OK, SO I have an 82 maliwagon and it was an original V6 car. I have now put an sbc and th350 in it. The original Xmember and the trans mount do not line up. it seems to be to far off to the right. BUT if I try and adjust it to where it would line up with the mount the tailshaft is not going to line up with the rear diff. I should have paid more attention to the old trans when I yanked it out, I have no clue what it was, I had a friend help take out the old powertrain and he took it out, put it in his truck and to the scrap yard it went. Reguardless of trans type tho I shouldnt have a left - right alignment issue should I? ALSO if i push the trans to the pass side the header hits the lower A-arm mount.....HELP!!
Swap to TH350 from???
- Thread starter Slp00bluess
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the V6 trannies have an offset transmission mount. I think you need that transmission mount (which is a flimsy piece of junk) or a V8 crossmember to go with your centered transmission mount. Your car probably had a turbo 200 ? If you are wanting to put on dual exhaust you should probably just buy a crossmember built for that purpose. Maybe try iceman.
brian
brian
That would make sense. Its off by about 2 inches. Thanks for your input! I was really starting to worry if I messed something up along the way (which is still possible! :lol: )
must be different for the 4.3 v6's. my car had that and a 200 3spd trans from the factory, and i used the stock x member for a th350.
grizwald said:
X2. My car was originally a 229 V6 with 200. Same exact X-member as a TH350.
Tommy
That would make perfect sense! I do plan to run duals on this so I think Im just going to go the route of a new xmember!
Thank you all for you help here!
Thank you all for you help here!
