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The Great Drivetrain Swap

In anticipation of this swap, we had scrounged a Chevy bellhousing from a late-’70s Camaro at a junkyard. This later-style bellhousing accepts the larger-diameter clutch and flywheel we were using, but there were complications (see Clutch Craft sidebar). Problem number four: The clutch Z-bar didn’t clear the shorty-style headers we had used on the wagon because the collector is too close to the block pivot on the driver side (arrow). Fortunately, we had a set of generic long-tube headers at the Car Craft shop leftover from an old dyno test that fit. Even though the steering box on ’65-’70 fullsize passenger cars sits behind the crossmember and steering linkage (rear-steer), these cars accept headers designed for front-steer Chevelles and early Camaros, and most header companies actually catalog all three under the same part number. View Related Article

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