Thread: I6 to 454 Swap?
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Old 08-01-2019, 11:09 PM   #17
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Re: I6 to 454 Swap?

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Originally Posted by 87 STEPPER View Post
I'm not sure what the roads are like in Greer but if you drop that rat motor in your truck and don't change your front springs your gonna bottom out your suspension and maybe wipe out your lower control arms.

If your gonna lower the truck do it the correct way and either get drop spindles or dropped coil springs for a BBC C10. Don't use the weight of the engine to lower the vehicle and expect it to work like it was designed to.
The big block is a about 260 lbs heavier, I doubt he is going to bottom out his suspension. if it's on stock springs

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I did find this:

Chevy Sprint 993cc L4 147 (55) 24L x 20W x 25H (Suzuki mfr)
Chevy 1.8-2.0 L4 302 (4) (39) "J car" pushrod
Chevy Chevette 1.6 SOHC 300 (4) (39) (also Opel)
Chevy Vega L4 285
Chevy II 153 L4 350
Chevy L6 194-250 440
Chevy L6 292 ---
Chevy L6 216/235 630 (2)
Chevy L6 216/235 615 (88) "265 V8 was 40# lighter than 235"
Chevy V6-90 229, 4.3 425
Chevy V6-60 2.8, 3.1 350 (2)
Chevy small block V8 575 (generic for '60s-'70s motors)
Chevy small block V8 535 (1) ('59 Corvette 283 w/alum. intake)
Chevy LT-5 DOHC 5.7 600 (122)
Chevy L98 5.7 V8 600 (122)
Chevy V8 348/409 620 (1)
Chevy V8 348/408 655 (83)
Chevy big block V8 685 Mark IV
Chevy big block V8 --- Mark V
Chevy 454 675 (10)
Chevy 427 ZL-1 550 (35) all-aluminum, "20# lighter than SB"
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