Swapping 454 for a 307

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Am doing the reverse swap going small block chevy. Do I have to change the mounts that am currently using for my 454 or do need new mounts. Also anything else needs to get swapped. Or is it just a direct drop
 

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Am doing the reverse swap going small block chevy. Do I have to change the mounts that am currently using for my 454 or do need new mounts. Also anything else needs to get swapped. Or is it just a direct drop
454 to 307........
Is everything okay?
 

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Did I read that right?

Did you bump your head?
 

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The metal engine mounts are good. You will need different rubber/metal mounts. They will bolt in different holes in the cross member, but the holes are already there. Maybe run a tap through those different holes to clean out the rust.

The 454 is externally balanced, you cannot use the ring gear or flywheel from that engine on the small block. You need all the accessory mounts for the small block, none of the big block parts will work. The accessories them self will work, alternator, P/S pump and maybe the A/C compressor. That depends on the different years of the doner engine that you get the accessory mounts from.

Hopefully the 307 doner is fully dressed with all the accessories, including the A/C compressor if you have AC in the truck. Last problem is the year of the 307, early 307's with the short water pump have different accessory drives and all the accessories sit farther out from the engine.
 

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Short pumps are tighter to the engine?......and possibly no accessory holes in the front of the heads
 

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Short pumps are tighter to the engine?......and possibly no accessory holes in the front of the heads
Yes short water pumps are tight to the block. Yes no accessory holes in the heads. So there is no room to mount the accessories to the front of the block. They all hang way out on the sides of the engine.
 

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