L@@kin 4 ideas !

[twistedtech]

Alright, here's the deal.I picked up my wife,man that wasn't easy,oh come on that was funny,anyways.I picked up an 88 s10 2.8 auto,2wd nice and straight, clean.I just don't know what I want to do with it.Juice it?S/C it? Mouse it? Rat it ?????WOW, that would be stupid to handle.Toss me some bones guys.

[dewaynecantrell]

good luck 2.8 motors are junk

[hotrod_chevyz]

Put a v-8 in it. For as much as you would spend on making a v-6 powerful, you could put a stock v-8 in it and it would be stronger and much more reliable.

2.8's are just about indestructable IMO. Ive had two, one in a 1984 s-10 blazer and one in a 1987 firebird. The one in the blazer had been ran dry on oil countless times, never killed it and it had very high miles. The one in the firebird was ran out of water over and over again. All the way from a crack in a radiator tank, to no drain plug in the radiator at all 0 water. After two weeks driving it in and out of town, i replaced the plug and it didnt hurt a thing. Hell it was driven like a month wth no cooling fan in it, and it ran great up until the day a full size truck drove across the hood.

[TheBrettster]

the 2.8 was voted by a chevrolet forums to be the worst engine chevy has made.

[G-man422]

i read the 3800 is the best... is that true?

[dewaynecantrell]

the best motor chevy has of allw ould have to be the 4.3 damn i love them , i have 4.3 in my fullsize and shes at 260 k alot miles and still no smoke or oil burning

[hotrod_chevyz]

IMO the best chevy engine is the 350 hands down. Its pretty much an opinion thing wich one is best, but the 350 drivetrain is cheap to mod, and lasts unlike any other ive seen. They have the largest market for aftermarket parts, and the 350 in a 70's monte carlo, is still the king of dirt track roundy-rounds, and has been for many years.

Mine has been rebuilt twice, and this year it turned 36 years old. As old as it is i would trust it over ANY computerized car on the road, because its so sturdy and simple. To get the entire engine rebuilt and set up to pump out 400 HP is only 500 bucks. 350/350 FTW!!

I still say a 2.8 is a good motor. Ive tried to tear a few of them up, and they simply wouldnt die. Ive ran them dry on fluids, pushed them past readline time and time again, and they took it. I dont see why everybody complains about 2.8's. The ones i had were all original high miles 80's motors, that wouldnt blow up, not that the attempt wasnt made.