Hello. You have it backwards if your referring to the 8 in your VIN as being the character in the VIN's eighth position. If the eighth VIN digit is an
F then it's the 305 TPI. An
8 is for the 350 TPI. I would assume that's good news.
As for the badge, I can't recall what it is but it could have been put on by the vert conversion company. You see, if the VIN's eighth digit is an
8, then this vert was not created by ASC for Chevrolet. None of those verts had 350's. This car would have been sent to a vert conversion company independently by a previous owner or possibly from a dealer sending it away.
Do you have any pictures of the vert and/or badge?