350 tbi conversion questions

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Hey everyone. I am currently trying to install a 95 tbi 350 in the pig. Got all the adapters from downey and got it all put together Yesterday. I slapped the whole assembly in for mock up and ran into a few issues.

I knew it would be tight but at the moment I cannot get the stock 3 speed to line back up for the stick. I have searched the forum all morning and only seen mentions of people heating and bending the shifter to accommodate this issue. Can anyone elaborate on this and let me know if it is in fact necessary?

Right now I have a few issues but most of them I knew about, like the ram horn exhaust needed and the offset to the drivers side for driveshafts but one thing I was not aware of is the need for the shortening of the driveshaft in the front. Right now it looks to be 3 inches to long... bummer.

Anyway I wanted to call on all you pig owner's and see if you had any words of wisdom... I have at least 7 threads open and am taking notes as I go but nothing is pig specific. Thanks guys in advance

One last thing... if anyone has tbi'd before I'd really love some pointers on that. I have all the schematics and took the whole harness but not sure how much I really need. When I sit down and look it over I really only need a few circuits... seems like I'll be throwing alot of the harness out.
 
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with my 350 mounted as close to the firewall without major contact, my downey adapter and 4spd trans come up just under the edge of the heater (it contacts the heater and i had to cut the lip where the leading edge of the trans tunnel bolts.
 
Carmon, probably too late, but I could have set you up with a 4 speed, than you could have used a 60 top plate and the shifter would sit further back.

how about going back to column shift??? with all your other mods that will work nice:flipoff2:

Paul
 
Paul,

I'm still not against a 4 speed, and I thought about bugging you for one but you know how that goes. PM'ing you about other stuff now..

CM
 
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