Pilot bushing hole question?

[wheeler]

Just a quick question, im swapping a th400 to an sm465 that i just bought, the motor is an 87 350, should it already have the hole for the pilot bushing? i searched and couldnt find anything here on having to have it drilled out. i did however find on an oldsmobile forum (google search) that they had to drill out cranks on an olds motor.

thanks.
Grant

 

[tRustyK5]

All SBC's should be already good to go as they commonly came with manual trannies. I'm not 100% sure 400's came drilled, but I wouldn't be surprised. Your 350 will be though...

Olds and Caddy engines need drilling because they almost never came with manual trannies.

 

[wheeler]

awesome, thank you much. i was not looking forward to having to pull the crank as part of the swap.

 

[gonefishin]

you should be good i have never seen a chevy that needs to be drilled and i prefer the pilot bushing over the bearing because they hold up better to mud and dirt