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Old 04-08-2012, 09:38 AM   #15
ADub
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Re: 1969 C10 Bagged LS/T56 Build

Had some buddies stop by to help with the engine assembly. Some good and some bad with this combination of parts.

Good:
Engine and motor mounts fit well. I'm using the GM muscle car pan. I was worried it would hang below the cross member, but it does not!

Driver's side header fits great

T56 bolted right up to the LY6

Bad:
The muscle car pan does have one bolt hole misaligned with the T56 bellhousing so you have to run 7 of 8 bolts. Im sure this is no big deal.

I had the motor stands pre torqued, and I guess they were crooked, so the engine was crooked. Had to loosen those up and adjust.

Passenger header does not fit. Right now its hitting the pass side motor mount stand. It also looks like it will be pure hell to get a starter to fit, but they had to have had that in mind, right? Headers are dynatech LS swap headers designed for a second gen F body.

The collectors point directly into the trans crossmember. Going to require some bends for the exhaust.

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