BBC in Tri-5 Chevy...who's done it????

I am doing a snotty 406 in my 57'. I had a friend make custom mounts for the engine and trans using 75' Corvette engine mounts.

I am going to be running a ST10 so I used a stock Z bar to position the engine (my car is a factory stick car so it has the zbar mount on the frame already). I am running a stock dual point tach drive distributor with a pertronics and some cerarmic coated headers. Everything fits with no dings. My rad is in the 6cyl position.

If you are going to be running a stick with a stock clutch linkage, be careful of the mounts that move the engine forward for HEI clearance. Otherwise you will have to figure out the clutching linkage.

 

The Big Block Patriots are NOT a 3/4 length. Here is a picture of them. H8023

And these are the Doug's Headers D354

 

Thanks for the pics Don! I kinda like the Doug's headers after seeing them both side-by-side!

 

I just put this 396 with a P600 Pro Charger in my 55 chev. Now looking for headers that I can bolt in... I'd like to know what you choose for headers for your project

 

Hi
Iam new here writing from Sweden.
This thred is what I am looking for. My car is a 1957 Bel Air 2 door HT.
I am converting to a BBC but it is har to find suitable headers here in Sweden BUT I can find Chevelle headers and I am prepared to do some work on them.
Earlier in this thred someone wrote about Chevelle header but for what year? 64-67 or newer?

/Hans-Olof

 

Heres a few picts - gotta love them big blocks!

 

I built a custom fire wall on a nomadwagon with a 502 ramjet. Fit just fine on a morison chasis.. but people don't apreaciat that kinda thing cuz any body can do it rite!

 

ive put the 454 into my car ..1956 chevy 210 post
motor 73 454
trans muncie 4 speed
motor mount speed way big block front motor plate/ with the lower style mounts to mount that to.moved the motor fowward about 1 3/4 without welding /without smasking the firewall in
used the moroso 7 quart oil pan and pick up so it would clear the steering linkage
headers were old used big block headers i had to modify the driver side to clear the steering box and the passenger side to clear the steering stabilizer bar on the pass side ..other than that everything i got worked out great

if you are looking for headers that will clear the steering box heres the model numbers and name that will clear without modifying them
of course any fenderwell header will fit without a problem than there is
hedman model #68256 also
http://www.southernrods.com/categori...oduct-797.html these are supposed to fit perfectly i personaly dont know ..good luck

 

I did mine back in 1971 with a Hurst motor mount set-up, you will need an electric fuel pump (mounted in the back)cuz the mounting plate will hit the stock FP if you use the one mounted on the pass side of the motor. Put a switch for the FP under the dash and it made a great theft deterent. Would run out of gas in about three blocks. Made a x-member for the 400TH, had a GTO console with Hurst dual gate shifter(good luck finding one of those now a days), had a drive shaft made for it for use with the 400TH and stock rearend. Customized the firewall with a large ball peen to allow for the distributor. Started out with a set of Applicance Headers, don't know if the make them anymore but that's OK cuz they didn't fit anyway...ordered a set of Hedmans and they fit perfect. Oil pan was stock and had no problems with it. Good luck man, there a blast. I drove mine all over the place and raced it at the strip many times. The bbc was a 396 with a Holley spread bore. Got good mileage idling around and really kicked when your stompt on it. Now my blood pressure is really up just thinking about it. Later, Aman.

 

ive done it i used speedway front motor mount plate used the front motor mounts and the rubber buching kit ...made a cross member from square stock and used some heddman headers from summit it all worked perfectly till i spun a main bearing so now im using a small block till the big block is fixed ,,,

oh and 1 more thing with the mounting kit i used you wont have to dent the firewall or cut into it..it will fit perfectly

 

did a 396 in a 56 in 1969 side mounts and a new 69 imp cross member for the trans

 

i did it with original front mounts on small block with aftermarket crossmember on auto tran when i pull engine and tranny out bellhousing had crack in it. I like danchunk side mounts cheap cross member from 1970-1981 camaro with 2 pieces of 4 inch angle iron bolt to crossmember then weld to frame. i removed bellhousing mounts from frame so i could run pipes even with frame old headers that run under them will drag even at stock ride height