busted bones
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Hi everyone,
I tried searching and googling but haven't found everything I want so here goes nothing.
I have a truck with a 1968 flat tappet 302. It runs a mechanical fuel pump, has a remote oil filter system, very few accessories beyond power steering pump, water pump, and fan. It's carbed and I want to keep it that way. The reason I'm swapping the engine is I wanted to go hydraulic roller and the current block has an engine mount issue in the block. The female end of the engine mount has all the threads completely stripped out. Not sure how it happened but I don't want to drill out, retap and thread a new hole to have one engine mount bolt off sized from the rest.
If I pick up an Explorer 302 and strip it down to a long block, can I just transfer parts over? Is the oil filter mount in the same place, will it run a mechanical fuel pump, and is the power steering pump on the driver side? My truck is I beam and I'm trying to find the most painless block to swap to.
Sorry for the Noob question and thanks in advance.
I tried searching and googling but haven't found everything I want so here goes nothing.
I have a truck with a 1968 flat tappet 302. It runs a mechanical fuel pump, has a remote oil filter system, very few accessories beyond power steering pump, water pump, and fan. It's carbed and I want to keep it that way. The reason I'm swapping the engine is I wanted to go hydraulic roller and the current block has an engine mount issue in the block. The female end of the engine mount has all the threads completely stripped out. Not sure how it happened but I don't want to drill out, retap and thread a new hole to have one engine mount bolt off sized from the rest.
If I pick up an Explorer 302 and strip it down to a long block, can I just transfer parts over? Is the oil filter mount in the same place, will it run a mechanical fuel pump, and is the power steering pump on the driver side? My truck is I beam and I'm trying to find the most painless block to swap to.
Sorry for the Noob question and thanks in advance.