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Geez, i guess i was wrong.

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by droz, Oct 10, 2003.

  1. droz

    droz Member

    I have a '78 skylark. Yes, most people could care less about the X bodies but i kinda like them.

    There is a 231 v6 in there right now and i got a good deal on a '77 nova 305 engine from a guy for $50. I wanted to swap the engines and from what i understand, the '77 novas and '78 skylarks both have the TH350 tranny in them. I got the engine mounts from the nova also. You think it would work, wouldn't you? Well, the bolt patterns were different. Am i missing something here? help me out guys
     
    droz, Oct 10, 2003
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  2. yuk

    yuk Well-Known Member

    on powerglides, 350, and 400 turbos, for the most part, chevy has their own tranny bell housing bolt pattern. buick, olds, and pontiac (and maybe cadillac) share a different pattern.
    there are adapeter plates available from places like Transdapt and other tranny part companies.
     
    yuk, Oct 10, 2003
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  3. brblx

    brblx clueless

    your car has a BOP bellhousing. you will have to have a transmission with a chevy bellhousing to do that swap.:Dou:
     
    brblx, Oct 10, 2003
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  4. droz

    droz Member

    uh oh
     
    droz, Oct 10, 2003
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  5. grant455gs

    grant455gs Well-Known Member

    OR, sell the chevy and find a Buick 350 or 455!:Brow:
     
    grant455gs, Oct 10, 2003
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  6. JTY

    JTY 1969 Buick Skylark

    Buick 350... much better and easier to swap.
     
    JTY, Oct 10, 2003
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  7. TXGS

    TXGS Paint by numbers 70 GS 455 4spd

    Also there is a diffrence from my understanding on the amount of clutches in the 350 turbo on a V6 car and one that came with a V8
    It was one less clucth per assembly IE. Forward clutch assembly and reverse. As for the X body I would not know anything about them:Brow:
     

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  8. cacmanjr

    cacmanjr Well-Known Member

    Droz, I swapped a 455 into my 76 earlier this year. If you need information, shoot an email to me at cacmanjr@aol.com.
     
    cacmanjr, Oct 11, 2003
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  9. gsjohnny

    gsjohnny Well-Known Member

    droz,

    the 350 bolts right in with all the factory stuff, using the v6 m/mounts. you will have to rework the throttle cable to work along with the bracket. not a big deal. exhaust, jsut take it to a good muffler shop for it. i had mine done with a big cat and pipes back to single inlet/dual outlet muffler. but now its just headers.

    john
     
    gsjohnny, Oct 12, 2003
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