Help with engine swap?

I'm putting a 350 into a 85 Camaro that had the icky 2.8 V-6 in it. ANY information is appreciated. Nothing is aligning up, the onlything I figured out so far is the engine mounts are going to need to be scooted up to the front bolt holes, are they the same brackets I use? do I need to get different ones? I have no ideal what the engine came from, just a 350 with 305 double hump heads and 4 brl. hydrojet carb. Electronic distributor (is that ok? or do I need to go to the older distr. to get more clearance? Do I need to cut into the firewall to clear the distr? will the tranny work? I dont know what it came from, its a 350 turbo.

Guys, any help is so much appreciated, nothing is of too small of detail, every piece of information is helpful. I noticed on the tranny cross member/mount, there are different locations to bolt the bracket the tranny mounts to, but if I moved it, it takes a longer bracket because the bolt holes are in a \--o--/ pattern, the bracket I have is 21 inches long for the tranny. Seri, any info is appreciated, its driving me crazy, I have this 350 dangling inside the car from a motor lift, nothing is working for me. Thanks in advance

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gsams
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I GOT YA TAKEN CARE OF. ITS EASY. ANY QUESTIONS E-MAIL ME. RICH

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Richard

gsams spilled my beer when they jumped on the table and proclaimed in

You'll need different mounts. Ideally, a donor V8 car would be best...

/me doesn't care much for 305 parts or the engine though...

NOI

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Thund3rstruck_n0i

Richard spilled my beer when they jumped on the table and proclaimed in

Why not post it out here in the open, so that others could benefit from the answers?

NOI

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Thund3rstruck_n0i

actually I dont really care for any of the car lol. Its a project I should have never got involved in. I'll never show this car off, and it will never get a ohhh-ahhh. I just want to work with what I've got, so I can drive the piss out of the car up and down my road. More than likely, it will never be tagged agian.

I have the engine mounts from a V8, but do I need to use the bottom half of the engine mounts from a V-8 also? or can I just use the bottom portion of the motor mounts from the v6 and move them up on the frame?

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gsams

you need to use the v-8 mount in the forward position.

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Richard

if any one has a question about swaping a v-8 in place of a v-6 in a camaro feel free to ask, i lost alot of relegion becouse no one seemed to know what to do, so i had to find out the hard way.....try it till it worked lol

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Richard

I spent the last of the day moving the motor mounts up to the front part of the frame, what an easy task GM made of this *sarcasm*. I enjoyed fishing a wrench through a 1" access hole. I will possibly try to sit the motor back in on Thursday, its going to rain tomorrow. Anything else you guys can think of before I sit this motor back in would be appreciated. this is the 3rd time this motor has been put in and removed because of "something else" needing to be done. BTW, I am doing the motor and tranny at the same time, I have not unbolted it.(if that makes a difference)

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gsams

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