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Originally Posted by MagicRat
I was considering virtually the same swap...........removing my worn-out original 400 from my '69 GTO and installing a '77 400 from a Trans Am.
If I recall, the GTO mounts have 2 bolts to the engine, and those later 400's accept 3 bolts...right?
My gut feeling is to break out the welder and the drill and do a bit of fabricating on the old GTO mounts....but if someone has a better idea, I would love to hear it.
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Thanks for your super quick response. I was really hoping to NOT have to gerri rig it. I have a few ideas which include the welder and the drill. But, I was really hoping to not have to resort to that.
I spoke with someone the other day about this, this is what he told me,"just get the mounts for the 400 and then all you have to do is move the frame mounts forward to the next set of holes". Mind you, I have no idea what the mounts look like for a 76 pontiac 400. They must be quite different than the ones for my 455. What do you think of that? Is it doable? or was he just another person blowing smoke?
Darrell