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

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Here's another way to prove my point. You can go buy a non running motor from any salvage yard in the country for approximately 100 dollars (give or take a few) Call up City Motor Supply Inc. out of Texas.

For $825 and that motor that you just paid 100 dollars for, they'll give you a complete motor minus intake and carb. So you can get off your "2000 dollars isn't enough" crock of something or rather and go find another post to argue about. (and no, this city motor supply catalog wasn't published in 1978 like your broken down copy of Vizard's book) (BTW City Motor Supply has been in business since 1943)

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You can go buy that same engine, strip all the pans and covers off, the cylinder heads off, and the intake off and send the short block to city motor supply and for $495 dollars and your short block, they'll send you their "CMS Race Engine" shortblock. SOOOO 495 + 100 dollars from the motor + a 100 or so in head prepping, and there you go. Turn key motor for 695 dollars. Again please go find something else to argue about. Motors aren't that hard to build for a lesser amount of money. The people that say it can't be done are the ones that buy everything brand new every time even if their used parts are still in perfect working order.
City Motor Supply sells a "70-79 5.7L 4 bolt main Long block" for "$560 dollars."
City Motor supply also offers a 383 stroker kit for $899 dollars the includes Cast steel crank, forged pistons, forged race ready rods, moly rings, and main/rod bearings. Buy that kit, put a little money into the block (which the OP says he already has) and go to town. LOOK FOR A DEAL, DON'T JUST BUY IT NEW BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE DOES.

I want to apologize to the rest of the forum members for my rant and our arguement. But I'm trying to prove a point because like Erik said, there are kids on here and they need to know the truth. Many kids shy away from the hot rod hobby because they can't afford those high dollar engines and the trend nowadays is to buy everything new and assemble it. These kids can't afford that and need someone to show and tell them how to do some things themselves to save some money.