first was the car carburated or fuelinjected?

next does the car have a cable driving speedo?


I have done a swap exactly like you . except I didnt install headers, but now I wished I had, because the factory manifold have the A.I.R. fittings on them that I pluged up and they leak and sound like crap.

if you can pull both engine and trans together, and install the new engine and trans together, it will save you some back pain and trouble. because before you can pull the engine the rear track bar and cross member, drive shaft will have to be removed so you can unbolt the bellhousing and torque converter bolts.


first get someone to help you, sometimes 2 hands are not enough, if you plan on going with a 350th trans you will need a kit for the track bar to mount to. jegs has it as well as summit. remember you will need a new driveshaft to.

dont go hacking away at the wiring on the car. if you think you dont need it anymore, carefully disconnect what parts of wiring you dont need. and sell me the wiring harness, because I had hacked up mine.

go to the bone yard for the ballancer and pulley.


are you going to run a bigger cam?

because the factory cam in any 350 wont need the stage 3 trans and its high stall converter.

if your car was EFI then you can either use the electric fuel pump in the car and use an adjustable regulator with a return fuel line to work. or go with a mechanicle pump. but you will need to remove the tank pump, because it will have to much pressure for a carburator.

also you will want to remove the trans with the engine because there s not much room at all behind there to get a hand and wrench to get to the top bellhousing bolts.

take some pictures as you take things off the car , and put bolts in zip bags and mark what they are for on the bag.


you will need help in removeing the hood. and it would be great to have someone help remove things like hoses and wire's in case you forgot something they may catch and prevent any unwanted damage to the engine or car.


drain all fluids, and remove battery from car before attempting to remove other parts from car. keep things organized and it will go back together much easy. its time wasted looking for tools and mia bolts. so get a bucket , a box, or zip bags and mark everything that is removed from the engine and car.

start by removing radiator, fan, belts and remove power stearing pump, and tie out of way. disconnect all wiring harnesses from engine and tie back, remember to mark what they are for. next disconnect throttle cable, and cruze cable, tie them out of the way. disconnect both starter and altinator wires and tie them back.

then start on the drive shaft, and track bar.