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I put in the 4.3 I used universal transdapt mounts for a toyota. THey work pretty good and you can place your engine whereever you want. Mine mounts to the stock tranny x memeber.

that crossmember Rudys talking about works great im in the process of doing a 350 in mine. I used that crossmember built a tranny crossmember out of 1x3 pushed the motor back into the firewall about 2 inches using a short water pump and power steering pump and bracket. the engine crossmember sits bout 3/4 of a inch higher than my half way drug stock crossmember. it also sit between the steering arm and stock member. I notched the oil pan an inch, running edelbrock performer intake, edelbrock carb and 2x10 air cleaner under 2600I hood with the bracing cut out.

i forgot to mention my cab and core support are BD 2 inches.

Im just trying to avoid hacking up my firewall..and want something semi-simple to get it in there or i may go overboard..lol

you could probally run a points style distributor converted to hei and short water pump to avoid going in to the firewall but you might have an issue with the hood closing and radiator-fan space.

I have FAL fans new in boxes laying arond n all sorts of odd sized radiators n shit like that..im just contemplateing a mildly built 305 carb'd or a 2.3l turbo(from a t-bird) but then ill have alot of wiring and more mount work 2 do..lol

im really not a chevy guy even though i got a 350 in my mazdy! what about a small block 340 mopar? any one done this yet? it would be cool to put a 340-6pak in a mazda! just a thought? what do u guys think? i am a mopar guy in dicsize!!!

im just workin with what i have layin around..lol

Originally posted by dragginmazda86



that crossmember Rudys talking about works great im in the process of doing a 350 in mine. I used that crossmember built a tranny crossmember out of 1x3 pushed the motor back into the firewall about 2 inches using a short water pump and power steering pump and bracket. the engine crossmember sits bout 3/4 of a inch higher than my half way drug stock crossmember. it also sit between the steering arm and stock member. I notched the oil pan an inch, running edelbrock performer intake, edelbrock carb and 2x10 air cleaner under 2600I hood with the bracing cut out.

well there ya go...they musthave re-designed it.

my ultimate crossmember kept the front ofmy frame about 3/4 of an inch off the ground so i ditched it and just raised my stock one, i also sliced up the mounts and raised the motor to keep the trans pan off the gound.

sorry for any confusion Rudy but i'm running the Trans-Dapt universal crossmember from Summit.