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01-28-2003, 10:53 PM
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Location: N.Canton Ohio
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455 in a 70 C10?
Hey all... I was looking for some opinions... A friend at work is selling a 455 big block, with a 450 TH tranny... headers, carb, shift kit and drive shaft.... all for $600..... I have a 70 C10 begging for it.... The motor is out of a Pontiac, so I don't think it will be a straight swap.... Anyone know how difficult this will be? Anyone know of a reason why I shouldn't put it in my C10? Thanks!!!
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01-29-2003, 12:45 AM
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Fabricate till you "puke"
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I havent tryed a 455 Poncho, but did run a 455 Olds, & a 425 cad. With any nonstock swap, there will be a little fabrication, & a few headaches to deal with. Try giving Longhornmail a shout, his truck had a 350 poncho in it, & I think he has pics of the eng mounts........crazyL
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01-29-2003, 12:53 AM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Get your hands on some '72 big block motor mount towers. This is a one year only item, so it'll be hard to find. Desert rat usually has some for sale, seems like he found a stash of them or all the 72 big blocks ended up in the desert.
Anyways, a poncho will dang near bolt up to the towers. The guy who installed mine used some lug nuts as spacers, but i doubt it was needed. You'll need to run the fuel line on the drivers side, you might want an oil filter relocation kit, (look under a pontiac...you'll see why I say relocate the filter) and you'll need to run the pontiac tranny. You should be able to move your tranny cross member to the TH400 position and it should work. A drive shaft mod may be in order depending on what your truck has in it right now. I say go for it. Small blocks and yes, even big blocks (I'm talking chevy ones here) all get kinda booring after a while. Ther's nothing like some one drooling over your custom fab work and begging for instructions on how you did it. That is one of the reasons i am going with a Caddy big block in my Longhorn. Oh, welcome to the club. |
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01-29-2003, 01:10 AM
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ENGINE FAB:
I too am greatfull to the advice of Longhorn. I have a complete Buick 455/TH400 out of a 74 Electra, and was wondering if there was a way to install the torque monster in my 71 GMC 4X4. The 455 engines were only produced for 6 years, and getting hard to find. Thanks, Don
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01-29-2003, 01:23 AM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Well...a 4X4 may pose some problems. I can't speak for you on that one.
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01-29-2003, 01:24 PM
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Thanks for all of the input!!!! I was wrong tho... it is an OLDS 455.....
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01-29-2003, 01:45 PM
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Fabricate till you "puke"
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Olds....
if you look here... http://community.webshots.com/user/hotrodhorn you will find a shot of an Olds in my Longhorn.....not too much to show on mounts ,ect, but if you are intersted in doing the swap, ill try to run over some of the details. crazyL
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