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#59996 05/04/2006 12:29 AM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 38 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 38 | Hi, Nick here,
I am swapping in a 350 SBC and am getting ready to start it. The 350 I have is TBI (fuel injected, kinda). I have taken a complete wiring harness out of the truck it came in and am wondering if any body has any advice...
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#59997 05/04/2006 4:23 AM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 363 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 363 | I have lots of advice and even some related to your swap. Do a search on TBI in the archives first as I have covered this once before and then fire some questions at me.
Is this going in your '53 6500?
Do you have the V8 bellhousing mounted yet?
Are you using a tube mount for the V8?
What year and model vehicle is your TBI 5.7 out of?
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#59998 05/06/2006 3:48 PM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 38 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 38 | Answers to your questions...
Yes its going in my 6500,
I don't have the bell housing mounted yet, but soon,
What's a tube mount???
K1500, 1989 was the donor truck
My budget is fine and my time frame is long, not in much of a hurry..
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#59999 05/06/2006 8:12 PM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 363 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 363 | If you've got the money, buy the painless performance wiring harness. If not, the harness out of an 87-91 van is much easier to work with than the truck harness. You will need a speed sending unit for the fuel injection to work correctly.
A tube mount is just that, it is a tube bent with v8 mounts on it that is easy to put in your frame. Some people use a front horseshoe or U type mount.
You must support the bellhousing from the sides as the SM420 was not available with a tailhousing mount like the SM465 was. How do you plan to mount the bellhousing? Do you have something fabricated already? A circle track mount with two biscuits works nicely. | | |
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