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HELP 351 or 390 ....c-6 or cruiseomatic rebuild?
Can't be that hard.
You would have to rig the engine mounts, radiator, fan and accessory drives, plus any power stuff that runs from the motor... not impossible, just time consuming.
IMO, a better bet is just to rebuild the 390 that came with it.
If you're bucks up, just build the 390 with the Edelbrock kit. Heads, intake carb cam etc, with a good exhaust system, it will really wake up. Should run fine on regular gas, too.
If you're watching the bucks, a good stock rebuild on the 390, with mild head porting and a good "RV" type cam will give you satisfactory results ( a little less spectacular.) It's got torque up the wazoo, and even a little warmup will make a big difference.
IMHO, if you can get an adapter from Wilcap to put an AOD behind the FE instead of the creaky old Cruiseomatic, so much the better. A C-6 can sometimes be a tight fit... and having the od in top gear will save a lot of gas. The Mustang guys have done a lot with this trans. You could commit a huge sacrelige and use a GM 700R4 which is a pretty good trans, too, just more work.
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