NOPE    will not fit  (easily)   better to buy with a sbc and drive it     454 are for Hot Rodders  

mike667 wrote:

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I need a car with big block

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          I need sex once a year   buy thats not  happening

          Mike... you can put anything, in anything...  if you throw enough money at it    

 

         If you mention it here....

         you will end up with "must haves" of aluminum intakes, bigger cams, bigger carbs  

        nickel plated aluminum coated headers, and high stall converter, and high performance cross members

        and you will spent 10g  and still have a 7g car  

        BUT  you could buy a nice 454 out of a motorhome and change mounts and bolt it in for couple of grand      

        but watch the replys    it will be funny.......

I figured since it has a 305 the 454 would just bolt in but I don't have experience with 64's.

Carl is right, my GMC farm truck 454 in my LeMans blows real muscle cars away, if you drop a g note on a pick up or motor home that is running you will have more than enough to make skid marks.

LOL Carl!!

I prefer it bolt in rather than do custom modifications, mounts, etc.

So it is bolt in then? the 64 shares the same components as the impala?

I want to do what Ray recommends with the 454 as well...

-- Edited by mike667 on Saturday 3rd of May 2014 08:09:28 PM

http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t45959497/454-into-1973-lemans-swap/?page=1

dualquadpete wrote:

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Mike, if your not mechanically experienced & have the place & tools for this you may end up ruinning a good car!!!!Engine will "bolt" in but from there on your going to have to fabricate lots!! Throttle linkage, exh. def. won't "bolt" up then theres the matter of frt. suspension will be "taxed' with the extra weight [IMOP} If you buy the car JUST enjoy it & drive it. I'm not having any luck on selling the 64 Cat. other that KIJIJI IDIOTS that CAN"T READ!!!!

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         Buy the time Mike buys the 64 unknown car and adds a 454   He would wish he bought your car     A proven Hot Rod   

73SC wrote:

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Mike doesn't want a 64 really, like all young bucks he's anxious to get the finish line fast and doesn't yet know the value of taking it slow and easy for more a satisfying result and getting what he really wants.

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 I will agree and say that is very true! Yet, to add, Mike doesn't really know what Mike wants!

"Will a 454 fit into a 1964 Pontiac Parisienne (easily)??"

I wouldn't say easily but it's not a really hard swap either.
The engine itself will bolt right in but I'm not sure about the exhaust manifolds.
I had a 62 Impala that someone had put a big block in, but it had headers. I've heard that headers were hard to find but that was a few years ago, I wouldn't be surprised if somebody is making them now.
There are always a few small things you run into with a swap like this, like the fan shroud should be cut down a bit and possible clearance issues with the power brake booster.
As Brian said, those cars came with 409's and they are pretty much the same size as a big block Chevy. You don't have to dent the firewall or cut into the frame.

I went incognito on Impala sites and got the lowdown, tons of Big Block 454 and 572`s in 64 Impalas out there and the swap is easy peasy for the 64.  Virtually identical to any big block swap in a Canadian poncho. All the cautions already mentioned about exhaust manifolds headers, throttle linkage and radiator apply. Engine mounts are same as small block and there is  ample room since 409 is pretty much the same block. 

If Mike gets serious I`ll figure out the exhaust and linkage problems although most guys are saying standard V8 linkage works its only when the 230 is yanked in favour of 454 that issues crop up.

I would'nt be to concerned about hood clearance. The early big block cars used short water pumps so the matching alternator and power steering brackets are needed if the 454 long water pump won't fit. The car already has a three speed trans. so that could be reused. The drive shaft and rear end is the next thing to look at when adding the torque of the big block. The rear is held in using only three control arms where the 65 and up big block cars had four and a 12 bolt rear. Next is a brake upgrade to stop it. Barry

Go online and search old road tests for Chevelle SS454 or Impala 454 and see what they get, probably 6.5 to 8 seconds. Most Camry's are quicker than our old muscle cars. 

Just buy my LS1 2000 Camaro conv and be done with it    runs  high 10's at the drags  0-60 in 3.5 seconds   27 mpg and the top goes down for 1/2 of what a old stinky 60's dog