[b2948kevin]

Ok, I'm overdue for an update.

About 3 weeks ago a friend of mine and I attempted to put the engine in. We put the new flywheel, and clutch kit on, then lifted the motor, dropped it in the engine bay and tried to get it fitted up to the bellhousing and transmission which we hadn't pulled. We got it really close, but something was off. We couldn't get the engine to bolt up quite right, so the next weekend we pulled everything back out, including the transmission, and discovered that the starter that came with the 350 was too big. I swapped it out with the old one that was on my old 250 core and everything bloted up. We then dropped the engine + trans into the engine bay and got everything bolted back up.

One tip: make sure to loosen up the engine pillars before hand as you will most likely need the extra wiggle room to make sure that things will fit after all the heavy stuff gets let go.