I will be getting a chassis from a 1972 fj-40 that i will be stripping and boxing in and painting it with rustBullet. It will have stock axles,4spd tranny and transfer case. I will be getting the AA 350 to 4spd bellhousing adapter for it...
I'm getting a sweet deal on a 1985 suburban with 50 - 60 k on the motor backed by a 700r4 transmission... I believe its a carbed motor. I won't be buying the AA mounts as the hours upon hours of reading on the web has told me there no good. In the future i will switch to a TBI or completly change out the motor. I also thought this was a good project because i can get a great deal of it done while still having my 40 on the road then i'll just drop my body on the completed rolling chassis...
I will be parting out the truck, keeping what i need - selling the tranny and D44 which is no good to me..
1.anybody that has this setup is there engine centered or offset
2. is the 350 on this suburban suitable for this swap
3. can the stock gas tank still be used?
4. has anyone made there own tranny/t-case mounts for this swap
-every swap i've seen, they've had the AA mount.. would it be safer just to
go with that? I'm fabbing my own motor mounts to. The only favor i may
from a mud member is the measurements of how far back there engine sits
as well as how low/high its sits as well....
I was told it needed to be moved forward 3.5 inches for dist. clearence
thanks for putting up with me... But the only way to find out some things is to ask....
if you have any comments/concerns on how I should revamp my idea i'm open for sure.. but the deal i'm getting on the suburban is good and i'd really like to use my stock tranny and case
I'm getting a sweet deal on a 1985 suburban with 50 - 60 k on the motor backed by a 700r4 transmission... I believe its a carbed motor. I won't be buying the AA mounts as the hours upon hours of reading on the web has told me there no good. In the future i will switch to a TBI or completly change out the motor. I also thought this was a good project because i can get a great deal of it done while still having my 40 on the road then i'll just drop my body on the completed rolling chassis...
I will be parting out the truck, keeping what i need - selling the tranny and D44 which is no good to me..
1.anybody that has this setup is there engine centered or offset
2. is the 350 on this suburban suitable for this swap
3. can the stock gas tank still be used?
4. has anyone made there own tranny/t-case mounts for this swap
-every swap i've seen, they've had the AA mount.. would it be safer just to
go with that? I'm fabbing my own motor mounts to. The only favor i may
from a mud member is the measurements of how far back there engine sits
as well as how low/high its sits as well....
I was told it needed to be moved forward 3.5 inches for dist. clearence
thanks for putting up with me... But the only way to find out some things is to ask....
if you have any comments/concerns on how I should revamp my idea i'm open for sure.. but the deal i'm getting on the suburban is good and i'd really like to use my stock tranny and case