i ordered my crate engine ( http://www.gmpartsdepot.com/store/pr...Category_ID=63 ) . and im gunna use my intake from the LG$ and the rest of the other stuff. i just want to know if there is anything else i should plan on buying with this or any problems i would have swapping. and is it possible to pass emissions with the new setup ( will have all stock smog stuff). this engine will be mostly for daily driving but with a little bit of umph for fun. thanx

 

Flexplate. The crate is a 2-piece rearmain seal.

Then to get rid of those LG4 performance-reducing items: Air cleaner, exhaust from heads to rear bumper.

That should do it.

 

nice should be a breaze. im still not sure but i think my car has aftermarket exaust on it, too much snow next to it to tell now (i have it covered). air filter will go as soon as i pay off the rest of the motor. ahh, this car is finally gunna get moving, just in time for spring.

 

one more thing, do you think the 700r4 will hold up. its got about 80,000 miles on it, still ran good with the 305...?

 

No

 

Mine's got 168k miles on it. I've had it since 123k, no clue if it was touched b/4 that. The "upgrades" occurred at 141k, I've beat on the thing regularly. Only glitch is the 2-3 shift doesn't do it at WOT, but it hasn't "failed".

 

would i be able to pass emission with this setup? its gunna have everything from the lg4 and all the emissions stuff.

 

Shouldn't be a problem with the sniffer. I assume they don't open the hood.

Oh, about the TH700 - Did I mention my '84 full size van, originally LG4 A4, now Goodwrench 350 same A4, which has been used to pull a 2-horse trailer weekly since late 1996 (tare weight ~7500 lbs), and pulled the '57 on a trailer to Topeka & back last September, and our '90 Bonneville on a trailer from Hays, KS last January, currently with 147k miles on it, without a hiccup?

No?

Well, we have this '84 full size van, with a Goodwrench 350 that was put in at 71k miles with the original TH700R-4 A4 transmission, that we have used to pull a 2-horse trailer weekly since late 1996...

 

lol sounds good

 

one last question... will the altenrator and a/c bolt up, i havent gotten the motor yet, and i heard that that dont but i think that that is crap...

 

Bump!

 

How much do they charge to ship it?

 

They will. You may have to drill and tap one bolt hole on the head, but I couldn't say for sure about that. The material is there, unlike the pre-'69 heads, but there have been some reports of a needed hole missing (although I don't recall if it's that particular engine).

 

Mine held up to about that power just fine. It was an 83 700r4 with 75k on it