That makes sence but my dad has a 1960 origional top fuel slingshot. Dosent have the motor or anything but they were solid mount motors. With a solid mount nitromethane sbc i think it would rattle and shake alot more than a cage in a mild street car. The chassie is fine with no cracks in any of the welds.

 

i'm just telling you what the owner or PA Racing told me.

 

Hello . im also in NJ (and NC) . I have a 87z28 that i want to put a 454 in . my question is : how impossible is it to get someone to put and inspection stick on it ?? ha . seriously can u get it inspected or do you just have to know someone ??

 

why couldnt we put the fans on the front of the rad and let them blow thru the rad for clearance????

 

I daliy drove it for 3 yrs...well at least as daliy as a hobby car gets driven. The Kmembers are fine to drive, the a arms are the only thing Ive seen fail...and I have only seen pictures of 1 at that. Profab is out....there are many others out there now with the latest and greatest, when I did mine there was not a lot of guys using them.

 

I am planing to do the BBC swap in my 84, I am going to use the t-5 for now as i dont have enough to buy a t-56 or a richmond, has any one use one in there swap before, what kind of flywheel should i use, and will those headers clear the slave cylinder. Thanks for any and all help!!!!
steve

 

Well i have been reading this post for the last 6 months I finally got the bugs out of this old 427 it's going in a 89 camaro. I wanted to thank all the people that put this info on this post. It helps alot if before you even start to know what is going to happen.

 

Blackroc86,

Good Day,

I have an 84 camaro and I am currently undergoing the bbc conversion. Do you have any saved notes and pics of your engine swap? Thank you, your efforts are greatly appreciated.
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Greezemonkey

Good Day,

I am currently installing a bbc 427 into my Camaro, I have the k-member, long tube hooker headers. I have read your post several times and it has helped alot. Did you incounter any problems with the long tube headers and the k-member; the headers clearing the k-member... the headers clearing the floor pan etc.....

 

a-i am still gathering info and pieces needed. finally decided to put a 8.8 ford rearend conversion.found a f-150 rearend(too wide) but it had a limited slip and the 3.55 gears i wanted. a explorer housing is the perfect width-am saving for moser axles, c clip eliminators,and having the brackets cut off the gm rearend&welded on the 8.8-the lil gm rearendwont last 2 burnouts with the 496 thats goin on this 82-hope this helps-the header thing about drove me crazy- if you put anything with a primary tube smaller than 2 on a big block youo are killing your power. ed quay makes excelent headers that actually fit.`the hookers are a joke-and the patriot clipsters are not tuned and just too small . i am trying to do this right the first time-i dont want to have ot go back and strenghten things once i get it done, and i dont want to give up any horsepower, just to be a little easier--i want to go kick some *** with this beast!!! if i can help at all dont hesitate to drop me a line

 

Found this thread VERY useful. I know everyone has their sticky threads and such, but thanks for all the useful information.

 

You will have to check your state laws. I know when I was in Alaska you could install any motor that was an option when the vehicle was ordered. The motor also had to be the same year of the vehicle or newer.

 

Have you got any pictures, i am also doing the swap from a 350 to a 454.

 

I am somewhat new here, but i am in the process of fitting my 468 bbc into my 89 rs. it is merely for fitment and then will be removed for paint, and put back in. A lot of work I know, but i want it to be nice. I will try to put up a pic to show the first fitment. I got the hookers on ebay ceramic coated for 350$ i believe they are waayyy more than that new, but these were in like new condition, althought there was quite a few fitment dings in them. The car currently has the stock mounts in it, but it will be changed to a tub k-member, hopefully adding some realestate and saving a few pounds. the car will be street legal (barely) 468 bbc 13:1 powerglide-4500 stahl with a brake.

 

Good luck with your project. Here's a link to mine.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/engi...ml#post4255410

 

Did you have to cut or modify anything in order to fit the hookers.

 

Did you ever get a answer for this, i am curious cause i will be using a ling water pump and will have plenty of clearance problems. Please let me know. Thanks

 

I just ordered the hookers yesterday. I'll post all the work on my thread linked above. Should have em on next weekend.

 

Hey I have a few questions on making a BBC swap in a 88 camaro, I have the 427 and turbo 400 trans, What rear would work best, and what rear is the cheapest to run ? would a 4th gen rear work past the first run.

John

 

You shouldn't be compromising the integrity of other people at the track because you want to run it on the cheap.. If you want to race the car, you need to do it properly and cover the safety aspects first. AKA: it's time to step up to a 9" or equivalent. You give it one good rip and that 7.5" is going to blow apart like a hand grenade if it hooks.

Next time just make your own thread considering this one is OLD (dating back to 2005, actually).

 

WOW can you be any more of a condescending loser, there is a way to explain things it must be a part you are missing