Wondering how tight it would be in the engine bay, not including headers because I'm guessing headers will be it's own special fun. How bad firewall - to - radiator ?
I know a front clip deal would open up a lot.
Re: 383/400 big block in a Gremlin ?
[Re: hemienvy]
#2639430 03/31/1911:40 PM03/31/1911:40 PM
We had a hemi gremlin running around here in the late 70s / early 80s. I had nothing to do with it, but as I recall, there didn’t seem to be much done to it. Of course, getting spark plugs out of a hemi is a bit easier than a wedge.
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Re: 383/400 big block in a Gremlin ?
[Re: hemienvy]
#2639553 04/01/1910:02 AM04/01/1910:02 AM
I say go for it. I've got a '73 mercedes with a low deck big block mopar. Its a full moly tube chassis with strut front end. I had a 73 Gremlin X with the 304, was a kick. And yes you will need to fab the headers. But it will work.
Re: 383/400 big block in a Gremlin ?
[Re: merpar]
#2639564 04/01/1910:29 AM04/01/1910:29 AM
I knew a guy that raced at MCIR(Larue,Oh.) years ago that had a 383 gremlin only thing was he didn't have headers in car and ran a stock type manifolds he was around Columbus area if I remember ran 12's and drove it to track.It was a little tight in engine bay but he said he wanted something different.
Re: 383/400 big block in a Gremlin ?
[Re: 7074cuda]
#2639565 04/01/1910:32 AM04/01/1910:32 AM
This Hemi Gremlin build was well documented in color before the PhotoBucket dust-up. I can't recall what, if anything, was done to the engine bay to shoehorn the elephant into place.
Re: 383/400 big block in a Gremlin ?
[Re: toddinNH]
#2639897 04/01/1909:06 PM04/01/1909:06 PM
First issue is a short trans tunnel opening. So, when you get the big block where it wants to sit in the engine bay, in order to fit the trans, everything is running down hill unless you open it up some. Dale's features an all steel front end, but it is removable and the core support is cut out.
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