Customs Anybody put a small block Chevy in a 49 Plymouth?

I know its tight fit with steering box in the way,has anybody done this with the stock steering?I got 283 that I wanna put in it.

 

I've seen some cars from the era done with a SBC but the chassis has been clipped. Or:
https://butchscoolstuff.com/42-53-p...b-chevy-engine-transmission-mount-kit-2192cp/

 

Hi. Not only the steering box. If you have the factory heater that will have to go. for others that do not know, on those Plymouths the BIG heater & its ductwork is located on the other side of the engine from the steering box. It is Huge. I am getting a 50 Plymouth bock on the road right now.
The avatar photo is the image of engine in my 46 Chevy, not the Plymouth.
Jimmie

 

I put a 276 DeSoto hemi in one.had to put a cavalier rack and pinion in it.customers car

 

A guy in my welding class in JC had a 392 Chrysler in one.. A SBC should be a piece of cake.

 

Right now it's got a 3.9 Dakota computer junk,thats why I want to change!Heater is gone.

 

It's gonna fit..you have to move it over to the left an inch or so..the factory did that in the 60s...driver offsets the difference in weight...

 

It has been 30 plus years, so I don't remember the specifics, but yes, it can be done, and the one I saw was done with manifolds, not headers. Mike did move the engine to the right, and yes, it was a tight fit. He also went with a TH350, but the floors were so rusty he replaced everything from firewall to the rear bumper, and as such had no clearance issues.

 

A friends ride, I think its got stock 'rails', but front suspension has been changed to Jag.

 

I put a 283 in a '51 Plymouth with a/c even!

 

Short water pump and pulleys will give you room for stock radiator location..Stock firewall..if HEI distributor require firewall clearance , use torch and knock a recess..no cutting this way....if you have a torch...nice car ...black makes it....

 

You might check with skipstitch here on the hamb, he has a bitch'n 50 with a small block. It's a tight fit but it's been done.

 

I considered a Chevy in my 48 Plymouth until a Chrysler HEMI came my way

 

If a 3.9 is in there now, a 318, or 360 might bolt right in
it's place.

 

I'm sure thousands of people have

 

Thanks for the help!

 

Use a rams horn exhaust manifold that tips back just behind the steering box.

 

a buddy put a 318 in an earlier model ('41?) and said it was a snap. may be the same with yours.

 

If a Hemi will fit, a sbc will be a no brainer

 

Yep
But had a Nova clip

 

Helped a buddy put one in a 50 or 51 crabrook a dozen years. What i recall is that we used the plydo mount kit, itnwas SUPER tight and to route the exhaust we had to use rear dump factory manifolds turned around go dump at the front.

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saw a 49 Plymouth with a big lock mopar with a super charger in it last weakened

 

SBC in my 48 Plymouth. Plydo engine mounts, short water pump, engine moved toward passenger side about 1" or so. rams horn exhaust manifolds, had to massage the firewall a bit to clear the valve cover on passenger side. Had to fabricate a crossmember to support the transmission. Tight, but it fit. Yours is probably similar.

 

Thanks for the replies guys.

 

The HEMI won't fit without a lot of surgery

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/48-hemi-plym-mock-up-pics.847329/
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