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Old 11-25-2023, 04:04 PM
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Default B Body LS swap brackets - Impala Caprice Roadmaster

I bought these Ebay special Dirty Dingo knockoff swap brackets.



Avoid these.

The D and P are marked incorrectly. They almost line up...

It took me an extra 2 hours of cussing and ******* around to figure this out..

Also the notches cut in them are in thd reong spot...

So there goes another entire weekend trying to figure out why the **** they won't slide at all once installed...

Then once I got them sliding and all bolted up... the clearance is wrong and I had to shim the motor mounts up to keep them from hitting the stupid crossmember...

just buy the Dirty Dingo.. i wasted 2 entire weekends because of these Chinese parts..
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Old 11-27-2023, 07:21 AM
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@Alpha_numeric44 I used ICT billet adjustable ls mounts to clamshell sbc motor mounts for my ls swap, I can throw that motor in from 100 yards and get the bolts in perfect, the link for them is below,

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/i...hoCbmwQAvD_BwE
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Yeah it's already in there. Thanks tho.

I'm just posting for everyone else to find this info and avoid these damn brackets.
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Dirty Dingo worked great for my 95 Caprice....and I could slide the engine back so I didn't have to cut the frame braces off under neith for the 1 7/8 long tube headers..........Ls1 F-body oil pan worked great and I used the stock trans cross member for my th400.....



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