fellas, i have owned my 81 olds calais for 30 years. have swapped from the original 260 to an olds 350/turbo 350 trans. but 10 yrs ago or so decided to do something a lil different.
i had bought an 88 chev silverado brand new and drove for couple years before selling to my dad. he went on to put over 300,000 miles on the thing. we pulled that motor and replaced with a reman 350 from local supplier. the old engine sat in barn for several years. we then decided to rebuild that 350 from truck and put in my olds with a 700r4. it was to be a project for us. we got the engine completely rebuilt .030 over and picked up a 700r4. got the engine/trans/crossmember/driveshaft installed. i used accessories and serpentine system from 88 engine. dad got sick and eventually passed.
he has been gone 6 yrs now and car has sat untouched ever since.
i finally have some motivation to work on it again. but couple things have me confused. since the chev starter is on pass side the wires will need to be lengthened. but chev starter has 2 posts and olds wiring has 3 leads? also alternator wiring is different. i am sure i will fave other obstacles, but for now i would like to start with these little issues. if i could make some kinda progress it would motivate me to do more.
i am really not wanting to start a pissing contest about runnning a chevy engine in an olds. that has been beat to death. this engine means alot to me and the car even more. so this is what it is and no amount of shaming will make any difference. so lets just not go there. if this sorta thing offends you then simply move along to another thread.
any help you guys can give with these issues or anything else i may be facing will be greatly appreciated..
i had bought an 88 chev silverado brand new and drove for couple years before selling to my dad. he went on to put over 300,000 miles on the thing. we pulled that motor and replaced with a reman 350 from local supplier. the old engine sat in barn for several years. we then decided to rebuild that 350 from truck and put in my olds with a 700r4. it was to be a project for us. we got the engine completely rebuilt .030 over and picked up a 700r4. got the engine/trans/crossmember/driveshaft installed. i used accessories and serpentine system from 88 engine. dad got sick and eventually passed.
he has been gone 6 yrs now and car has sat untouched ever since.
i finally have some motivation to work on it again. but couple things have me confused. since the chev starter is on pass side the wires will need to be lengthened. but chev starter has 2 posts and olds wiring has 3 leads? also alternator wiring is different. i am sure i will fave other obstacles, but for now i would like to start with these little issues. if i could make some kinda progress it would motivate me to do more.
i am really not wanting to start a pissing contest about runnning a chevy engine in an olds. that has been beat to death. this engine means alot to me and the car even more. so this is what it is and no amount of shaming will make any difference. so lets just not go there. if this sorta thing offends you then simply move along to another thread.
any help you guys can give with these issues or anything else i may be facing will be greatly appreciated..
