what is required in this swap. I am going to back my 380hp 327 with a tuff manual tranny. Is this swap hard or fairly easy.

 

Going from a V6 to a V8 isn't really all that easy. You pretty much need the whole front suspension from a V8 car. Plus you'll need to move the motor mounts I think. But the 327 idea is great. I'd love to see one of those in a 3rd gen.

 

Swapping in the V8 isn't extremely hard if you know what you are doing. You need to buy V8 motor mount, and move them to the forward holes that are all ready drilled in the fram. You need to swap out the front coil springs to stiffer V8 springs. There is also a brake line that goes along the crossmember that needs to be moved back behind crossmember itself. This is so you can mount the motor mounts in there new location, and also so it clears the engine. Depending on what transmission you put in you might need a new crossmember. If you just put a beefed up T-5 in it, then you can keep everything the same (drive shaft, torque arm). I have converted a V6 car to a V8 car so if you have anymore question, feel free to ask.

 

its VERY easy, all your need to change is the front springs, not the whole front suspension

 

OK so if someone can write me a list of steps I should take it would be appreciated. I think I will stick with a T-5 with the G-force gears.

 

I love people who make it sound like this is a walk in the park. Central Park after midnight, perhaps.

What heads are on this engine? The vast majority of 327's came with heads that did not have the accessory mount holes on them that 3rd gen V8's had.

I've quit typing out the list of things that need to be changed for V6->V8 swap. Do a search. In summary: Get a complete V8 donor car, and use/install everything that is different between your car and it (even if you don't use the engine from it). Get a model the same as yours, close to the same year as yours, with the induction/transmission you want to put into yours.

 

it is indeed a walk in the park, because the SBC chevy was meant to be there

now putting in a Ford 302 or Chrysler 340, that'd be a real project, because alot of custom fabrication would be needed.....................

its not hard to do, just time consuming if you dont have a parts car.............and cash consuming

 

We all have our own definations of "hard", I suppose. Swaps I've done include Buick V6 into a Vega, the BBC in the '57, and the V6 to V8 swap in the Camaro (amoung others). The Camaro was by far the most time consuming, involved the most parts changes, and required more pain-staking (and pain-inducing) contortions.

I also did a emissions-legal swap, which increased the complexity.

I still maintain that it is anything but a walk in the park. The engine mounts on the cross-member alone keep it from being that. Although the cars came with either engine, one that came from the factory with a V6 was not "made" to have a V8. If you don't have a factory V8 parts car available, you will not have the correct engine-side motor mounts, for instance, and cannot buy them new. QED.

 

i do have parts car though, so that is helping