350 sbc in a 78 mustang 2

429MII said:

Not a nay sayer, but a chevy put in a II seems like a lot of work for no apparent gain.. If it is what you have to work with for power I get it, but it will be a bunch more work for sure.

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This.

So much this.

If it was an LS motor, I'd not only understand, I'd be on board.

I've been on record as saying LS swaps just make too much sense in virtually any car to not like them, and even gone as far to say that if the GMC I had with one was ever totalled, it'd be donating it's 4.8L LS to the II.

An old Chevy 350 though? What? The salvage yard was out of Mopar 360s? There's just no point.

Still wanna do it?

Short version:

Motor plates: make it easy on yourself. Oil filter relocation kit (trust me here). Cut the tunnel and weld in new floor to clear your transmission. Find a front sump pan and pickup or be prepared to do some funky fabrication to make a rear sump fit. Log-style manifolds from an old 327-tall-deck from a school bus or dump truck, or have custom headers welded up. Mock up some radiator hoses using pre-heater tubes and take those to the parts store with you to match it up.

That's engine swap science 101, I don't have a long version, you'll have to write that as you go along.