Grandpa’s Blazer gettin fixed up…

[tRustyK5]

My opinion is biased, but if it's those ultra shorty block huggers or manifolds I'll take the manifolds every time. Those headers gain you nothing, but give you all the drawbacks of having headers. If you're gonna deal with the pain in the ass factor of headers, get some good quality long tube headers.

My 2 cents (and I'll add that I'm intentionally keeping the cast iron manifolds on my current 350)

 

[Jon52]

Ok thought I would have motor in tonight. But three lil bolts with wrong thread pitch prevented that.

Sooo frustrating buy all new fasteners and learn the parts store sold me the wrong torque converter bolts.

So I need 3- 3/8”-16 5/8” bolts..

Where can I source these? I see em on eBay and other sites but they are all Chinese and I worry about the quality.

Any recommendations?

BTW is it just me or is the 400sbc a lil thing in the huge frame and bare engine compartment.

I know the ford flag is sticking point for some. So, send me a Chevy flag I will swap it. :-)

 

[Jon52]

No offense I have thick skin. I was just trying to get a free flag. LOL.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Honestly go buy the bolts at your favorite good hardware store.

 

[HankScorpio]

Big block is the answer.

 

[Fastereddie]

I think dorman help has them at oreileys

 

[Blue85]

Yes, there are usually a couple sizes of torque converter bolts sitting in the "HELP" section. You could also ask at the counter.

https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/...late-bolts/mrg0/6715?q=torque+converter+bolts.

You could also check with a local driveline shop, or if you can wait just order from eBay.

 

[Jon52]

Honestly go buy the bolts at your favorite good hardware store.

So just a grade 8 is good? I was told these are special bolts??? IDK that sounded wrong.

 

[folkenheath]

I have used grade 8 with grade 8 washers before without issue instead of the flanged bolts. Just make sure there is clearance and also make sure they aren't too long. Some converters have threads and some converters are through bolts. And some converters have metric threads.

In higher HP builds I use ARP.