Well I'm reviving this old thread because I finally got this engine set into this truck and there are some problems.
The big one is that using the stock mounts for the bell housing/transmission I can't get the left cylinder head on. It hits the firewall before the rear dowel pin lines up.
We are thinking about making a custom spacer set to move the engine forward but leave the bell where it belongs. This would be a 2 part set. One spacer for between the block and bell and one for between the crank and flywheel.
What do you guys think?