those that have gone Glide.... come on in!

This is gonna be a long post with detail. I hope you decide to go with a glide after all the typing that I'm gonna do here, lol.

It is simple, and easy. Best thing I ever did on my bracket car. This will sound like a lot of work, but it only takes about two evenings after work, and you are done.

I will tell you from the get go, DO NOT buy an Ultra Bell adaptor. It requires you to cut the entire bell housing off of your powerglide and use the front pump bolts to bolt the bell housing on. This makes selling the glide almost impossible if you decide to later.

Buy the TCI adaptor plate kit. It comes with every single piece needed and has very clear instructions. It looks like a mid plate and can be used as one if desired. However, I simply cut my plate out on a band saw and smoothed the edges round with a Roloc wheel on a die grinder. It is barely visible sticking out from behind the engine.

Heres what you will need:

TCI KIT #149180 at a cost of $507.97 from Summit

A trans mount for a powerglide. I used the solid mount.

A piece of 1/4'' flat bar a little wider than the trans mount holes. Cant remember if I used 3'' or 4''.

A yoke for a Powerglide tailshaft housing.

A GM torque convertor.

Follow this procedure, and it will be done right and save you a lot of time.

With the Mopar engine and tranny in the car, get underneath and take some measurements with the driveshaft out. You are looking to get a measurement from the top of the tranny tunnel to the center of the output shaft. This is going to help you locate the GM tranny at the correct height when making your trans mount.

Once you have that measurement, write it down. Now just follow the instructions from TCI and get your glide mounted behind the engine and in the car. With the trans jack under the tranny and the GM trans mount bolted to the tranny, jack the trans up and take your measurement to the center of the output shaft from the top of the trans tunnel. jack the tranny up until the measurement is the same as the one you took with the Mopar trans in the car. Now take your factory mopar crossmember and put it in place.

Now take your piece of flat bar, and with it pushed flat up against the GM tranny mount, slide it back until it hits your Mopar cross member. Now mark the cross member with a marker around the flat bar so that you can notch out the front of it just enough to let the flat bar slide through and hit the back of the cross member. Once you notch it out, bolt it back in place, and slide the flat bar through until it bottoms out on the back of the cross member. Now tack weld the flat bar to the cross member while keeping it pushed up tight to the GM trans mount.

Now, mark your flat bar so it is flush or just past flush with the front of your GM tranny mount, and cut it off. Now all that is left is to mark your flat bar where you need to drill the two holes so you can bolt it to the GM trans mount, and you are done. Take it off and weld the bar to the cross member in every place that it makes contact. There will be plenty of welds on it.

That's it, you are done.

All that's left is to measure for your new driveshaft length and use a yoke for the powerglide. You still use a mopar mini starter on the front of the TCI plate.

WHICH JUST REMINDED ME. CHECK STARTER FITMENT BEFORE YOU BOLT EVERY THING IN THE CAR. YOU MAY HAVE TO USE A DIE GRINDER TO CLEARENCE THE INSIDE OF THE POWERGLIDE BELL HOUSING ENOUGH TO LET THE STARTER SEAT FULLY WHEN MOUNTED.

Its not a big deal and only took me about 15 minutes to do. The TCI instructions tell you that you may have to do it on some trannys.

Now you just order a Convertor for a powerglide. nothing special, because the TCI kit has all the right spacing and adaptation done so that it bolts right up.

If you got any questions, ask them here so I can answer them and anyone else considering the swap can see it.

As far as gear, I run a 4.86 in my car. Car weighs about 3250 with me in it, and I shift my 408 at 6400rpm. 60ft times are around 1.45-1.48 depending on the air.

I don't mind helping you with this if you have questions. I wish a post like this had been here when I did mine.