swapping 350 for 327

[rowingone]

I found a numbers correct block for my 64 which now has a 350 - how many parts on my 350 will fit the 327? Things like the oil pan, water pump, starter, intake manifold . . will they all bolt up?

 

[Tom Bryant]

A lot of the parts will physically interchange but the numbers on them will be wrong. The starter on a 327 bolts horizonally insread of vertically. I would suggest taking your time and collecting all of the correct numbered accessories to make your conversion back to a 327 as accurate as possible.

Tom

 

[studiog]

I found a numbers correct block for my 64 which now has a 350 - how many parts on my 350 will fit the 327? Things like the oil pan, water pump, starter, intake manifold . . will they all bolt up?

Finding the correct heads ( if they aren't correct) would be my next priority. Most of the other stuff can be bolted bolted on as you find it, save maybe the oil pan. So you found the correct block casting # and date? Would you also restamp the block?

 

[rowingone]

hey studiodog!


Hows your paint project going? I am to my last coat of primer .. I have been sanding FOREVER!! But man is it straight and smooth!! I am going to have someone else shoot the color . . . hopefully I will be ready in a week or so . . getting excited!! I wasnt going to put the correct motor in but its turning out so well I just might have to!!

 

[studiog]

Great news. I just posted another thread to see how you are doing... you can ignore that. Thanks for the update. Good luck with the motor pursuit.

I am just refinishing an old repair that I had overlooked that had a couple of rivets buried under filler. Instead of removing them they were just feathered over in a long wave. :confused I should be back to block sanding and filling minor defects I find with 2K glazing compound by tomorrow. Always seems to be two steps forward, one step back.

 

[mike weyman]

is it possible that the guy who swapped the motor out put the original 327 goodies back on??not many junkyard 350's have the carb, alt, etc. maybe he re-used the original.
i'm sitting here stalling as my car is sanded , but i'm too chicken to start spraying. every time i think i'm done sanding there is another rock pick to deal with.
my friend (a bodyman) said that i'm getting too picky and will drive myself nuts if i try to make it perfect as it won't happen.but i can't just say "that mark is sanded, but i'm almost done so i won't fix the chip next to it" how do you know that your ready ?? i think i am as there is nothing left to fix.(until i give it the last check again)lots of fun. mike

 

[rowingone]

studiodog - one other thing that might help you - get a tubular sanding block - looks like a empty paper towel roller - its about the only sanding 'block' that will work on some of the fender curves - you will find it too easy to break thru the primer without it. I will spray my final coat of primer this weekend and then all the jambs will get color . . it will be fun to see some red on that baby butt smooth body!!

 

[studiog]

studiodog - one other thing that might help you - get a tubular sanding block - looks like a empty paper towel roller - its about the only sanding 'block' that will work on some of the fender curves - you will find it too easy to break thru the primer without it. I will spray my final coat of primer this weekend and then all the jambs will get color . . it will be fun to see some red on that baby butt smooth body!!

I will look for a tubular sanding block. I had wrapped sandpaper around a piece of PCV pipe, it worked very well in some areas but in others I felt it was a little too hard of a surface. Glad to hear you are making steady progress.