Thread: The best built 350 4 bolt main, oil pan to carb?

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Originally Posted by astroracer

The best built 350 4 bolt main, oil pan to carb?
Two Thousand Dollars?????
All 2 grand will get you is a decent rebuild on that 350. It won't even scratch the surface of what your title aludes too...
Buy a crate motor and stuff it in there. More then enough power for the Monza and it WILL sh!t & git...
Mark

Good call.

383 kit ,vortec heads ,rpm air gap and extreme energy cam and call it done.
Destroke it ,to loose bottom end, spend money on crank ,rods and pistons, valve gear,spin it to the moon.There are about 400 diferent combos,you need to know what you want out of this deal?street racin ,drag racin,road course,tire melter,high speed pull?

Originally Posted by shawnlee28

383 kit ,vortec heads ,rpm air gap and extreme energy cam and call it done.
Destroke it ,to loose bottom end, spend money on crank ,rods and pistons, valve gear,spin it to the moon.There are about 400 diferent combos,you need to know what you want out of this deal?street racin ,drag racin,road course,tire melter,high speed pull?

This may cost a little bit more than $2,000 or a lot more.

Wow, I havent put together an engine for $2000 (or less) for
over 15 years!!!......

A guy can pretty easily build a good running motor for under 2000 dollars. Vizard shows you how to build a GOOD DEPENDABLE motor for under 500 dollars. It's possible to build a strong motor for under 2 grand but a MONSTER is a different story. I learned that the hard way. I thought, "$2500 is a good budget to build a strong street motor out of." Now, 6 months and nearly $3000 dollars later, I have another $1000 to spend in top end parts (head machining, carburator, intake, headers, ect) and I've got about $1000 to spend on the rearend to set it up /w a 4.11 and posi.

My point is: building a strong motor will reflect on the rest of your car. By that I mean, a ground thundering engine will require a "bulletproof" tranny and rearend if you ever actually plant your back tires. Would be a shame to go for your first launch with a brand new motor and lose because you spit the axle out the side of your car.

Originally Posted by Hopper111

A guy can pretty easily build a good running motor for under 2000 dollars. Vizard shows you how to build a GOOD DEPENDABLE motor for under 500 dollars. It's possible to build a strong motor for under 2 grand but a MONSTER is a different story. I learned that the hard way. I thought, "$2500 is a good budget to build a strong street motor out of." Now, 6 months and nearly $3000 dollars later, I have another $1000 to spend in top end parts (head machining, carburator, intake, headers, ect) and I've got about $1000 to spend on the rearend to set it up /w a 4.11 and posi.

You might want to check the date on you Vizard book.L.O.L.

no sir, there's a combination in Vizards "How to build max performance chevy small blocks on a budget" that runs just under $500 dollars. Sure, it's low HP low compression, but it's dependable and makes good enough vacuum. NOTICE THAT I SAID GOOD, DEPENDABLE. NOT GOOD AND POWERFUL. Anyway, i'm not gonna argue because this post is about high performance 350, not everyday driver 350. there's a huge price difference. Factory spec rebuilt = rings, bearings, gaskets and minimal machining. That's not that hard to do under $500. I may be slightly off on the price figure, its been months since i've read the book and i'm currently at work. but 500 seems about right for what the motor offered.