hey bobby t thanks for the input , got the motor out and already into the bucket . made motor mounts today and tranny mount. i bolted the bop 400 tranny up to the caddy engine and the convertor holes match but it seems that it still wont fit it, the convertor does not seem to want to pull ahead to the flexplate. didnt spend much time on it but i kept the caddy convertor and will split it to see if the little snout on the convertor is the same size or not.
next step getting the driveshaft shortened something i know i cant do myself