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Originally Posted by Fitz
It's not a question of fudging holes as much as building a frame that can acommodate a very broad selection of engine/trans combo's. The 327 & 350 share a common mount as do the 396/402 and, the six! The great thing about the way Chevrolet built it's cars is almost any combination of block transmission and frame can be assembled using stock parts without drilling the frame. Try that in a FORD!
here's a series of photo's that took a 67 stepside frame built for the six cylinder/Th350 auto combo to a HUGE tall deck big block/TH400 combo without drilling ONE new hole!
The closeup of the front crossmember shows all of the factory holes for small block, big block and six cylinder engine stands. The second shows how the trans crossmember was moved to the matching rearward holes to make up the difference in length for a big block motor mated to a TH400 trans. All parts used ARE STOCK, over the counter GM. Note that the trans crossmember moved back almost 6 inches.
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You're my hero (572 BB)! What headers are those? I have a 502 in my truck (couldn't get the wife to "ok" the 572) and used Hooker supercomp headers. I had a bunch of clearance issues I had to correct, head bolt interference, lower control arm on driver's side touched a primary tube...it was a mess. I used all the stock mounts and factory holes.