I wish I had a garage!! You did mostly what i am gonna do to my top. You can see a few pics of mine in my albums section. A definite work in progress. Lol
1988 cutlass supreme
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OK your putting sbc 350 in. Is your car a 305 sbc? or a 231 V6? If not you got some changes to do for a easy swap.
The 200R4 should be a cross pattern. You do have to find out what gears are in your rear end. That sbc won't like trying to pull tall gears. 3.08s are as low as you can go and get good milage if thats a concern. Now as for the motor swap, the starters are on different sides and are not the same. The motor and frame mounts have to be changed. The alternators are on different sides also, so those wires have to be extended and crossed over to the pass side. A easy fix would be to find a V6 Gbody in the salvage yard and take the whole front harness.
jetsetw31 said:
Not where I'm at I can't find any around anywhere I have been looking forever for a center console and shifter with no luck I'm jus going to extend wires and what not myself and I am buying new starter and alt and everything anyway I got to figure out what wires I can jus tear out so looks cleaner under the hood also I'm undecided of I'm keeping power steering or not I hear some people jus loop the line coming out of the rack
Are you gonna hit the track with it? If yes then you might want a 350 transmission. You can use the 200r4 but it has to be beefed up to handle that kind of punishment. And it would be better than the 350 then. power steering is a must on these cars. You can get the chevy brackets from any chevy car or truck. In fact try converting to serpentine belt and you will have a lot covered.
Oh yeah, try not to strip the engine compartment down til you have a set plan and all the parts you will need. Only because its not in your personal garage and you may need to move it for whatever reason. I've been there and it could get hectic if you tore it apart and then gotta move it.
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