Thread: Tall Deck 427

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I plan on building this motor for my '68 Camaro. This car was a daily driver with a 355 cubic inch supercharged LT1, T56 6-speed tranny, and a 3.73 8.2" 10-bolt rear end.

Due to current gas prices, it's not realistic to use this as a daily driver anymore. Now that the Camaro will only be driven ocasionally, and on weekends, I've decided to put a real motor in it. I will ditch the T56 in favor of a 4L80(non electronic) with a manual valve body and trans-brake. I'm undecided on a 12-bolt or a 9" for the rearend.

I believe I read somewhere else that it would require hammering a few spots on the headers if you were to use a TD block.

Is it as simple as that? How bad would I need to beat up the primaries for clearance? Will collector clearance against the floor board give me any trouble?


Thanks.

Raymond