Good. I wasn't trying to question your skills, but on these forums people of all experience levels participate, so I just wasn't sure of what you were capable of doing. Sounds like you have that part of it covered.

The 350 Olds is an overlooked engine, in my opinion. Everybody goes for the 350 Chevy, for obvious reasons (cost, avail of parts, etc) But you can't kill one of these things, and there is speed stuff on Ebay all the time for them, and it goes pretty reasonably.

Yea, just yank out the old one, and see how they compare. Things like tie rods, steering boxes, crossmembers, etc are the biggies to watch out for.

I essentially did the same deal when I swapped the 5.0 Mustang into my Jeep Pickup. I had the Jeep with a blown 4 liter 6, and I had a good running 5.0 Mustang engine and trans out of a wreck, so I put the two together. In hindsight, a 350 Chevy would have fit better, because the 302 is longer and has sumps in the way, but I am a Ford man, and already had the engine.

You may get a surprise and it may slide right in there with very little interferance. Be sure to save every piece off of the Olds wagon, because you can possibly use them in the swap.
Take your Olds driveshaft and the AMC driveshaft to a driveline guy, and have him wed the two. He will tell you how to measure ( I've done it a zillion times, and still got it wrong on the Jeep swap...........had to have it recut)

You will have a nice little sleeper there when you get done.


Don