V6 To V8 Engine Mount Swap Gbody 1981 El Camino | The Meano Camino

[@djthreesixty360]

Yall made that look easy. I was struggling lol

[@papergatorzfedducca7998]

You guys have the best camera skills!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@theroygarage]

🤣😂 we try man lol we try!

[@guy22guy]

Nice job handling those nuts…. and bolts.

[@theroygarage]

😂🤣😂 🙏🏻

[@user-xg8dx3yk6m]

I'm about to do the same thing this is very helpful thank you very very much

[@theroygarage]

Sweet!!We have everything we’ve done step by step on our channel! I’m pretty sure we have a playlist too so you don’t have to go looking for it! Here it is - kzbin.info/aero/PLmyvclsHVHJpuK44dacKYkMSfsVFj6dLw

[@evanparscale7837]

Can you do a video about hooking up the linkage? In the process of doing this exact same swap

[@theroygarage]

What do you mean linkage? Like throttle and kick down linkage?

[@evanparscale7837]

@@theroygarage the column shift linkage

[@theroygarage]

@@evanparscale7837 that goes to the transmission so we didn’t have to touch it 🙏🏻

[@papergatorzfedducca7998]

New subscriber 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@theroygarage]

Heck yeah!!!! Thank you 🙏🏻

[@panheadforever9728]

Will you do a detailed video in the near future of how to tear down and rebuild the original v6? I’m a first timer looking to learn how to do these things the cheaper way

[@theroygarage]

Shoot… already sold it… does it run?? A good video to watch would be tearing down a Chevy 350 - this is a good video kzbin.info/www/bejne/gouyYpmNi92BasU it would be generally the same concept. Buy some red solo cups and a market to keep track of all your nuts and bolts

[@panheadforever9728]

It did run but I just decided to rebuild it so I could get more out of it. It’s currently sitting in my g body almost bare block fixing to be pulled

[@theroygarage]

@@panheadforever9728 nice, are you planning on upgrading any parts or just clean it up and put it back together?

[@panheadforever9728]

Probably gonna have it bored 30 and maybe a little bit bigger cam

[@papergatorzfedducca7998]

I’m LS swapping a 81 caballero.

[@theroygarage]

Nice! Does it have a V8 in it right now?

[@papergatorzfedducca7998]

@@theroygarage PRODEMAND says it’s a 3.8. I’ll know in 2 weeks when I pull it back to the city I live in now. I bought it in my hometown but I no longer live there.

[@theroygarage]

@@papergatorzfedducca7998 okay, I think that’s a V6 so I believe you’ll need to change the engine mounts just like in this video and use LS adaptor plates

[@papergatorzfedducca7998]

@@theroygarage yes and it don’t look fun at all😬😬😬😂😂😂

[@theroygarage]

@@papergatorzfedducca7998 🤣😂 it’s a little tough but some people have drilled holes in the frame to make is easier and on my dad’s el Camino there is a slit on the back of the engine crossmember that someone plasma cut to make it easier to get to the bolts 🤣😂 you could grind of the bolts too if you wanted - we wanted to reuse them so that’s why we did what we did 🤷🏼‍♂️😅

[@papergatorzfedducca7998]

At the beginning I see you had 2 boxes on the table. I assume motor mounts? What was the 2 boxes you pointed at?

[@theroygarage]

One has the engine mount for the frame and the other box has the engine mount that bolts up to our engine block

[@papergatorzfedducca7998]

@@theroygarage oh ok gotcha and thanks for this video. It’ll definitely be my guide to getting them off😩😩😩😂😂😂

[@theroygarage]

@@papergatorzfedducca7998 you are welcome man! 🙏🏻

[@elijasegura2780]

Where did you get the engine mount from??

[@NashSchingle]

what headers did you guys end up using for the swap ?

[@theroygarage]

I got some from summit racing - I’ll link below BUT I’d had to do a bunch of work to them and my shift linkage to get them to fit… I would not recommend 😅 Here is the video of us bending them to fit - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaS3kH9rjMRlabc AND here is a video of everything else I needed to do to get them to fit - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJKYYoOofbB7mtE My dad got some shorty headers that worked way better then what I had to do to get my long tubes to fit 🤷🏼‍♂️ Check out this page from Summit Racing www.summitracing.com/parts/hed-69440

[@allmtrz6]

This is for SBC and BBC motors? The same mounts?

[@theroygarage]

This is a SBC - I believe they are the same

[@mrcutt5333]

Bro!!!!!