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89' GM Motor to a Pontiac 83' Firebird, Will It Match?

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Old Jan 30, 2001 | 08:23 PM
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89' GM Motor to a Pontiac 83' Firebird, Will It Match?

This weekend I am going to drop an 305 from an 89 Camaro into an 83' Firebird with a 350 turbo tranny with a shift kit and possi. I just need to know if the back of the motor will match the tranny.
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Matt
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Old Jan 30, 2001 | 09:48 PM
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as long as its a chevy tranny with v8 bellhousing. you cant go hooking a BOP turbo 350 to a chevy engine. and the bellhousing needs to be for a SBC not a V6
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Old Jan 31, 2001 | 04:44 PM
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Engine should mount to the bellhousing. Got your torque converter matched to the input shaft of the tranny (right number of splines)?
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Old Jan 31, 2001 | 10:33 PM
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Originally posted by MariahFan:
Engine should mount to the bellhousing. Got your torque converter matched to the input shaft of the tranny (right number of splines)?
Yeah I matched them up. I just wondered that maybe the tranny might be a pontiac and not a universal. Thanks for the info!
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