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jae · 03-22-2013, 09:13 AM

Your truck is amazing. I'm getting ready to start a 5.3L swap into my '71 using an almost identical setup and you've given me some great ideas on how to keep it clean. (I love your spark plug wire conduit solution!)

I'm going to be using the TH350 that's already in the truck, and it looks like it's quite possible it has those same "ears" that yours did and I'm getting a little worried about header clearance, since I was thinking of using the same ones you did. Once you had the tubular engine mounts in, did the Camaro manifolds clear everything ok, or was there still a clearance issue somewhere?

03-22-2013, 09:13 AM	#218
jae Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Richmond Posts: 77	Re: Project: LS1ick68 Your truck is amazing. I'm getting ready to start a 5.3L swap into my '71 using an almost identical setup and you've given me some great ideas on how to keep it clean. (I love your spark plug wire conduit solution!) I'm going to be using the TH350 that's already in the truck, and it looks like it's quite possible it has those same "ears" that yours did and I'm getting a little worried about header clearance, since I was thinking of using the same ones you did. Once you had the tubular engine mounts in, did the Camaro manifolds clear everything ok, or was there still a clearance issue somewhere?