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rotorwrench · 10-11-2020, 09:07 AM

The small block Chevy is about the shortest set up from front to rear if it has the short water pump but like any custom application, a person should mock it up before setting anything in stone. Don't forget the distributor is on the back on those Chevys. Some folks turn the firewall around to get more clearance on the later model A bodies. Folks on the HAMB/Jalopy Journal site would be a better bunch to ask. Most folks on here still run the original engines. Some of us run V8s but not all. I prefer the flathead AV8 traditional approach myself.

There should be measurements on the HAMB for the distance between radiator and firewall if you do a search.

10-11-2020, 09:07 AM	#2
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 16,440	Re: Tradel Bishop AV8 question on a 30 -31 body The small block Chevy is about the shortest set up from front to rear if it has the short water pump but like any custom application, a person should mock it up before setting anything in stone. Don't forget the distributor is on the back on those Chevys. Some folks turn the firewall around to get more clearance on the later model A bodies. Folks on the HAMB/Jalopy Journal site would be a better bunch to ask. Most folks on here still run the original engines. Some of us run V8s but not all. I prefer the flathead AV8 traditional approach myself. There should be measurements on the HAMB for the distance between radiator and firewall if you do a search.