Thread: 355 sbc question about exhaust sound (need some help here!)

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Originally Posted by Matthyj

Tie, I want you to check your fuel pump out, it is possible but unlikely to run a efi pump for a carb, volume and pressure are different beasts but often confused, that carb needs low presure high volume and that efi pump is kicking out way more than needed (psi) it would have to be regulated severely to even function correctly.
I am glad you stayed and hope you learn something from the older guys, wisdom is something you aquire and not learn and it comes with hard knocks and these guys have it so just keep an open mind and learn, in the world of hot rods your bouncing around with some true super heroes (literally) here, anyone on here knows how many hours and dollars as well as sacrifices there are to build a car so your sort of preaching to a choir on that note. I am a scout leader so I devote a lot of time to teaching youth (for free) and talk a bunch about rods with young guys, how long something takes is irrelavant in our world of rodding as the toil invested by a youth is not in the same persepective as an adult, ex. many finished cars on here where probably started while you where in your early years of elementary school and countless hour have been dumped weekly into them, full rebuilds take anywhere from 1000 to 4000 hours to complete, something hard to even imagine when I was your age. Have fun, we need more youth into our hobby is my belief but use some respect as alot on here have earned it.
Nobody is questioning wether your motor is a legit 350, though one of the best motors in history they are very very common in hot rodding they are wanting casting # for performance reasons as these motors came in smogger motors as well as high performance, ex you can have the best parts in the world but if your 350 has smogger heads on it its being strangled to death! (Most rodders keep a sacrificial sbc around just because) 10k is not much for "specialty" motors but for a sbc it is quite a bit to get into it as these motors are the cheapest at turning $ in horsepower and every motor has a limit on hp, in sbc's you should be getting into some pretty exotic parts for that kind of dough so thats why the questions, we didn't see shiny billet heads or supechargers, efi etc or anything, not saying it not possible just some tell tale signs they look for (valve covers and air cleaners are irrelavant). Take care & Have fun

The fuel pump is an efi fuel pump. its running a regulator further up the line to bring the pressure down to a usable amount (i believe its set to 5 psi but its been awhile since i looked at it)
and as for the questioning if the motor is a legit 350 "This kid has a warmed over 305 with a flat tappet Thumpr cam" i just wanted to restate that it was indeed a 350 punched to 355.
and keep in mind that its in Canadian funds which is around 7k U.S. also remember that the shipping on the parts would have been more, our taxes here, etc... there is a stuff you guys down in the us may not know money wise when building up here in canada with our economy. I was just saying what the bill i was shown was.

Originally Posted by Tie-355

The fuel pump is an efi fuel pump. its running a regulator further up the line to bring the pressure down to a usable amount (i believe its set to 5 psi but its been awhile since i looked at it)
and as for the questioning if the motor is a legit 350 "This kid has a warmed over 305 with a flat tappet Thumpr cam" i just wanted to restate that it was indeed a 350 punched to 355.
and keep in mind that its in Canadian funds which is around 7k U.S. also remember that the shipping on the parts would hae been more, our taxes here, etc... there is a stuff you guys down in the us may not know money wise when building up here in canada. I was just saying what the bill i was shown was.

Good morning Tie, let's try to have a meeting of the minds here if we can.

First off, I never called you a liar, that was not in my mind at all. What was in my mind was that you had been taken advantage of, like many of us were taken advantage of in our youth and I was trying to help you find out exactly what the motor was/is. You still don't know what it is. You're stubbornly clinging to what the buyer told you and I'm very sad about that. Perhaps you really don't care to know the truth and that's my fault for trying to push you to know what the motor really is, so please accept my apology.

I don't care what the motor is, it has no importance to me beyond trying to help you determine if you were "rooked" or not. I think you were, but if you won't cooperate with me to find out the truth, then there is nothing else I can do. Wishing you a nice life, son. Stick around and learn from the other fellows and gals on here if you wish, they're a very knowledgeable crowd and all of us enjoy teaching. There are several build threads going on here all the time, so there is plenty to see.

Oh, one more thing. This is your statement from another post....
" I cant get numbers because the motor barely fits in the engine bay of that car so there is no way to get the numbers to prove it was originally a 350."
Tie, please, do you think you're dealing with children here? The numbers are easy to get off a small block motor sitting in a .........aw hell, you've deleted what car the motor is in, but it seems like it wasn't an Isetta or Sprite or something like that where it actually would be a tight fit. I'm trying to remember that it was a Firebird or something, which has room for 2 small block Chevies. And again, I see now that you are not interested in finding the truth, so this is the last I will contribute to this thread. You are, of course, welcome to hang around and learn if you like.

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Originally Posted by techinspector1

Good morning Tie, let's try to have a meeting of the minds here if we can.

First off, I never called you a liar, that was not in my mind at all. What was in my mind was that you had been taken advantage of, like many of us were taken advantage of in our youth and I was trying to help you find out exactly what the motor was/is. You still don't know what it is. You're stubbornly clinging to what the buyer told you and I'm very sad about that. Perhaps you really don't care to know the truth and that's my fault for trying to push you to know what the motor really is, so please accept my apology.

I don't care what the motor is, it has no importance to me beyond trying to help you determine if you were "rooked" or not. I think you were, but if you won't cooperate with me to find out the truth, then there is nothing else I can do. Wishing you a nice life, son. Stick around and learn from the other fellows and gals on here if you wish, they're a very knowledgeable crowd and all of us enjoy teaching. There are several build threads going on here all the time, so there is plenty to see.

Oh, one more thing. This is your statement from another post....
" I cant get numbers because the motor barely fits in the engine bay of that car so there is no way to get the numbers to prove it was originally a 350."
Tie, please, do you think you're dealing with children here? The numbers are easy to get off a small block motor sitting in a .........aw hell, you've deleted what car the motor is in, but it seems like it wasn't an Isetta or Sprite or something like that where it actually would be a tight fit. I'm trying to remember that it was a Firebird or something, which has room for 2 small block Chevies. And again, I see now that you are not interested in finding the truth, so this is the last I will contribute to this thread. You are, of course, welcome to hang around and learn if you like.

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i went back out and checked again to see if i can get that casting number you want but i cant. there is just no room to see it. there is about a 2 inch gap between the motor and the car and there is wires, the distributor, wiper motor and more wires clogging up that little bit of space. i just cant see the ledge that has the casting number on it. i dont know what else to say

Originally Posted by Tie-355

i went back out and checked again to see if i can get that casting number you want but i cant. there is just no room to see it. there is about a 2 inch gap between the motor and the car and there is wires, the distributor, wiper motor and more wires clogging up that little bit of space. i just cant see the ledge that has the casting number on it. i dont know what else to say

It will be a pain, but no more difficult than the 350 in my 76 Vette. You need the code from the pad from behind the left head and the suffix code from the pad in front of the right head. Example: 3970010 left pad= 1969-79 350 2 or 4 bolt mains car,truck, Vette V1001 CKX= 1976 Corvette 185 horsepower or L 48