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Ok guys, the time has come....she's goin to v8 power. I was at my cousins yesterday, and he has a 305, thats bored .40 over In one of his monte carlo's. It's got a 2 speed powerglide that comes with it. siad I could have it. I know most of you will say, why a 305.. put a 350 in and be done with it, but, ITS ANOTHER FREEBIE, so I cant complain. I know I dotn ahve as many opions to put power into a 305, but atleast its a v8 right? I'm going to hook it to the samurai transfer case for now and see how it holds up, and in the mean time I'm going to be looking into finding chevy transfercase, to bolt up to it.

you go offroad alot don't you? will you be losing the 4 wheel drive?

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

Why would I lose 4wheel drive? It'll be hooke dup to the samurai transfercase with cralwer gears. And if the case explodes, i'll hook a 208 on th eback of the powerglide... no biggy.

A 305 isn't a bad motor really. From what I recall, basically a 2 bolt main bearing 350 with a few less cubes. Its still a small block GM motor, so almost all the same aftermarket HP stuff fits, just not as much cubic inches to get power out of. You can build the hell out of a 265 V8 with much of the same stuff you'd bolt to a built 350. As always, free is an excellent price, and once it is in you'll be able to use all the same mounts to drop a 350 or 400 in there when you fall into a free one of those.

Powerglide trannies are pretty hardy too, my dad had a 66 El Camino with one. It leaked fluid like a sieve, but never stopped running. Last time I started it up, it had been sitting for 3-4 years, just topped off the ATF and drove it right out of the holes the tires had sunk into. Nicest thing about it was it was rear pump so you could actually push start the car even with an auto trans. Came in handy on one occasion I can remember. Two speeds kinda sucks for highway use, but for mainly offroad its not that bad.

I bet the 305/PG combo could grenade a zuki tcase pretty quick, but I'm not all that up on suzuki stuff. Like we've all found with Isuzu stuff, some of these import parts can take an amazing amount of abuse before exploding.

freebies are great!
good luck with the swap!
congrats!!!!!

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03Cobra

Are you planning on keeping the stock front and rear? If not, what are you replacing then with? Are you going to a solid front or keeping the IFS?

umm... bud yer way behind....... she's been SFA, since march

Oh... way for me to be on top of things, huh...

Thats alright man, it was a good thought.

Here is a link to the pictures of my rig
http://www.twistedwheelers.com/Users/4x ... 4chevette/

My dad has a c-6 tranny with a hurst shift kit in his truck with only a 302. and ill be damned that his 302 is the loudest 302 i have ever heard, and i used to be in the demo circuit.that 302 would rip your house off the foundation and then drag it going 90 mph. well, i forgot the point of this post, anywho, goodluck with that engine and tranny. oh, once you blow up the samuri transfer, get an np205 tranny/transfer. why you ask? because then you can get a gear splitter and you can control the front independantly from the rear. so much fun.............

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Currently no more luv's... But in search of one!