does this look right?

[1bad chevy]

i agree you should have no problems if switched out automatics to standards and vise a versa and NEVER SHIMMED A THING in my travels if seen this a thousand times and never seen a shimmed trans in my time here's mine yes it tilts just like yours 350 sb turbo 400 trans will get a better pic for ya

[68laydout]

Mine has the same tilt and has since I bought it. I do have a 1/2 spacer on my tranny mount though. I'm running 6cyl mounts with a 350.

[crazy longhorn]

Originally Posted by tranz am

Hmm. I was told that the auto crossmember would work perfectly. I cant use the original bell housing because the the diameter of the front cover is too small to align it right. All the other guys seem to have the same tilt thou....... Now Im confused.

The auto crossmember does work just fine on the stick shift app(Ive done it more than once!). If you want to go back to the cast iron bell, go 67 or older & it will have the right size hole for the car trans . If it were mine, I beleive i would cut out the orig bell crossmember & shim the trans as needed, to correct any driveline issues(seeing that it is already assembled). Your truck BTW apears to be on the correct V8 stands, whereas Olchev67's is setup on the I6 stands. best of luck, L

[airdale94]

As far as I know it's the heavy duty SM465 that needs the large 5 1/4" opening on the bell housing (not actuall the year of the truck), they used the SM465 up until the 80's, and I was under the impression that they all had 5 1/4" bearing retainers, the rest are 4 11/16". If you have a sbc and a car 4-speed and th350 crossmember and sbc engine mounts you should be good. Just find out for sure if you need the 1/2" shim.

[tranz am]

Wow lots of different views and opinions on this one. So far Im told that my motor brackets are 6 cyl and they are V8. Im also told that the motor should be tilted like mine and it shouldn't be? Im told that I want the driveline to angle up slightly and Im told I dont? Also keep in mind that this truck will be going very low in the next too weeks. I need lots of advise on this one guys? I need to get the exhaust pipes rebent around the new crossmember ASAP but I dont want to do it untill its right.

[tranz am]

Yes Please send me a pic!

Originally Posted by 1bad chevy

i agree you should have no problems if switched out automatics to standards and vise a versa and NEVER SHIMMED A THING in my travels if seen this a thousand times and never seen a shimmed trans in my time here's mine yes it tilts just like yours 350 sb turbo 400 trans will get a better pic for ya

[71tahoe]

Originally Posted by tranz am

Wow lots of different views and opinions on this one. So far Im told that my motor brackets are 6 cyl and they are V8. Im also told that the motor should be tilted like mine and it shouldn't be? Im told that I want the driveline to angle up slightly and Im told I dont? Also keep in mind that this truck will be going very low in the next too weeks. I need lots of advise on this one guys? I need to get the exhaust pipes rebent around the new crossmember ASAP but I dont want to do it untill its right.

I just answered in another of your posts about the motor towers. The picture that shows the headers and the motor towers shows they are for a V8. The rubber mounts will work for either a V8 or 250 I6. Don't know about the 292. Driveshaft angle?? I'm no expert so someone else needs to correct me if I'm wrong. I researched this a few years ago when I was having problems with a lowered Datsun 620 and what I remember about reducing vibration is that you should have the rear end tilted on the same angle as the centerline of the crank/output shaft.

[Slammed70]

That angle is a little steep.....just need enough angle to make the carb mounting pad level.

And yes....I know that the level is levling the wrong angle where talking about here, these are the only pics I have relating to what were talking about though.

[tranz am]

I think I will shim the Transmission. and figure out the drive line latter. Thanks for clearing that up.