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Hot Rod Magazine Swaps an Engine in Summit Racing's Parking Lot: The Parts List

Hot Rod's Mike Finnegan and David Freiburger wrapped up yet another adventure in their Roadkill series with a successful finish to their '69 El Camino engine swap in the parking lot of Summit Racing Equipment's Retail Store in Sparks. They drove from LA to the Summit Racing store in Nevada to swap the tired 350 two-barrel small block for a BluePrint Engines 383 stroker motor. Mike and David did all of the work themselves, with tools they brought themselves, on a car that has had a questionable life at best.

The two-day swap involved wrenching out the old engine, getting snowed on, dropping the new engine in, and getting snowed on some more. The boys finished up the swap on Friday April 6 and motored home to the City of Angels in time to unwrap their Easter baskets on Sunday.

You can see all of Mike and David's shenanigans on Hot Rod's Facebook page. Everyone will be able to watch the entire saga on the latest installment of Hot Rod's Roadkill video series on YouTube.

In the meantime. we thought you would like to see the list of parts Mike and Daivd used for the swap--you know, in case anyone else is daft enough to attempt their own Roadkill adventure.

MLL-BP3834CTC1: BluePrint Engines 383 CID Chevy Crate Engine
SUM-C4266: Summit Racing Street & Strip SFI Harmonic Damper
SUM-G1677: Summit Racing Harmonic Damper Bolt
TCI-399773: TCI Flexplate
ARP-200-2906: ARP Flexplate Bolts
SUM-312449: Summit Racing Mechanical Water Pump
TFF-7102NC: Tuff Stuff 100 Amp Alternator

NGK-7405: NGK Spark Plugs
MSD-5565: MSD Street Fire Ignition Wires
SUM-820323: Summit Racing Protorque Starter
SUM-239433: Summit Racing Air Cleaner Assembly
EDL-1721: Edlebrock Performer RPM Mechanical Fuel Pump
ARP-130-1602: ARP Fuel Pump Bolts
ARP-134-8701: ARP Fuel Pump Pushrod
FEL-6579: Fel-Pro Fuel Pump Gasket
SUM-G3152B: Summit Racing Fuel Pump to Carburetor Fuel Line Kit
BMM-30287: B&M TH-350 Kickdown Cable

SUM-G9001: Summit Racing Full Length Headers
MRG-5902: Mr. Gasket Ultra-Seal Header Gaskets
SCE-4300: SCE Collector Gaskets
SUM-G1490A: Summit Racing Header Bolts
SUM-G4754: Summit Racing Header Reducers
FLO-17119: Flowmaster American Thunder Exhaust System