Re: stick to auto swap

Posted by Eric Boyle On 2008/1/30 13:07:51

Are you talking about putting a '48 motor into a '51 car? If so, then no, it won't work unless you build motor mounts. The '50 and earlier cars had a front engine mount off of the timing cover plate. The '51-'54 cars had the motor mounts cast into the side of the block. You can put a '51-'54 engine into the '50 and earlier cars, just use the earlier mounting. But ya can't go the other way.

As for transmission swapping, as long as you get the bellhousing and flexplate off of the donor car you're getting the trans out of, you should have no problems physically bolting the engine up to the trans. Also, if I were you, I'd disregard the use of the stock trans cooler, and get you an aftermarket one that's heavy duty, you're trans will love you for it. If you were close, I could help you do this swap, it isn't hard to do, and I plan on going the other way (auto to stick) pretty soon.