|
| Search | Car Forums | Gallery | Articles | Helper | Air Dried Fresh Beef Dog Food | IgorSushko.com | Corporate |
|
|||||||
| Engineering/ Technical Ask technical questions about cars. Do you know how a car engine works? |
 |
 Show Printable Version | 
Subscribe to this Thread
|
|
|
Thread Tools |
|
#1
08-27-2007, 11:51 PM
|
|||
|
|||
454 in a Chevette?
So some budies and I have aquired a chevette and now have a 454 to put into it... will this work? We know that 350's have been put in and all, but how much room is left? Major modifications to the body? Recommend for a tranny?
|
|
#2
08-27-2007, 11:59 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: 454 in chevette?
Quote:
The Thai ones are pretty good.
__________________
Connecting the Auto Enthusiasts
|
|
#3
08-28-2007, 12:12 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: 454 in a Chevette?
Please post our question in one forum only. Do not post it in multiple forums. Choose which forum you think would get the best responses.
__________________
Thought for the Day… Alcohol does not make you fat - It makes you lean... against tables, chairs, floors, walls and ugly people.  If a prostitute here in America loses her job to a prostitute in India , is that considered "outwhoring"??-Jay Leno
|
|
#4
08-28-2007, 06:00 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: 454 in a Chevette?
Major firewall and transmission tunnel modifications will be necessary. Hot Rod or Car Craft did a similar thing with a Caddy 500 which is only slightly larger than a 454 and they had to basically cut everything out and sit with their knees laying on the bellhousing. I would lean toward a TH350 simply because its smaller and might require less surgery. As long as the 454 isn't too torquey the light weight of the car will make it very reliable.
You'll have to do something about the 6.5" rear axle. It sometimes blew up behind the stock 90-hp 4-banger.
__________________
Dragging people kicking and screaming into the enlightenment.
|
|
#5
08-28-2007, 10:59 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: 454 in a Chevette?
I had an old mag article where 454/chevette were together. I thought they did a horrible job, dude didnt even have a place to sit.
If i were to attempt something like this, i would start out with a middle 80's s-10 short bed frame. Cut it down farther to match the length of the chevette, build it to handle a big block, and use the chevette "skin" to finish it up. Room wouldnt be a problem as long as you use some strategy when placing the chevette body on the frame. Weld up places to mount the body to the frame and if you get the body off the ground another foot or so, you could just about hide the frame ect with a body kit for a similar sized car.
|
|
#6
08-29-2007, 08:57 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: 454 in chevette?
Quote:
(not that I know anything about Katooeys, mind you.....)
|
|
#7
09-06-2007, 04:21 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Re: 454 in a Chevette?
I'm one of the guys in on the project would a 2 speed power glide bolt to the back of this motor the engine is a 77 and if not where would i find adaptor kits in vancouver
|
|
|
POST REPLY TO THIS THREAD |
 |
|
|
