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ok. is it possible to put a smallblock with a auto tranny in a luv without modding the firewall? i was looking at Eric's pictures in the gallery and it doesnt look like he did anything to the firewall. im just really curious.

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

Whoever did mine didnt modify the firewall for the trans but I did have to beat it with a hammer to get some clearance for the HEI distributor cap. The points distributor I took out had plenty of room. I think it just depends on your motor mounts. Mine are home brewed and the engine sits back further than some Ive seen but the trans has plenty of clearance.

I also made my own motor mounts, and the motor sits forward more then it would if you buy the summitt brackets, and I did not have to beat pry, or anything, and everything fit great but the header on the driverside.

I didnt have to modify mine either and I made my own mounts and I think it sits to low because I got 1/16 of an inch between my 63/4 pulley and my front crossmember. Make sure when you mock up your mounts you have everything so you dont have the same problems I do.

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whats interphering with the header? what kind of headers do you have?

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

I did not change the firewall on my install. I did how ever, have to use a distributor that had points in it. I replaced the points with a Crane Electronic Ignition set up. I wanted my motor as far back a possible in the engine bay without firewall mods.

I bought block huggers and the one on the driver side rubs against the steering column

hmmm. were gonna be using block huggers too. i hope we dont run into this problem.

hey rick, your in nampa? im in caldwell.

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

well I know others have used them, but I am not sure what they used for M/mounts??? If they used the summitt ones or what. Dennis has the hooker headers for his, and the one for the driverside is a 2 piece, that goes around the column. Maybe if I would of had the motor sit higher, I wouldnt of had that problem, but I thought it sat pretty good as it was.

I'm using Hooker mounts w/ Hooker headers. Just got mine mocked up. The Distributor hits a little if you turn it too far, so i beat the firewall just a little for more clearance. Just cleared the front cross member by about 3/4 inch. haven't tried the headers yet but looking good so far.

Farmer Joe 252, yea I am in Nampa. I was hoping to meet some of you guys out at Firebird sometime. I am a lot older than you young fellows but I thought I would say hi, and watch you race. I just cannot get the desire to keep working on my truck. I was hoping to have it finished this summer, but it is not going to happen. Talk to you soon.

The 2 piece one is on the pass side, and goes around the frame rail..

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