80 442 full powertrain swap

[500/600]

Yes thank you. I enjoyed porting them, was a first attempt at port/polish a set of heads. Took couple of weeks to do them, but turned out well. The worst was filling the heat risers, had a couple goes with that. Alot of people told me to go with aluminum heads, dont waste your time cause wont flow as well. Well I think I got them to flow pretty good and also wanted to keep the motor looking stock.

I see UMI has rear upper and lower, those any help? Also they have upper and lower a arms for the front. They worth it or over kill?
Thanks

The rear arms are nice.

 

[olds307 and 403]

I never did bother to check to see if was an N on the crank. I do know where this is a complete 350 from 1972, has #6 heads
Oh I imagine he will cause hell. lol
Will have to wesman to see if they have. Looks like I need a donor from 1998 to 2005?

Thanks BOP for the links, some reading to do now!!!
They did say Blazers did come with 14" rims. But those are steel and I have a aluminum which I do not want to change
The stock rims on the 442 puts it in a different category. But with 14" rubber and being that narrow, drop the hammer at 60 she will most likely break loose. So dad will have to lock out the secondaries. lol

 

[fleming442]

It depends on your budget and how far you want to go. I have the UMI rears on the 67; they're really nice. I would think that the Moog or Dorman front S-10 fronts would be sufficient for 90% of most needs. Front tubulars are high dollar.

 

[Kelvin's80442]

It depends on your budget and how far you want to go. I have the UMI rears on the 67; they're really nice. I would think that the Moog or Dorman front S-10 fronts would be sufficient for 90% of most needs. Front tubulars are high dollar.

Yes I just Googled s10 front arms.
The UMI,Global West, and Hotchkiss are nice products. But with Canadian dollar being terrible, that about 2500 to 3000 dollar touch.

 

[Kelvin's80442]

So I did some looking, my front sway bar is 1 1/4 inch and the front bracing is 1 inch. Global front sway bar is 1 inch and UMI is 1 1/4, so I will leave that alone, will just change the bushings on them.
And as for bracing, will just need the bar to cut across to tie the frames together.
Now where does one find motor mounts? Aftermarket mounts? Think I found some on Summit, but look stock. And not sure what to do with mounts on the frame for the motor, they look fine to me but are 40 years old.
Thanks once again gentlemen

 

[B's 87mcss]

Welcome from a couple doors over in Alberta. Looks like a fun build and great to see your son right in there like a dirty shirt. Could be quite awhile before he can get the grin off his face when you toss him the keys.

 

[fleming442]

Try Supercars Unlimited for the motor mounts. If I read right, they fit the best?

 

[motorheadmike]

Yes thank you. I enjoyed porting them, was a first attempt at port/polish a set of heads. Took couple of weeks to do them, but turned out well. The worst was filling the heat risers, had a couple goes with that. Alot of people told me to go with aluminum heads, dont waste your time cause wont flow as well. Well I think I got them to flow pretty good and also wanted to keep the motor looking stock.

I see UMI has rear upper and lower, those any help? Also they have upper and lower a arms for the front. They worth it or over kill?
Thanks

I really like UMI products especially their poly/roto-joints rear arms. My wagon has their front UCAs and rear UCA/LCAs.

You can see them in my build thread.

 

[olds307 and 403]

Yeah, the Supercar Unlimited mounts are the only mounts that actually fit, the Anchor replacement fit horrible, holes don't line up. The Blazer brakes MIGHT fit, same reason I never tried, I have nice factory 14" rims. Yeah, our dollar sucks something awful, has really limited my buying as well.

 

[Kelvin's80442]

Any 1 familiar with Spon Performance? The a arms look decent for an upgrade.

Tubular Front Lower & Upper A-Arms | 1978-1987 GM G-Body

Tubular Front Lower & Upper A-Arms | 1978-1987 GM G-Body | Performance Tubular Front A-Arms for the 1978-1987 GM G-Body cars

www.spohn.net

Going to with moog with all my steering components
Thanks