Hello, I recently bought a rebuilt 327 (.040 over). Anyways I want to test her out before I set her up in the Fiero.

Basically, I know very little about engines ( compared to you guys at least). The engine is sitting on a stand complete carb - pan and has not been ran for at least a year. I just need to put a flywheel on it and hook up the starter. Although the dist is MSD and has a small loom of wire(6 wires?) going from it so i'm going to assume I need to buy the MSD ignition set to hook that up to.

I don't have access to a welder, but I can build pretty decently with wood :l

Thanks!

I guess all you need to do is secure the engine somehow... If you only fire it up for a couple seconds you probably do not even need a cooling system. Although I have a fiero radiator you can have... just run lines at least its something.

Why could you not run it on the engine stand? I suppose it might not be stable enough.

As far as starting it, I dont know about the MSD. But some fuel line to the mechanical pump in a bucket of gas and 12 volts to the starter and ignition and she should fire right up.

Good luck

[This message has been edited by thedrue (edited 04-02-2010).]

Make sure you prime the oil system before cranking it over. Why not get a fiero cradle and mount it there. Get it all ready. Once its running just swap cradles.