I also installed an SBC with an HEI.There's even room for the fan as well.
I didn't move the rad either
The only trimming I've done was to the flange on the firewall directly above the trans bell housing.
This was to allow me to get my pinion angles correct.
The only other problem I encountered was the trans dipstick, an easy fix with a flexible dipstick.

Last edited by jockbolter50; 03/05/2010 8:35 AM.

1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland
In the Stovebolt Gallery
More pix on Flickr.
I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings
"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.