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Old 10-08-2007, 07:38 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I'm restoring a 79 Trans Am with an Olds 403. The engine was pulled by the previous owner in '85 and I got the engine in a bunch of boxes. However some of the boxes have apparently vanished since '85. Are bolts for all the small blocks mostly the same? I don't have a single bolt for the engine asides from the bolts for the carb.

I'm having problems finding local sources for 403s as its a bit of an oddball engine since it was only offered for a few years and I was wondering if it might be easier to hunt down a different Olds small block
Any SBO will have the same bolts as a 403 EXCEPT the head bolts. You'll need head bolts from a 77-up motor, since Olds changed from 7/16" to 1/2" on the later motors.
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