My new 350

Kevin89 · Member

My new 350

Rich_S85SS · Moderator

Very cool. Congrats!

intimadatorsquizz · Moderator

congrats and good luck

aeroocoupe · Senior Member

good looking sb. looks like u have a vic jr on it.

mattthias · Moderator- Monte Hunters Camera Crew

nice. I like the flat black look.

black07ss · Guru

Sweet!! Looking Good!!

Kevin89 · Member

thanks alot everybody.

@bob are you IBEW? what local?

black07ss · Guru

Yes L.U. 38 Inside Wireman

Kevin89 · Member

thats excellent, grandfather was LU 501 in NYC and my dad is LU 3 in westchester. you guys have alot of work out there? my dad's got a 5 week furlough this year.

NYMontess · Administrator

good luck with the swap and congrats on the new motor

black07ss · Guru

No very slow Kevin. I have been lucky and have not had any time off yet. Knock on wood

TURNA · Senior Member

Looks like you have a Victor series type intake on there.

Do you know what cam is in the engine now?

I am not sure what you consider a "mild cam" but you may not be able to use that intake with a mild cam.

Kevin89 · Member

its an old school edlebrock scorpion intake, from what ive been told its the same as a vic jr. the mild cam is a comp cams xe262, im not going to use that intake tho, im using an edlebrock performer. ill use the scorpion when i get some new heads and a bigger cam down the road.

Kevin89 · Member

sad news. took the engine to the machine shop to get the cam/lifters/valve springs done, and turns out my cam bearings are worn down to the copper. So my engine guy says he can take the whole thing apart, rebuild it (new pistons, rings, gaskets, rebuild the heads, main bearings, cam bearings, cams, lifters, valve springs etc.) for $1700, but i just dont have that kinda money right now, so it looks like im going to be doing the rebuild myself for the most part. im kinda bummed honestly, i bought this motor so i wouldnt have to go through all this, but i guess it'll be fun. ill take lots of pics and keep you all posted. For now I'm just gonna go with my origional plan of getting rid of the Computer and doing distributer, intake, carb, and headers. Ill post some pics of that too.

TURNA · Senior Member

Did he inspect the mains?

Or did he just say it needs a rebuild?

Kevin89 · Member

as far as i know he dindt inspect the mains, just the front cam bearing was worn, he said he'd still swap the cam for me, but couldnt gaurantee i wouldnt spin a bearing sooner rather than later.

TURNA · Senior Member

did you see the bearings worn down or did he just say that?

Kevin89 · Member

i haven't seen them, I'm going to pick up the motor tomorrow night, ill take a look at them then. Any input?

TURNA · Senior Member

My first thought was your engine builder like most is a lying slimeball and just taking advantage of you. Squeezing you for every penny.

Then I thought well hell it has a Scorpion intake on it. So either the engine is very old or who ever built it did a half @ss job. Being that the Scorpion intake is about 30 years old.

I guess you will find out when you pick it up.

The engine should be apart if he checked the cam bearings. Intake off, timming cover off, timing chain removed, pushrods out, liffters out and of corse the cam out.

Kevin89 · Member

the engine was considered "old" about 10 years ago haha, its a 1978. I'll let you know tonight after i pick it up how everything looks.

TURNA · Senior Member

Are you saying it was built in 1978 as a performance engine? Or the block is from a 1978 car?

Kevin89 · Member

sorry, its a 1978 block, that apperantly was just painted, with a new intake. i picked it up tonight, its in bad shape. gonna need to be bored about .30 over, new pistons, bearings, gaskets. probably going to do valve seals as well. so i'll keep everyone posted as time goes on.

TURNA · Senior Member

Save yourself alot of headache and just buy this when you have the money.

The rebuild that guy was going to give you for 1700, you could have this and it is brand new.

Along with a performer type intake and a 650 holley she will have plenty of power to have fun with.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/NAL-12499529/

Kevin89 · Member

yeah, im still debating crate motor vs. rebuild. but that is pretty sweet.