[carpenter383]

Originally Posted by Dargo

Gemini, if you were familiar with the 70 (most call them 70 1/2), you'd know that there are two bolts at the top of the bell housing next to the firewall that are nearly impossible to reach from either under the car or from the top. If you removed the front wheels you could reach through the wheel well and openings in the inner fender and get to the bolts easier. There are several tricks to working on those old partial frame vehicles. My '69 Z28 Camaro was the not quite the same since it came with a 302ci engine rather than a 350. How many 302ci GM engines have you seen?

While a 302 sbc is a rare factory engine it's still a sbc. I don't see how that would affect getting to the bell bolts since all sbc are the same physical size and bolt pattern. Maybe you mean yours is different because it's a 1st gen instead of a 2nd gen camaro. Btw it's easy to build a 302, just take a 350 block and put a widely available aftermarket 3" stroke crank in it. While you could also use a 327 block (also 4" bore) The vast majority of 327 blocks used small journal cranks. I believe all the factory 302's were large journal.