If you've seen my other posts recently you know the jist of my situation. I'm in the process of getting my barn find, poorly maintained 79 cut back on the road. Timing chain killed itself.
I was originally planning on fixing it all with the motor in the car, but I know that it's a half measure and now that I've saved some money back up, i wanna do things right.
I'm in the process of sourcing another motor for it - i wanna keep it Olds powered for now. Just wondering what potential parts i'll need to change to make them work - motor in it now is a 78 350, i'm looking at pretty much any v8 that isn't totally anemic or not much better than what I have now.
I'm going to look at a 70 455 soon which is a big step up and not exactly my first choice, but these things are hard to find up here. My usual spots came up dry unfortunately. it's my first serious lead on a motor.
I assume mounts and manifolds aren't different, but what else do I need to consider? I have a 600 holley, guessing that may be a little small for a 455.
Any advice greatly appreciated. here's a pic of the motor im interested in right now. Only other one i've seen is a 260 which is almost three hours away.. everything else is a pile of parts or needs serious work.
I was originally planning on fixing it all with the motor in the car, but I know that it's a half measure and now that I've saved some money back up, i wanna do things right.
I'm in the process of sourcing another motor for it - i wanna keep it Olds powered for now. Just wondering what potential parts i'll need to change to make them work - motor in it now is a 78 350, i'm looking at pretty much any v8 that isn't totally anemic or not much better than what I have now.
I'm going to look at a 70 455 soon which is a big step up and not exactly my first choice, but these things are hard to find up here. My usual spots came up dry unfortunately. it's my first serious lead on a motor.
I assume mounts and manifolds aren't different, but what else do I need to consider? I have a 600 holley, guessing that may be a little small for a 455.
Any advice greatly appreciated. here's a pic of the motor im interested in right now. Only other one i've seen is a 260 which is almost three hours away.. everything else is a pile of parts or needs serious work.