69 Barracuda - 440 CID install

[Pavejackal]

Questions to the group - going to reinstall the 440 back into our 69 Cuda (2 years) and want to minimize our frustration about what happens first: (Mating up to a 727 auto, no mods to firewall or fender wells)
1. Do we place the TTI headers into the engine compartment before dropping the engine in, and;
2. Do we install the starter before / after installing the headers?

Thanks in Advance!

 

[Kendog 170]

I'd do it this way.

 

[Pavejackal]

that's an option - where are your suspension points for the body?

 

[Kendog 170]

Sorry, I don't understand the question.

 

[matthon]

Where are ya hooking those chains to yank the car up in the air?

 

[Fast340cuda]

Installed my 440/TTI combo from the bottom. Connected the hoist to the bumper bracket mounting holes.

 

[Kendog 170]

1/4" thick square tube cut to fit snug under the frame rails. Welded a couple of bolts near center to keep the chain from moving side to side.

 

[famous bob]

Questions to the group - going to reinstall the 440 back into our 69 Cuda (2 years) and want to minimize our frustration about what happens first: (Mating up to a 727 auto, no mods to firewall or fender wells)
1. Do we place the TTI headers into the engine compartment before dropping the engine in, and;
2. Do we install the starter before / after installing the headers?

Thanks in Advance!

with only a 7 ft ceiling , I did it all the hard way ...starter at the same time as the TTI headers ...

 

[jos51700]

I'd do it this way.

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