I didn't wanna search for this, Im curse_sign.gif off enough as it is.
As you know I have an 81 Malibu wagon, I have been trying to sell it because I simply have to many vehicles. I decided to put a new engine in it to try and help sell it faster. Now we find problems. I bought an 87 Camaro for parts. It had a tuned port 305 in it that I unfortunately do not have the tuned port manifold for. I just used an edelbrock performer, and Im gonna use a Q-jet. All that is together, and it all worked out fine. The cam even had a lobe on it to drive the mechanical fuel pump. Im to the point of putting the flex plate on it and my older(81) flex plate of course does not match up to the newer(87) crank. I know I can get a new flex plate to match so I can use the original th350 that's still in the car, but Im out of cash, and it bleeds like a stuck pig. I just happen to have the T5 trans out of the Camaro, and just about every thing I would need to put it in my wagon. I need to know if the peddle assembly will line up or if I'll have to find one out of a manual G-body, what trans mission mount do I need(i can modify the cross member no problem), can I just cut a hole in the bu's floor for the clutch master cyl or do I have to build a new mount, what other problems an I gonna run into? Im sure Im not the first one to think of this, so Im here asking the experts.
Oh yea, the older stock manifolds don't work on the newer engine ether, they hit the valve covers! I would like to use stock manifolds so I don't have to re do my exhaust but don't know what to look for that will dump in the same location.
My goal was to get the car done this weekend, but that's not gonna happen now. I would love to drive it to the Halloween party I'll be attending, but it's looking like that's not gonna happen ether.
As you know I have an 81 Malibu wagon, I have been trying to sell it because I simply have to many vehicles. I decided to put a new engine in it to try and help sell it faster. Now we find problems. I bought an 87 Camaro for parts. It had a tuned port 305 in it that I unfortunately do not have the tuned port manifold for. I just used an edelbrock performer, and Im gonna use a Q-jet. All that is together, and it all worked out fine. The cam even had a lobe on it to drive the mechanical fuel pump. Im to the point of putting the flex plate on it and my older(81) flex plate of course does not match up to the newer(87) crank. I know I can get a new flex plate to match so I can use the original th350 that's still in the car, but Im out of cash, and it bleeds like a stuck pig. I just happen to have the T5 trans out of the Camaro, and just about every thing I would need to put it in my wagon. I need to know if the peddle assembly will line up or if I'll have to find one out of a manual G-body, what trans mission mount do I need(i can modify the cross member no problem), can I just cut a hole in the bu's floor for the clutch master cyl or do I have to build a new mount, what other problems an I gonna run into? Im sure Im not the first one to think of this, so Im here asking the experts.
Oh yea, the older stock manifolds don't work on the newer engine ether, they hit the valve covers! I would like to use stock manifolds so I don't have to re do my exhaust but don't know what to look for that will dump in the same location.
My goal was to get the car done this weekend, but that's not gonna happen now. I would love to drive it to the Halloween party I'll be attending, but it's looking like that's not gonna happen ether.
Thanx T5, your site helped a lot. One thing you might ad though, HEADERS! Im gonna be using Camaro headers because of the plastic slave cyl. I can't fit any thing else in there with out running directly into it, or coming way to close. I have to order them because no one in town has any. I need them quick though, just my luck :lol: I tried to use my stock manifolds off the Malibu, but they hit the valve cover! In all my life and all the swaps I've done, I have never had that issue. It's crazy! I used the bench seat to, it fits real tight, but my new shifter just clears it where I need it. Im 5'10 so the seat is just about all the way back. I know some of you would smack me for this, but I used a ford transfer case shifter to modify my T5 shifter. [-X I ended up turning it around so the bend was forward, and I cut it off just below the stock handle. I had to tear the handle apart so I knew how it worked, and there was no way I could have used it otherwise. The t-case handle had a bend about 1" up that was just right to turn it away from the seat. I welded it all together and after I ground it smooth you would have never known. I should have gotten a pic #-o I of course took it all apart before welding, I would have melted the polly ball if not. All I need now is the headers, a steering column, and shorten my drive shaft. If the headers come in time I just might make it to the Halloween party. dancin_banana.gif
