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PLease check this website, they talk about the crank shaft and they allow to use the 305 on a 350.

i know you can get a reman crank from parts stores like Advance, Auto Zone, etc. they are fairly inexpensive, also if im not mistaken, the part #'s are the same

Go pull a crank at the junk yard, run it to your local machine shop, and have it turned or exchange it for one that already has been. Add $80-120 onto whatever the junkyard charged you for the crank for machine work.

I've used 305 cranks in 350's with no problem. Well, no more problem than any other 350 hand grenade.

Sorry for my ignorance, what do you mean by hand grenade? jejeje

R Pope : Have you used 305 heads on 350? How they worked?

305 heads are the light casting, and crack easily. I don't use them on anything. They don't make as much power as any 350 heads, even the poorer ones.
The hand grenade crack relates to the fact that I blow them up regularly. Not my favourite engine. I put 9 of them in my '72 Elky SS, but then we drove it 540K miles in 25 years.

"305 heads are the light casting, and crack easily."

yes 305 head "can" be different, but they also can be the exact same thing as a 350 head. it all depends on the year of the head. example head casting 3998997, used 78-84 on both the 305 and the 350. like i said in my first reply, check your #'s and do your homework