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OK, call me crazy but I'm stuffing a 6.2 diesel into my '61 Suburban. To make it even more interesting, it's being converted to run on waste veggie oil. Hey, 25 mpg on what's essentially free fuel is something I had to try out...
Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone knows if the engine mounts on the 6.2 are the same as on a SBC. I've heard of a guy who swapped a 6.2 into a '77 Corvette and claimed nothing had to be changed. My Suburban has a 500 Caddy motor in it now so I'm assuming stuff will have to be changed anyway but I'm trying to determine just how different the 6.2 will be from all the available SBC stuff.
Any help appreciated. Thanks.

I know in our school buses at work, the GM vans all had the same frame and crossmembers. We had a few small blocks but mostly 6.2's. It shouldn't be much different, I had a few of them out but don't recall what the motor mounts looked like. You go to NAPA and look at the mounts if the counter guys will let you. I might help, Joe.

Heres a little info that may help you, as I was contemplating sticking one of my spare 6.2's into my '68 C-10. The mounting points on the 6.2 correspond to the points on a BBC. In the later trucks that they came in from the factory, they used the BBC mounts (the "clamshell" that mounts to the side of the motor, and the rubber/steele shell that is mounted to the perch mount on the frame). It would be an easy enough setup to do on a '63-up truck. I havent considered what it would take to do on a torsion bar '61 frame, but it couldnt be too difficult.
I'd start with the perches from a '73-'87 truck, get them in the right place on the frame, the rest should be fairly straitforward. Let us know how this works out.

unless you already have the 6.2, i'd recommend the 6.5...