318 to 360 swap screwed up big please help!!!
I talked to another guy from here last night on the phone and he's mailing me a pan.
After removing the bottom plate for inspection on both pumps to see which ones better, I should have a pump, gonna use the car pick up from the 318 (after a thorough cleaning)
I already ordered the B&M balanced flexplate
I already swapped my remote mounted oil filter, hoses, ect
The brackets ARE the same (alt., P.S. pump, ect...)
the exhaust I'm not worried about, nothing a little cutting and welding won't fix if it comes down to it.
The guy I talkd to on the phone last night also told me that I could go ahead and use the brackets/mounts off the 318 even though only 2 of the three holes line up and I'll be ok.
Soooooooooooooo... Hopefully I'm good now. We'll see when the parts start showing up.
This has all been quite the learning experience. Very humbling. I've replaced 318's and 360's, and even put in a 318 where a s6 had been with the schumaker mounts on my high school car, but this is the first time I've ever gone from 318 to 360. I just never thought about it. I pulled whole engine/tranny combo's from the wrecking yard on the replacement motors and since I was going from same to same, there weren't any issues. The s6 conversion was on a gutted car. I had money at the time and just ordered everything new, starting from scratch, and knowing it was a TOTAL conversion, it was no big deal. I just never thought about there being so many little differances between these 2 motors.
THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HELP GUYS