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Originally Posted by LT1 Kayker
This guy from a junkyard near here is friends with my uncle that I baught my 89 C1500 from a little over a year back, and I also do a lot of construction work for his company so my uncle and I are pretty good buddies. Anyways his friend at the yard heard of my troubles on this 305 with almost 300K hard driven work miles on it and said he will give me a 350 he has with 170K on it that runs for free. It needs work but it runs. (probably better than the 305 in the truck right now even)
Well im just wondering what I should do with it. For sure im going to get some junkyard Vortech heads for it, and since it needs some work and everything...I was pondering stroking it to a 383 while im at it and just getting a balanced set deal. I have seen some around for $900ish bucks. New cam, 5.7" rods, pistons, crank, cam, and so on so I don't have to grind and screw everything up and such, and I also wouldn't have to worry about the 350 parts that came with it. Electronics and exhaust systems I can do so no worry about that. Theres more im leaving out I know, what else should there be done?
What is your opinions on this? Should I just leave it a 350 and rebuild it, or stroke it to 383 with a complete "inside block" system thats balanced and everything? Im really excited about this so any opinions or info would be great, thanks.
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i like the 383 engine build up but the thing that would concern me is the rest of the drivetrain. if your giving your engine a big boost in power and you have the old tranny, torque converter and rearend behind it then i could see parts breaking.
what kind of engine do you want and what is your budget?