Thread: my engine swap

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Originally Posted by canadianal

if you ever come across a one wire hei for a caddy, snap it up as its also a good upgrade from the early points syst.

Great minds think alike. I found her one on ebay back on page 14.

i flicked through and saw some pics of the engine with the old dist and didnt look further should have read more but i was lazy

http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/w...gine_knowledge
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The second site which is MTS puts out a book just for engine swaps
of the 472/500 cid caddy motors, at the very least good reading.
I had the 1969 - 472 and that thing had all kinds of torque and power
I love pulling away from a small sports car and seeing the looks on
their faces, because I was in a 6,000 pound Land Yacht. Kurt

i brought that one tech and installed it.

kurt i am so looking forward to that too.

Barb

I don't know what you meant about your trans was for a 4x4????

I cannot stress enough the FACT that DRIVELINE alignments are far more important than exhaust header clearance. It is not an issue of hood clearance and that trans and shift linkage should work in stock Monte locations---If the motor mounts are an issue with what you have you need to start over on some differant motor mounts.

jerry the mechanic told charlie that the yoke on my th400 was alot larger than the yoke on my rear. that the yoke was for a 4x4. he is going to use my other yoke. he is also going to align my drive line to the right angle. he had to make new motor mounts and weld them in place. he also cut my frame and welded in a plate so my exhaust will clear. the shift linkage was being pinched by the size of the motor in comparison to my 350 so he cut and refit the shift linkage. sorry if i am confusing trying to explain this but it is all new to me.

OK Barb--that order sounds better---The yoke was wrong, not the trans---he is making motormounts so as to align the drive line and then a slight mod to the frame for exhaust clearance---Did you ever get it to run??

Barb sounds like good progress. I tried fitting my headers last week, and found I have a clearance issue to around the steering box. So I will be rerouting the old motor mounts too, but as you will enlist help from the pros on this one. It may cost more, but they'll get it done this year!

thanks stovens. i can not wait to get it back so i can try to learn a little fiberglassing. i want to make a console. also i am going to replace the back dash. jerry i could not get it to start so he is going to fix that for me too.

If I were him, I would have to give it a good road test before you got it back. HE! HE! HE!
I'm just saying Barb, HE! HE! HE!
Kurt

lol. he better not. he called my husband this morning to say that he was finished. he wants my son to come over this afternoon so he can talk to him about the bill. will let you guys know what he said when charlie gets back.

my hubby went over this afternoon amd got the bill $700.00 which i think is very reasonable. He told chuck that the reason it would not start is that the fuel pump is bad. He also said that the engine is in great shape. As soon as i pay for it she will be home. I still need to fis the radiator, fuel pump, and power steering pump. but to me those are minor compared to what i was facing.

Sounds reasonable to me, Barb. Those other things should be easy to fix and finish. Are you going with an electric fuel pump or one in the block?

i am going to replace the original one on the block with another. i knew that the one on the block could be bad due to its age but i do not have the money to fix what i thought was not broken.