At 11:02 AM 12/21/00 -0800, chance wolf wrote:
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>Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 8:46 PM
>Subject: [MV] cucv
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> > Has anyone ever swapped a Chevy 350 into a cucv?
>
>I did look into doing that for a movie vehicle sans engine, but haven't as
>yet had time to plunge ahead.
>
>The motor mounts look identical in both size, shape and placement, and the
>bell-housing should bolt right up to the Turbo 400 with no problems. I've
>been told that the flex plate and torque-converters are quite different on
>the Blazer units with the 350/THM 400 configuration, but you should be able
>to nick both items from a suitable junkyard wreck. Not sure if the torque
>converter for the THM 350 transmission is the same as that for the 400, as
>I've never checked.
>
>Other problems you could run into involve the exhaust setup and possibly the
>fuel tank, but again, I didn't get that far myself. I know of people who
>have done exactly this conversion to same-year 6.2L DDA equipped crew-cabs
>from our logging industry, and don't recall mention of any horrific
>problems.
from what i hear the tenny that is behind a 6.2 needs to bolt to a
olds 350 not a chivy
that is hear say about the 5.7's if you use a chivy th400 you can use
the chivy soo i hear
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