[53fordguy]

will a 454 bolt to the stock tranny a 301 pontiac comes with?

 

[Rogers Performance]

I believe the bolt pattern is different .




mike

 

[53fordguy]

?

if a th400 bolts to a 350 shouldnt they bolt to a 454?

 

[Rogers Performance]

Is it a 350 Chevy or a 350 Pontiac we are talking about .
Pontiac's,Buick and olds all have different bell housing bolt patterns.



mike

 

[53fordguy]

350 chevy

what about b-o-p? doesnt that work with chevy 454's?

 

[Rogers Performance]

Yes that will if you can find one.





mike

 

[53fordguy]

k

well i dont know what tranny it it its in a 79 firebird(301) and the 454 is in a gmc truck and has a th400 behind it

 

[Rogers Performance]

It all might fit in if it has the wright tail shaft length also don't let the 400 go if it is in a big truck like c series it should have the deep pan and better in sides.






mike

 

[53fordguy]

?

deep pan and better in sides. ?

 

[Rogers Performance]

The c 60 series trucks have a deep oil pan on the trans from the factory and they have more clutch plates and something else that i can not think of wright now i think it is something to do with the amount of springs in side i forget.


mike

 

[53fordguy]

i see

i see do you know if it will bolt to the stock mounts or should we use the ones from the
truck?

 

[Rogers Performance]

I would think you are going to have to get mounts in fact i,am almost positive about that.







mike

 

[53fordguy]

k

ok that ok its not my money

 

[Lonestar]

B-O-P (Buick Olds Pontiac)

Chevy has a different tranny bolt pattern than any other GM. A Buick, Olds, Pontiac or Cadillac transmission will not bolt to a Chevy engine.

 

[Robinson Robin]

Lonestar is dead on. The B O P bolt pattern is for old buick and pontiac which is not the same pattern as chev and gmc engines. There were some 200r4's made that had dual bolt patterns but only some. There were no 400's that had dual bolt patterns. In other words if you want to put a chev engine in it you need a tranny with a chev bolt pattern. The engine mounts will also be different.

 

[RCastle]

If you are considering putting a big block in the firebird and you alrerady have a th400 why not install them as a unit?I would not want the th350 behind that engine.

 

[Lonestar]

Go to the local Auto parts store, buy a set of frame side engine mounts for a 1979 Camaro.

Go to the scrap yard and draw or take a picture of where the mounts bolt in on a Camaro.

Go home, bolt the new mounts in the correct location on your Firebird, then take the 454 with trans and all out of the truck and bolt it into your Firebird.

A little time consuming but not a difficult job. The hard part comes later.

 

[troy-curt]

Is your transmission a dual bolt pattern?

I have a 70 Pontiac Bonneville conv. with a 455 HO with a dual bolt pattern 400 turbo.

Troy

 

[53fordguy]

th250/350

thats the tranny and itll bolt up but they will just die from tourqe here comes the th400 to save the day