Thank you everyone for the replies and advice!
Even if my Zephyr is starting with a manual transmission on the floor, is the hump still different? I know they had a different configuration for automatic vs. manual, but didn't know that the Fairmont/Zephyrs had a different manual trans floor hump from the Fox Mustang/Capri. Since I have that rare, factory console, I'd sure hate to have to cut it up.
Worried that using an Explorer engine and converting to carb would be sort of a snowball project. Wouldn't I need a carb, intake manifold, distributor, cam gear, front cover, front accessories, etc. etc? By the time I did all that, I think I'd rather figure out the goods to run EFI. Trying to keep this semi-simple, as if I try to go big right away, odds are that the project will sit another three years. I'm ok with starting slow...literally!
As for the brake lines, I'm reading that I can just scavenge the 6.75 or 7.5 lines from the Zephyr axle, then swap those over to the 8.8, which sounds like the easiest/cleanest approach. Haven't looked at the Zephyr, but my Fairmont's brake line comes off the right side floor pan area. Assume it's the same. That way, I don't have to deal with the center body pan bracket. It's also the economical approach, which I like. Yes, I realize that I'm a little goofy about preferring single exhaust. Figure that if Mike Cunningham is racing a 347 and using a 3" single exhaust, it's probably enough for any 302 I might have.
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