WOW 1st the current engine is according to casting & serial ### is a 79 350 it has all the mounting position's drilled tapped etc it's not a three point has bell housing mounts as well as the old nose mount's heads are tapped,manifolds are ram's tube's has small balancer(seems like that is a problem in it's self)use's short pump it has atleast 3-4" between core and fan how much taller is long pump seems that would cure all the b.s. here.the tall stuff is pretty common around here oh and yes there is room to change the mounts to the side of the block does any know of nos t/o or repro 2.5" collector rams tube manifolds??ERIC
