Buick V8 in an H body?

[monza75tc]

Hey, KS Skyhawk retrofitted a 350, really nice fit, factory looking.

76 Skyhawk w/ Buick 350 V8.
QA1 coilovers, adjustable UCA's , beefed 200R4, homade 3" exhaust w/ Flowmaster 50.
New black paintjob

Dick

[buickapollo455]

TWIST TO 350 BUICK in a ROADHAWK

NOW I am in need of help. want to put my 77 buick 350 into a 79 'hawk , BUT

It is a manual 9.5 clutch car. fly wheel wont work on a 350. Thus a '70 buick 350 flywheel, OD diam teeth 13.375

Have Brute force clutch and hvy duty clutch spring plate dia of plate is 12.00 , clutch is diam 11.75 and all bolts up to flywheel great.

ISSUE: clearance , will new clutch and fly fit in old BOP manual H-body BELL? 2nd starter, will anything now go into hole? is flywheel of manual 9.5 a same diam 13.375 outside teeth?????

anyone have a flywheel off a 9.5 to measure? told 11 455 manual wont for sure go into bell, not sure on Buick 10.5 clutch setup.

next pilot hole? 77 Lesabre motor, would this be predrilled at factory or not for pilot on crank?

Put a 455 in an APOLLO nova sister, fit but real tite, ONLY way 455 will go into a H car is to take radiator out, and suck it under the nose cone like Corvette at an angle. the water pump goes by my measurement to be about 1inch into radiator core at the stump of the water pump just a bell bolted on. Electric fans small would have to be on radiator under nose cone.

Side by side 350 and 455 Buick are same width, same mount pads. same bell.

If someone tried Olds 455 why not go better, cadillac 500cuin motor, 650ft lb torq, 400 horse nothing done to motor. Put on Edlebrock intake and performance came and lifters, nothing else and push 440 hp , you would stand the car on its A##.

But if anyone can help me on a 350 and a manual gear set up , need help no books c_geske@earthlink.net bca 27925 member

[monzajer]

BA455, Doug in Az (memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=119)used to have a Monza coupe with a Caddy motor. Not the 500, a little bro- the 368, I think.

Here is one thread that kinda touches on it:
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=31755#p175880

Here is a thread he started. It talks about an upcoming Caddy build on HorsePower TV:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=35903

Doug might be able to help with the Caddy stuff. I'm sure he will chime in.

Good luck on your build. Sounds very interesting. Be sure to post build pics.

cheers, jer

[Rickracer]

I did a (69 ~71) Caddy 472 into a 71 Chevelle one time, that thing would just about pick the left front tire off the ground just romping it in gear sitting still. We shaved the heads a bit due to a blown head gasket, and while they were off, I did a little bowl blending and port matching. A few weeks later, he went heads up with a BB Nova that ran 12.70s, and they were neck and neck till the Chevelle ran out of fuel (about 3/4s through the 1/4 mile), stock Caddy fuel pump couldn't keep up. This was with a open diff 3.08 geared one tire fire, and G60 14 tires.

[ks_skyhawk]

I did it. I still have the car. I just revisited this web page for the first time in quite awhile!
Query ks_skyhawk.