Yep this pretty well sums it up. You don't have to move the frame mounts either, there in the same place for the V8's and the 230/250's. The 292's had the staggered motor mounts.....passenger side farther forward. And yes I would switch to the bigger radiator. Do you have a V8 fan shroud you can put on it? That will help with cooling. Sounds like you should have enough parts there to do the swap.
Did you find a drivers rear fender yet? I'm still looking for ya
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Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter
Bellhousing, starter, flywheel, all of that will bolt straight to the V8.
You reuse the frame mounts from the 6 cylinder. Just unbolt the rubber mounts from the 6 cylinder engine and bolt them to the V8 with the three bolts. Now drop the V8 right back into the original frame mounts.
You will need a clutch pivot ball to screw into your V8 block for the Z bar to pivot on.
You will need to extend the alternator wiring since the alternator is mounted so low on the 6 and high on the V8.
You will need to extend the accelerator pedal rod.
I've literally done this swap in 4 hours. It's an easy one.
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