sounds like those little emblems on the fenders are causing a lot of trouble !


 This is exactly what I thought would really work for this car-congrats !

heres to finding a poorly calibrated gas station pump !

It just needs some running..   Someone mentioned, it will have little valves, but it will be great for cruising....I still suggest ,you bolt it in, run it for summer, and than make plans for upgrades next winter..You know, (big cam) (aluminum heads) (roller rockers)(1050 carb) 4.88 gears MT bias ply nylon L60's   lol lol  

The manifolds were already cracked. I only used the 5lb sledge to make a 1/2" socket fit a rounded 9/16 bolt! The spark plug looked rich. I think I'll take Brad's advice and put a 71 LS5 cam in while it's out of the car and an Edelbrock intake. It was a PITA doing the cam on the 350 with the engine in the car. We'll see. I need to get back on Ebay and start sellin' stuff to make some play money!

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The manifolds were already cracked. I only used the 5lb sledge to make a 1/2" socket fit a rounded 9/16 bolt! The spark plug looked rich. I think I'll take Brad's advice and put a 71 LS5 cam in while it's out of the car and an Edelbrock intake. It was a PITA doing the cam on the 350 with the engine in the car. We'll see. I need to get back on Ebay and start sellin' stuff to make some play money!

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Todd,

 I had a 454 in a 73 Corvette convertible (3700lb car) 400 turbo, I put a cam dynamics 280H in it thats 280 duration 526 lift, it had a spread bore holley and headers-13:90 @ 102mph with 3:23 gears-no need for a stall converter, a friend had a 69 Chevelle used a 272H with a big Holley went about the same

Way to go Todd. Keep working at it.

Rick

Are you staying with manifolds or going to headers Todd?

Decisions decisions.. We'll see how the funds go and that will pretty much decide whether I cam it or not.
seventy2plus2:Yes, I'm swapping the 350 in my 69. How many changes did you have to make to the harness? So far I only see minor changes (eg: oil pressure sending until wire)

I'm going to run the THM350 for the time being.

CDNPONT: I have a 12 bolt posi lined up, again it's a matter of getting some $$ together. Likely will pick it up in the Spring

Carl- I'd like to run headers.

Lots of little things to consider as well. I'll need mounts, oil pan (427carl has one) , a bigger rad, front exhaust pipes, springs, and I still need to replace the front ball joints. I also would like to improve the handling of the car at some point too.

Ok. I was asking because I think I might have one manifold around for it if you needed it.

Oh, and you shouldn't need any mounts. Just take the engine mounts off your 350 and bolt them on the big block.

-- Edited by Carl Stevenson at 08:40, 2009-01-05

Ive got some mounts for you.

As you correctly noted, cam swaps while the engine is in the car are a major PAIN.  If you have any thoughts about swapping the cam, do it NOW!  Also, what is the mileage on this motor?  A new timing chain might be a good idea in any event.  If you don't do anything else, you may want to TERRACLEAN it, probably good insurance if you don't know how long it has been sitting.

Tiny- You'll be putting the 12bolt in at your shop. Too much of a pain doing it in my garage!

When are you going to get an alignment rack? When? When?

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        TERRACLEAN       I thought that was for COROLLAS? $169.95

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Is that what it costs out in Clinton?  You can get it done for almost half that amount here in the big smoke.