{"id":85182,"date":"2025-02-15T08:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T13:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=85182"},"modified":"2025-02-10T15:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T20:20:12","slug":"old-school-muscle-new-school-power-dropping-a-modern-hemi-engine-in-a-classic-mopar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/how-to\/2025\/02\/old-school-muscle-new-school-power-dropping-a-modern-hemi-engine-in-a-classic-mopar.html","title":{"rendered":"Old-School Muscle, New-School Power: Dropping a Modern HEMI\u00ae\u00a0Engine in a Classic Mopar\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Classic Mopar<sub>\u00ae<\/sub> muscle and modern HEMI<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> firepower &#8211; sounds like the ultimate gearhead dream, right? Swapping a late-model HEMI engine into a vintage Dodge or Plymouth is no small feat, but when done right, it transforms a classic bruiser into a street-dominating monster. From choosing the right engine and transmission combo to tackling wiring, mounts and tuning, this guide from <em>HotCars<\/em> breaks down how to make it happen. If you&#8217;re ready to give your vintage Mopar vehicle the heart of a modern beast, check out the full rundown here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotcars.com\/how-to-put-a-modern-hemi-in-a-classic-mopar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HotCars<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Jared Solomon | HotCars.com | Photo credit: HotCars.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Disclaimer: This editorial article contains information and links to a third-party site. We can\u2019t guarantee 100% accuracy (we do our best) or vouch for their other site content (nobody\u2019s perfect) outside of this link. Let us know in the comments if there\u2019s something you think we need to review.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classic Mopar\u00ae muscle and modern HEMI\u00ae firepower &#8211; sounds like the ultimate gearhead dream, right? Swapping a late-model HEMI engine into a vintage Dodge or Plymouth is no small feat, but when done right, it transforms a classic bruiser into a street-dominating monster. From choosing the right engine and transmission combo to tackling wiring, mounts and tuning, this guide from HotCars breaks down how to make it happen. If you&#8217;re ready to give your vintage Mopar vehicle the heart of a modern beast, check out the full rundown here: HotCars. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":85189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[639,1921],"tags":[2011],"class_list":["post-85182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","category-video","tag-hemi-engine"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OldSchoolMuscle_Feature.jpg","social_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OldSchoolMuscle_Social.jpg","icon_selection":"article","external_link":"","featured_article":[],"upload_background_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85182"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85201,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85182\/revisions\/85201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}