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Old 04-18-2009, 01:59 AM   #5
BossHogg69
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Re: 1969 Chevy TKO-500 swap begins!

Got a few pics of the finished swap. It was getting dark out, so the pics could be better, I'll post the underbody pics in some good light and give you guys the run down soon. Wasn't too bad. Had to fab up a clutch linkage for the hydraulic t/o bearing, but I have room to run headers, since I only have a steel braided line running down to the tranny instead of the bulky and hard to find factory BB brackets for a man trans. I just added a factory clutch pedal to the end of the existing auto trans pedal assembly and had a bracket welded to the pedal arm and ran the linkage from there. I went ahead and got a new driveshaft (shorter), and had to move the crossmember back. I have a factory tach conversion that'll be going in next so I can keep up with the 454! It'll be nice the cruise at 70 without worrying about rpms, plus I'm hoping to beat the 10-12 mpg (hwy) I was getting before.
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1969 Chevy CST/10 stepside, DART Big M/TREMEC Magnum Extreme/3.73's w/Detroit Truetrac
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