4.3 Supercharged Chevy

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Well that cross member isn't as strong as I remembered when I took it out. Its quite thin if you don't know. So I made it stronger as it is going to support an engine that weighs almost 500#s. This is just tacked on for the moment (ran out of wire feed and I don't like my skills with my arc), but the bolt holes match up.

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Welded my little triangles in there.

God help me I kinda like the red paint. lol

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Tacked under the car.




There is a reason why this stuff was $10 for an 8' piece... lots of not only rust.





Once again... the red paint.






Now just one more brace across the middle, like east west.

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Subframe is done; well for the most part. I want to make it into two pieces cause its a nightmare to put it in place, but for now it will serve until I get my adaptor from Kennedy.


I'll say this you can't say **************** about this car and rear structural rigidity.

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This thing fits almost well.

I was hoping it would be shorter, or I'd have more length to play in. But looks like I'm going to have to re-work the trans mounts. Oh well so much for stock drivelines.

The oem subframe connector thingy doesn't even have a prayer of going in with this engine. So gonna have to re-fab that up. No big deal there, cause I already made that angle iron piece; just have to grind the welds off of it and use it solo. I might possibly just go another direction... Haven't made up my mind yet.



Do any of you guys know which direction the coolant goes ?????

Is this the hose going to the radiator from the engine like hot out of the engine???





Does this heater core hose go into the heater core from the engine? or is it the return from the heater core to the engine?

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Oh yeah, here is the old girl in the engine bay.

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Almost final product. I didn't have enough gumption to put it back under the car and take some pics... maybe tomorrow.