1 Fine 69

So me and my dad had a few extra hours this sunday so we decided to swap out our engine. Heres some pics of the 350 and 700r4. pics of the aluminum 427 are coming











Anybody want to buy a ready to run motor and trans???

Moparnos (The SLP Guy)

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sell me the car instead

Black02SS

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You put blankets to cover the car so it doesn't get scratched, but put a ratchet on the other unprotected fender.

knowitman

How much you wantin for it?

1 Fine 69

haha the other fender has a fender guard on it...dont worry. and the car will be sold when i die haha. the motor ill sell for around 2500 (3600 new) and trans ill sell for 500(1000 new) the engine and trans have about 2 thousand miles on both of them. Whats the point of buying new right?

69chevy

Is it a pain in the butt to take the motor and trans out together? I see that you accomplished it which means it definitely is possible but exactly how hard or easy is it? I'm actually going to be putting in my motor and trans tomorrow hopefully . Just curious. Good luck on your install by the way.

1 Fine 69

much much easier to do it together. i had no clearance issues. my motor is goign in tomroow as well.good luck

1 Fine 69

Well, today we had some problems with putting in clutch and tranny. Im not sure if anyone has had the problem but the mcleod bellhousing needed to be modidifed to fit the world blcok. the cam housing on the bac sticks out past the face where the bellhousing plate site so i needed to cut out a large whole. it wasnt to bad here are some pics. i tossed in the 427 at the end too.

69chevy

Man, that motor looks sweet. Should be one heck of a ride once its all in and done. Keep us updated. Good luck.

Villain281H

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Looking good! Hope the install goes well!

Derek

69chevy

Hey 1 Fine 69, you were quite right. It was almost too easy for both the tranny and motor to go in. The only thing is that the motor mount bolt to bolt to the frame mount won't go in, it's barely missing by a little bit. Sheesh. But other than that, it's in .

1 Fine 69

nice, glad i could help. tell us what happens with motor mount. maybe some pics?

67RSCamaroVette

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I had to put my car on stands, lift it about 4" to clear the lower A-arms.. a load leveler and a friend make it pretty easy, then a floor jack to lift the back of the trans to get the motor/trans mounts lined up.

1fine69, looks awesome! It's gonna straight haul ***.

olly

1 Fine 69

i hope so buti dunno how those 275 falkens are gunna hook in the rear!

69chevy

I haven't taken any pics with the motor in yet but a couple before it went in.


That's my little pride and joy that will probably be getting me in some trouble .


Not exactly the best time to take a picture huh.

I'll take some in a couple of days (im going out of town ) with the motor in and the carb on . It looks sick.

Before we "dropped" the motor in, we actually did drop the motor on its noggin, actually the valve cover and oil pan took a bad hit. Rockers are fine. But we did find out a lot about the motor. It has the milodon splayed main caps on it which I was surprised to see because im not used to upgraded performance parts. And it also has a shaft mounted rocker system on it similar to jesel . Enjoy

1 Fine 69

ouch! i hope not to much damage. after your done let the pics flow.

1 Fine 69

Well today i thought i would have time(after my enlistment in the navy) to put the motor in but i only got the trans on. I had a problem sliding the trans in because the clutch plate was not perfectly aligned. I called Jeff from classicchevy5speed and he said the best and safest way to fix it was to take apart the bellhousing again. Me and my dad said no way and asked him if we could get the clutch palte depressed would it slide in. He said yea so we took out an angled wrench and pulled real hard on the clutch arm and it slide right in! everything is connected and it goes in tomorow(if it doesnt rain!)

69chevy

Looks good when everything's not dirty . I'm in san antonio right now and just got done buying a bunch of stuff at a swap meet for my camaro . Man I love swap meets. Glad you didn't have to take the bellhousing apart. It would've been a pain.

1 Fine 69

Well heres the install. Everything went great. Only had a little trouble with the driver side motor mount but it took ten minutes to fix. I have to get those valve covers off though! i think they look horrible. What your opinion and if you feel the same way as me whats your suggestion. More pics will be coming.

69chevy

I'd say get some fabricated aluminum valve covers , they look awesome. A bit pricey though. What trouble did you have with the motor mount? Curious because my driver side mount is missing the hole by just a little bit and it's making me mad. I have solid motor mounts, not sure if it makes a difference.