350/th350 going into 82 Cutlass supreme w/ 260

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I'm hardly in my 60s ... in fact divide that in half. Sure do what you want. Some people paint them with revolting colors and put 26" rims on there. Not illegal ...doesn't mean it's tasteful either. SBCs have their place and so do SBOs.

As for the nazi comment - just a tad offensive you think? My family is german ...maternal and paternal. Both my grand-fathers served the US army IN Germany during WW2
 
Blake442 said:
After I blew up my 307, I had a Chevy 350 in my 442 for a couple years before I built my 455.
The 350 swap was a huge learning process for me, as I was only 18 and had never taken on something like that by myself. Now that I know more, it's truely very simple to do, and I had my wagon swapped over from a 3.8 to a SBC in about 5 hours.

The 350 I had was in my running and driving '85 Blazer, so it was nice and complete. I drove the truck into the shop at 5pm, yanked the motor, and pushed it back outside at 6:30pm. I replaced valve cover gaskets and that's it. Cleaned it off, painted it, and dropped it in after I swapped out the motor mounts in the 442.
I didn't even move my battery or vapor canister, I just lengthened the wires to the alternator. I also had to lengthen a couple wires for the starter.
I ran my original carb, still hooked up to the computer, and got an electronic distributor that worked with the computer as well.
The 200-4R didn't need to be changed out, so I got lucky there.
Swapped the motor mounts, got some new radiator hoses, an alternator bracket, and that's about it...
Oh yeah, and I had to slightly shorten the rubber fuel line to the pump so that it didn't curve so much and pinch itself off.
I had already removed all the A/C stuff from the 307, so that wasn't an issue.
I also had to modify my exhaust so my new SBC headers would mate to the pipes I had for the headers for the SBO.

One thing I didn't do was to get the proper brackets to hook up the P/S. I just had the pump tied up against the frame rail. That's the only thing I would've done differently. It was hard to turn, but I got pretty strong in my upper body pretty quick, since I drove the car as much as I could back then, since it still got 17 mpg.

It's really not that hard of a swap.

:shock: you need to teach some of the mechanics i have been dealing with. I was quoted 2weeks for something exactly what you explained...The mechanic had one car in his shop.
 
gbodyaddict said:
:shock: you need to teach some of the mechanics i have been dealing with. I was quoted 2weeks for something exactly what you explained...The mechanic had one car in his shop.

Look, not only are all G-body frames the same from the firewall forward, but the 305 was even factory installed in the Cutlass.

Of course, being an Oldsmobile Nazi, the fact that this is a simple bolt-in still doesn't mean I think it's a good idea... :wink:
 
Personally I'm going from 260 to Olds 350. If I had a Malibu I'd go with a Chevy. It's all personal opinion. My opinion is there are too many Olds blocks going to the crusher only to put in a Chevy engine.
 
The Oldsmobile comment was intended as a joke. It was taken from "The Blues Brothers" when they said "I hate Illinois Nazis." I am sorry if I offended anyone, but my other points still stand as my personal opinion. There is a reason I post here and not on an Oldsmobile board. I frankly have no brand loyalty other than a loyalty to stuff that works. That can mean an Olds engine in an Olds, a Olds engine in a Chevy or a Chevy engine in an Olds. Makes no difference to me. And yes, it can be a Toyota engine in an early Camaro. That is something I wholeheartedly approve of. After all, someone has finally done something new with an early Camaro that hasn't been seen before. It is creative and cool for that reason. It makes me eye the 2JZ-GE sitting in a GS300 at the U pull it for $125 as a possible swap option for the future...
 
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