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Old Oct 27, 2006 | 01:51 PM
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Can you stick a small block chevy gen 1, complete w/intake manifold & carb & distributor under the hood of a 98 camaro? It just seems the dist. & carb would stick way too high to fit.
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Old Oct 28, 2006 | 06:59 PM
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That would be a simple job. You'd just have to cut the cowl a little bit.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by cwaldt
That would be a simple job. You'd just have to cut the cowl a little bit.

How easy is it to take the distributor in and out afterwards?
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Old Nov 18, 2006 | 10:14 PM
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I put a carbed motor in my car you can see pics in my sig and i will be the first to tell you it is not a simple job
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Old Nov 19, 2006 | 12:02 PM
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Ive put a gen1 383 in a 94. It was pretty simple and very straight forward. If you use the search function in this forum you will find a ton of info on this. For any specific questions after you search just ask.
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Old Nov 19, 2006 | 02:57 PM
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depends on your skill, if your fairly mechanicaly inclined its just a few mods here and there to go from one style smallblock to the next. if your the type to take your car to a speed shop for a set of headers or cam swap... your opening up a serious can of worms and i wouldnt recomend it. Youll have to do a good amount of wiring, new gauges,mod or swap k-memebers, metal work, diff transmission,

Size and fitting wise a smallblock will fit just fine though. Im actualy doing a big block swap. granted im taking my time and doing a lil here and there..honestly nothing has been hard or stressful to me so far.
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