hey. I just bought a 65 fleetside with a 235 6 banger and i have 350 sbc out of my circle track race car. I want to use a trbo 350 trans with this motor. Im pretty good with cars and i want to get my son involved with it. but i dont know how to convert the motor mounts to fit this motor. i want to do this the right way. what about trans mounts? drive shafts? rear end gears? any info would help thanks
Our host here sales the trans.mount you need to hook up 350 turo trans. to 350sbc and they also have the motor mounts you need all got do is check out the online store and you hooked up,they are reasonable on there prices.drive shaft look at salvage yards for that or swamp meets oh Welcome to the forum.
I like the Father & Son thing working on our trucks my 17 year old helps me out on my truck all the time and when I pass on he gets my truck free clear,(my Dad gave me the truck about 18 years ago and when he comes over sometimes to visit he allways smiles and ask me what new stuff have I do to the truck.)
Here is everything you need on the motor mounts. http://www.persh.org/pickup/perches.htm The radiator that's in there "should" be OK if it's in good condition AND you use a fan shroud, (sold by our hosts), and 180 degree thermostat. Trans and throttle linkage can be had from Lokar. If you have a manual trans in there now the bell housing crossmember will need to come out, but it's pretty easy with an angle grinder on the rivits. You will also need to relocate the e-brake brace on the frame near the transmission. The neatest way I've seen that done is to cut out the center section of the brace, ( the part that holds the fulcrum/lever thingie ) and weld it to the new trans crossmember. Val
You should be able to use the same driveshaft. A TH350 is the same length as a 3spd+bellhousing. Rear gears would be ok if you think of switching to a 700R4 overdrive. With gas prices going up, seriously think about an automatic OD. If you insist on a non overdrive automatic.....go with a TH400, MUCH stronger transmission.
Unless you are running big horsepower a TH350 will do just fine. It takes more power to turn the TH400.
