Big Engine Mod

Let's say i can get my hands on a 502 4 bolt main big block, is there enough room to get it in the car

what year do you have? and is it a V8 or now?

Right now I have an 84 Camaro z28 with the 305 v8

the 502 is a bigblock v8

ya, i am not sure about the clearence on the motor.

no.

in a previous thread about me swapping in a big block in my 'maro, i was told that a small block and big block has the same bolt pattern for trannies....i dunno

ya, i know, i did not know what i was thinking, sorry my fault.

As for bolting up, chevy bolt patterns all work together
thats what i was told in another thread

ya, i know, i did not know what i was thinking, sorry my fault.

no i'm not trying to say you're wrong...just making sure i was clear on what i understood too

666 you are spontanious and correct good job.
I think it would be a tight fit to get the engine in the car

plus even if it happens that the tranny is different im prolly gonna get a new one cause this one is a piece that was rebuilt , and is starting to give out...
prolly cause i threw it into reverse while doing 40 down the highway...stripped tranny vs an engine sitting in my lap.

yes you can do it, but it's a big job and a lot of money, here's a link to some info that will help...

http://thirdgen.org/techbb2/showthread.php?s=&threadid=248225

wait....did someone delete a post? or did i just imagine i saw something about a transmission? gosh....but a big block will fit...from what i can learn about the 4th gens it takes quite some fabricating...but it will fit

the 502 is a bigblock v8

no shit??? really? cmon your jokin with us. :uhoh:

Yea its a monster effing huge

i thought a 502 was a V6....

You know whats crazy, i thought it was an inline 4 for a sec also

those would be some big cylinders...

You know whats crazy, i thought it was an inline 4 for a sec also

it's not? but really tho back on topic....good luck with it...oh why'd you throw it in reverse doing 40?

502 V-twin *rofl*


I'd guess he threw it in revearse to keep from dying horribly.

i thought a 502 was a V6....

Nope, it's a 3-rotor Wankel. ;)

damnit back on topic people or Im the one thats gonna get bitched at.

I was back on topic. I was talking about why he may have put it in reverse at 40.

this is on topic....ya know...it was was a 4 cyl...it could have a 5.655 bore and a 5.0 stroke and be a 502 ci engine.....

You actually did the math?

my dad's motor home is an inline 6 turbo deisel, the inline six is a 7.0 liter... that's pretty damn big... 427cubes for those who didn't know

I was back on topic. I was talking about why he may have put it in reverse at 40.


Yea i threw it into reverse to keep from dieing horribly. This car has no alot of brake left. But anyway, I was on my way home from school and theres this jacked up toyota, one of the custom off-road rigs, well this guy was either drunk or stupid, or both because he went left into the turning lane, veered back right across the fast lane, slow lane, up onto the curb, and onto the nonexistant shoudler. He decided to stay there for a few moments, before he took a sharp left, almost perpendicular to the road, rolled his toyota, and stoped infront of two lanes.

Lucky me i was doing something illegal by coasting in neutral, and was already decerlating, saw the guy, braked, saw the flip, paniced, grabbed the shifter, and went in the wrong direction(to reverse), and then had fun as my car came to violent stop, and stalled out the engine. Sat there for a second, and then called 911

to answer the original question the 502 would fit just fine with a few modifications. And if you bolt a stock 700-r4 to a worked big block it will chew it to pieces. And I had no idea they were the same bolt pattern....thats interesting....I have always thought that you would need a different bell housing.

I figured as much. Eh oh well ill just keep this all in mind when i win the lotto...I'll share of course