Thread: Questions about a 1986-1994 block I would like to purchase.

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Hello all, and hoping someone can solve a problem for me. Hoping Tech Inspector is in the area..

Anyway, rather simple I think, and I will have you know I am completely astonished with the lack of knowledge of most of these guy at the speed shop.

I have a camaro with a 350 in it right now. Oil presure is low (6lbs) at idle. BAD..
The block is a 3970010 typical run of the mill 350. (With lots of good parts on it.) and it runs well. As of now 12.4 and I can get in and drive it across the USA if I wanted, and that is how I like it.(As long as the oil pressure doesn't drop any lower.ha ha)

Anyway, at the speed shop they have a 350 block, # 14093638. Long story, but it is on the stand, just bored 030 over, cooked,clean, new cam bearings ready to go.. 75bucks. My plan was to buy it being that if I pulled my engine out, to have it bored, cleaned ect is gonna cost alot more than 75bucks, so common sense tells me this would be the better move. plus it is a 1 piece real seal.

The question is, are all my parts interchangeable? Why I ask is on this newer block, when you look at the oil galley (under where the intake would sit) there are three holes where bolts would go to hold down what I think is a spring type metal piece for possibly roller lifters. Not sure, and I haven't had a newer chevy apart in a long time.

So, back to where I started. Is this a roller motor block? I wasn't interested in running a roller cam, so who can help me out? Currently I have a solid cam which I like, and wanted to re-use it.

I would think my heads,intake, dist, ect will bolt on like normal, but I am concerned with pushrod length and the lifter bores.

Maybe I am completely wrong, but hoping someone can chime in (without guessing) and help me out. Again, I figure for 75bucks, its a buy. But..If I have to purchase roller lifters and a new cam and pushrods, maybe it isn't a buy, as it would be cheaper to have my block bored.