Question....has anyone here put BBB in mid 70s Chevy Truck

Post ups and downs please.

 

One of my dad's friends had a 455 in a square body Super Cheyenne with wood grain sides and Keystone Klassic wheels when I was a kid.........I'm sure he still has it because he loved it so much, and I remember how cool it was. I know it did killer burnouts.

 

I got a duramax in a Frankenstein 77. Its fun..

 

I think I remember seeing something on YouTube once

 

Brad put a 455 Buick motor in his 85 GMC Rollback.

 

John Codman put a 425 nailhead in his mid-80's diesel GMC..it seems to run pretty well.

 

VERY POPULAR SWAP!!!!

 

Larry Bell had a BandM blown 455 in a mid 80's sbrc

 

I never heard of "remote oil filter " ....is it easy to do.

 

I have a 70 SF engine that is complete except for AC compressor.
Might put in a 77 Chevy Truck.
If not to much hassle.

 

Nope. but a Nailhead fits the early 80's Chevy pickups beautifully. The only issue is the right side exhaust manifold.

 

I put a 455 in my 1985 - 3/4 Ton Suburban with a Switch-Pitch transmission. I used Kenn-Bell Headers for a 70 GS. They fit perfect. I utilized motor mounts from an Electra 225. Everything bolted right in.
The only issue I ever had was, I passed a Dodge Commings pulling his car trailer as he was going up a hill, he was rolling smoke, and I passed him pulling my trailer, like he was setting still. When he got to the track in Bowling Green, he came over to see me and what I had under the hood. I had a hard time convincing him that it was a Buick motor he was looking at.

 

Watching....

I have an '86 Silverado with NO rust and a mostly dead 305 chebbie with TH-350.
If I ever get the time to do it, I plan on putting a BBB in it. Thinking about using the TH-350 but I also have a rebuilt long tail TH-400 I could use.
OD would be nice too...but 86 was the last year before they went to the 700R4 in 87.
And like Marv said, I have also heard that big car frame pads bolt right in!
I wonder, if Kenne-Bell headers for a 70 GS fit in a Suburban, would a set of M/T Super Scavengers fit also? Sure would be worth a shot...

If I ever get started I'll remember to take lots of pics so I can create a build thread.

 

I put a stock 455 in a 74 1/2 ton GMC. I just used the same th 400 that came out of the electra. The truck was a smooth tow vehicle but eventually one of the gas tanks split open on me so I took that drivetrain and put it in a 78 3/4 4door dually. I had no issues except 8 mpg. I used the odd fire v6 oil pump which kept the oil filter away from the frame. Kinda wish I still had that truck but after I traded it in I have seen it still running around town 5 years later.

 

I only seen it 1 year and it was late 90s or early millennium, but a guy drove a mid 80's chebby shortbed to the GS Nationals pulling his silver T. It was black, with GS 3 spoke steering wheel and had a blower sticking out of the hood with a Buick 455 under the hood. Oh yeah, had a sticker on the upper rear part of the bed "SS455". You know, like the SS454 chebby trucks-lol
He drops the trailer and runs low 11s/high 10s with the truck.
The silver T was just a stocker I think it was mid 12s, but the Buick powered truck (tow vehicle) was a power house! Loved it. Never seen it before that year and not since, but I haven't been to the event since '05 ish.
Wish I would have made a picture of it.

 

I worked for a guy that put a 430 Buick in his Chevy car hauler, he said it was the only set up that would smoke the tires with a car on the back

 

That was Larry's truck