Newb Motor Swap Question #1

[arturo7]

Originally Posted by OrrieG

The bellhousing you want is shown below. It is cast iron and has the mounting pads shown circled in red. You need to locate the bellhousing and engine and figure out the mounts. There are at least three builds here that come to mind where folks ordered or built mounts then when they dropped in the engine, oops to high, low or close to the firewall.

This is the 55-63 unit? Do you happen to know the model number? Maybe I can find some dimensions on line.

[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by arturo7

This is the 55-63 unit? Do you happen to know the model number? Maybe I can find some dimensions on line.

Go to www.tracyvette.com for a comprehensive listing of numbers. He is quite adament about not copying the table he put together or linking without his permission. On ebay there are two in the completed auctions with casting numbers 3733373 (57-59 truck V8) and 3704922 (55-56 auto v8) I believe the auto and truck are interchangeable.

My truck originally had a 235-3 speed. when I started taking it off road I swapped in a sm420 and 3/4 ton rearend with 4.56 gears. it would climb a tree but top end was 50. weak link was the stock clutch.

Look at this thread, it has a bunch of links to bellhousing and back of engine dimension diagrams. hint: Google is your friend, I typed in chevy small block bellhousing dims and it was the second listing. http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/...rn-dimensions/