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Distributor Location ?
Buying a 1967 C-10 and one of the pictures is of the engine bay. The distributor is on the front and it's tilted towards the driver side. The alt is a high mount on the passenger side. I've never seen a Chevy V8 with a front mount from the factory. Is it a Chevy motor and if not what motors are front mount and tilted to the right when looking at it? Ford's aren't like that and I believe that Chryslers are tilted to the left. Thoughts?
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Re: Distributor Location ?
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Re: Distributor Location ?
sound like I know what it is, but I would need to see a picture first
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Re: Distributor Location ?
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Re: Distributor Location ?
That one is a Buick engine
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Re: Distributor Location ?
Thanks for the help guys. Now just to figure out what Buick engine it is. I would guess a 350.....need to figure out how it's hooked up to a factory 4 in the floor too. I didn't think that Chevy bellhousing matched the BOP.
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Re: Distributor Location ?
It could be a olds 350
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Re: Distributor Location ?
bop 350
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Re: Distributor Location ?
As johnny cash said, with a little bit o' help from an A-dapter kit, unless they also swapped in a BOP trans.
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Re: Distributor Location ?
looks like a 350, buick...... Hmm
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Re: Distributor Location ?
Pontiac and Olds have distributor in rear.
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Re: Distributor Location ?
Looks like a Buick to me, also......I had a '71 Skylark Custom, with a 350, back in high school, and it was crazy fast.
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Re: Distributor Location ?
It's not a Pontiac 350... This is the Pontiac small block... Distributor in back.
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Re: Distributor Location ?
Pretty sure that is a 350. The 455s were wider. Buick-Olds-Pontiac bellhousings are kind of hard to find, but they are out there. Not sure if the bellhousing is a bolt-on to an original HD 4-sp trans, but I think it could be.
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Re: Distributor Location ?
Well, he said it's a 4-in-the-floor, so I'm going to assume it's a 4 speed manual, in which case all Muncie, Saginaw, and BorgWarner transmissions will work with the BOP bellhousing.
My suggestion is for the OP to scope around some Buick forums to see how to find out which engine he has. The thing about BOP engines is that none of them made either a small block or big block. If I recall, though, one of them had a slightly taller deck on their 455 and the intakes wouldn't interchange.
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Re: Distributor Location ?
Is this the truck in question?
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Re: Distributor Location ?
301 and 326 pontiac blocks are smaller, but 350-455 block are the same size. Not familiar with "BO" motors so I cant comment.
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Re: Distributor Location ?
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Buick had the 215 Fireball aluminum V8, until the 300 came out in '64. That engine grew into the 340, then the 350. The "Nailhead" V8 began in '52, but was gone with the 66's. A new 400, followed by a 455, came out for '67. Olds had the same aluminum V8 as Buick....literally. It was replaced by a 330 in '64, which became the 350. The 394 Olds engine was replaced for '67 with a 400 and then the 455.
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Re: Distributor Location ?
Dang ChevLoRay that's some good history/information about those engines!
And the engine in question is not an Olds 350/455 for sure as I have the 455 with the dizzy in the rear of intake.
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Re: Distributor Location ?
Nope Olds the dist is in the rear like Chevy and Pontiac. It is a Buick, I could tell if is a 350 or 430/455 with a better picture.
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Re: Distributor Location ?
Nope Olds the dist is in the rear like Chevy and Pontiac. It is a Buick, I could tell if is a 350 or 430/455 with a better picture.
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Re: Distributor Location ?
The SM420 and the Muncie/Saginaw car trans use a smaller pilot hole in the bellhousing. The SM465 which is the most common truck 4 speed uses a larger pilot hole in the bellhousing. It is possible to open the hole up in the BOP bellhousing, but probably a different trans. Saginaw 4 speed most likely? But anything goes.
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