it's flooded I mean we in the point is no turning back on this project  no turning back no I got to admit though it looks   really good for the record is my first card  in the chassis you know um I was like kind of   a little bit nervous the cuts turned out really  good I got to give it to you on this one um what   happened there though what's the what's going on  with the big hole in the firewall now I know you   had to cut the lip off that all looks good it's  clean it's nice and then there's the big hole they   cover on the passenger side hits the firewor  a little bit so so far I crossing my fingers   that's the only major cut that we have to do to  the chassis and now that you got the cutting done   I guess this is where the fun really starts right  exactly busting open new parts spending a ton of   money look at the finish I like them yeah you're  just ignoring the whole money part right you know   you're just trying to block that part out like  it never happened it's just like I don't want to   think about it I think that how we all justify  that if you don't think about it doesn't count   is your credit card company thinking about it  um it's already the limit anyway this is our   conversion oil pan it's by loj conversions it's  made specifically for this swap it has a heavy   front swap so we can bolt it right to the Hellcat  engine it won't hit the subframe that's going to   sit just behind it equally as important we have  this adapter plate it's a sick piece this is going   to let us Bolt the cd9 transmission that's already  in the car to the Hellcat engine we got the engine   Mar by the way it looks sick they are sick quity  so I've done a lot of engine swaps back in the   day and the swap mounts were never this nice  they always look like some dude made them in   his backyard this actually looks like a really  nice piece let me show you the shifter look at   this quality feel it also a really nice piece  but I was a little confus why we needed this I   think I figured it out though it looks like our  adapter Plate's going to space the transmission   back I don't know a/ inch maybe closer to an inch  we have this trans cross member as well which I   didn't think we were going to need but it slotted  I believe to let us move it back even further that   explains this we need a shorter shifter that plus  the cutting I think handles the swap part of this   hole deal now we got to talk about the power part  more money the most expensive part yeah so Holly   Dominator ECU it's the same ECU that I'm going to  be running on my truck it's a sick setup and then   there's this guy the 10% bigger crank pulley for  10% more boost is that how that works so that's   going to be louder I'm not quite sure that's how  that works but while Fernando's yanking off all   his old junk to make way for the 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how many times you've done it   why the first time that I have to do this it  have to be on a $10,000 engine and not a 100   what better time than the present wait you so  you want to do it on $100,000 engine not at all   when you put an ATI balancer on these you want to  drill and pin the crank as well so Fernando you're up you don't look nervous  at all I am nervous [Music] [Applause] did some damage good damage it's the right kind   of damage are you sure let's  see is it the right kind of damage oh yeah that looks like a nice clean  hole success much success see you were scared   for nothing but it was a lot hold your hand out  right now okay I thought so normal all right our   crank's officially pinned now I guess it's time to  button this thing up put the pulley on and stick   it in the car the plan for this car at least  for now is for it to be a full-fledged street   car meaning it's going to have AC power steering  and despite what grinding the bell housing of the   transmission a fix your clutch might indicate a  streetable clutch I don't even know if I want to   admit how many nights we stayed here late trying  to get this engine into the Z and it's just not   really worked out too well too many let's  put it that way missing parts I don't know   anything that could go wrong did go wrong but  tonight tonight's the night I'm feeling it I   think I think we have all the parts here now we  tried to fit the oil pan previously and learned   there was a uh what do we call it a bit of an  issue small cut small cut small cut speaking of   small cut to fit our starter on here with our  oil pan in place we have to well cut the block all right it kind of looks like you know what  you're doing there almost to be honest with you   with this gasket I really want to take care of it  it's the most expensive gasket bucks for a gasket   yeah it sucks no thank you I do have to give  it up to LJ on some of this stuff the adapter   plate that's such a sick piece seeing it on the  engine is even better the oil pan now I guess   the only question here is and probably haven't  tested this part does the starter actually fit   now that I cut the blood 100% you know I don't  know what I was thinking putting this engine   right here I thought I was oh yeah it's going to  be way comfortable and it's not hold on hold on   hold on you saw these engines you saw me work on  these engines and somehow you thought this was   going to be a easy swap what's that old saying  the motor's easy to fit it ain't [ __ ] that's   how it goes yeah that's the old saying y I  never heard it's a legit thing trust me it's   a tight fit down there but hey it does clear  and yeah we will have to pull it back off when   we put the transmission on but at least we know  it fits all right so we are completely fix fing   this out as we go our swap flywheel it has  a pilot bearing in it it's part of I don't   know I guess how it converts a Hellcat engine  to a 350Z transmission that does mean though   that we got to get this Factory pilot bearing  out of there because this won't seat unless we do now we get this slick adapter flywheel on here so this is the new prototype clutch we're  going to task with holding all this new new found   power we sent our flywheel down to the guys at  Mantic they took some measurements built us a   clutch and couple days later it was back they  said and I quote we're trying some new things   put it through hell try to break it let us know  what fails well we're going to do that right Fernando we are going to do that no problem say  no more there we go you look like if you know   what you're doing I don't okay trust me everybody  looks like they know what they're doing when they   have a torque wrench in their hand all right  now it's the the real Moment of Truth here are   you nervous we got the adapter fly well we got  the adapter clutch but we don't know that it   adapts for sure yet hopefully and I think we're  going to need it yeah it's supposed to adapt oh   it adapts if you guys have ever fought with a  transmission putting it onto a engine getting   it through the you know pressure plate getting  it through the clutch disc this was not that   this was cake as much as we fine-tune double  triple quadruple checked everything about this   transmission swap the one thing we haven't been  able to answer and no one's really been able to   give us a good answer to Is if we were able to  use a stock throwout bearing the diameter of   the throwout bearing that's right we measured  that but we weren't sure about the throw but   now that we got it a symol we can stick the  old boroscope in here and I don't know much   but it looks right to me which means if I'm not  mistaken it's time is it it's time finally finally [Music] come on no more problems she's going to  fit right [Music] in that is tight tight   tight but it works right keep going we got to keep going oh like a glove check that out  like a GL I'm hit something now these   lines oh that's that's got to go we don't  need that anymore that's a stock what a   stock either fuel line we don't need that  we're not running stock fuel lines I your there's our old stock fuel lines that yes are  actively still leaking fuel here's the size of   the fuel line we're going to need for the power  we're about to put in this thing right no you   sure sure little more oh wait we're there we're  there how's it look I think oh that's way better   than I thought it was going to be look at all  that clearance I thought this thing was going   to be right up against the firewall I really  can't lie I didn't think it was going to fit   this well we all know swaps put big engines and  small cars it works well sometimes but typically   things don't fit great there is so much more room  than I thought I'm genuinely impressed by that we   do have to come to the driver side a good bit  though we have a lot of room there not so much there needs to go a little more I think that  wasn't really the factory service manual way   to move it but it works why is nothing grinding  hitting like things should be going bad by now   something that was just a cable all right hold  let's double check this seems to be going far   too smoothly oh my even just suffering some  placeat this is some kind of line that doesn't   really matter the alternator has clearance  now that we pop those sway bar brackets off we're there we are there all the way  around this thing it is as clear as   clear can get there is so much room well so  much room for having a big giant V8 in here   the back plenty of room there driver  side more than enough there the only   spot we have one little bit of contact is  this lit that's left on the false firewall   Fernando cut off hitting our back coil pack  just a little bit a little more right there problem solve it's not hitting anymore  and we even have room to plug it in   which is you know equally critical  little comfortable under here not at all yeah it's so front heavy now it just falls  off the lift forward I sh going nowhere it's all   good all good send her up what do you think it's  in there it well yeah there's that we I think   we gathered that we all realized that really  quickly it fits good I'm impressed about that   to be honest we it fits really good the trans  all this stuff lined up really well the shifter   position it's Flawless it's right in the middle  of the tunnel the oil pin clears that subframe   perfectly there's I don't know there's really no  major problems with this swapping if you've done   a swap car before you know that is not often  how it goes I'm kind of happy with the space   that we're going to have at the front it's going  to be enough for a good right here we'll do it   yeah we can get it done for sure yeah yeah sway  bar is going to fit and everything yeah that's   what that cutout in the oil pan right there is  for now for the next Moment of Truth which I do   realize there's been a lot of Moment of Truth in  this video let's see how the hood shuts are we   oh wow that's way better that's I thought we're  going to be like that far up check that out look   it just hits the BL lower lid the throttle body  and all that stuff's clear it is just hitting   right there which means that I can put spacers  over there like the JDM no no to accomplish what   we need to do with spacers on the back of the  hood they're going to have to be like that tall   nah just like this look just take my word for it  let's get the saw and start cutting right there did you forget something I love how  there's like brake fluid dripping into   a cup back [Music] there it's not how you're  supposed to use the hammer I'm pretty positive

Channel: ScrapLife Garage

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Keywords: copart, salvage, rebuild, salvage rebuiilds, iaa, salvage auction, auction, samcrac, auto auction rebuilds, rich rebuilds, dodge demon, dodge hellcat, hellcat, dodge scat pack, charger hellcat, challenger hellcat, mopar, salvage hellcat, salvage dodge hellcat, leec parts, scraplife garage, legit street cars, trx, hellcat trx, hellcat swap, hellcat engine swap, hellcat driveline, 350z, nissan 350z, v8 350z, 350z engine swap

Id: uIttn0X_pGo

Length: 21min 22sec (1282 seconds)

Published: Wed May 29 2024