I have a 350 in my car right now but i have another 350 i'm getting ready to rebuild out of a 80's chevy truck is there anything i have to change to make the motor fit in my car and also is there anything i would need to know. I know about cars but this is my first engine rebuild anything would be helpful. thanks

 

No. The motor will mount up the same as your current small block.

This is a very broad question. What do you have qestions about? Fitment? Rebuild? What parts to use?

 

people often on here say they are going to rebuild the engine and i dont know if they mean literally doing the work themselves or they are going to have the motor rebuilt. so if you are asking for any advice i would say think long and hard about what parts you want to use and ask alot of questions. then pony up the lil extra money to have the machine shop put your motor together. people way too many times over simplify and engine build. if u are building some low rpm stock style sbc that wont see abuse then yea they arny that hard to do but for an engine going into a camaro where it will see higher rpms and alot of abuse i would have a pro build it. at the least have a pro assist you building it if you just must build it yourself....sorry if i rant.

 

Thats what i did with my LT1. I had the shop rebuild my rotating assembly for me. I didnt want to buy the tools to do it and the measurements had to be too precise for me to be comforatable doing it myself. Thats what i would reccomend you do also. A little more money yes, but you know its going to be done right, and if you have any problems with the motor, then you can make it theirs!

 

yeah ive done a few rebuilds in class and helped my buddy do hit lt1 bottom end, i wouldnt want to do my shortblock....just let the pros do it and ill bolt on the heads on up....truly smart guys know their limits...

 

I agree with you guys and my dad owns a shop and he has done sum rebuilds. He watched over my brother when he built his 383 stroker to go into his 74 camaro. I was just wanting to new if it was going to work and to see if there was anything i needed to know about doing a swap because my dad doesn't know much about working on our cars so any little information would help or anything special i need to know. thanks guys

 

It mostly depends on what kind of set up you are going to be running. The engine will bolt into your car no problem. There are plenty of popular header choices for sbc that fit thirdgens mostly shorties but there are a few lt's. The 700r4 will still work, unless you plan on having a signifigant increase in power, then you might want to consider a swap for the 4l60e(i think) or beef up the 700 a bit. If you keep TPI then that would be the easiest way to do it. If you switch to a different EFI, like the hsr, lt1 ect, then that will be a little more in depth electronicaly.. All depends on what you want to do. Nothing is too overly difficult.

 

a 700r4 is no weaker then a 4l60e...Gm changed their way of naming transmissions and the 700r4 became known as the 4l60 mean 4 gears, l for longitudily (spl?) mounted aka rwd, and 60 being their strength rating, the 4l60e is an electronicaly controlled 700r4 in a nutshell....

 

Interesting. I stand corrected.

 

Although basically the same as the TH700R-4, the 4L60 and 4L60E are slightly improved. Better front pump, other internals beefed up some.

 

My 700r4 cost me $1100 i got a stage 2 shift kit with a 2200 stole thats all i really know about it and ya i am going to clean my tpi and put it back on the new motor i have another question why when i do a burn out only one wheel i have a posi rear end with the disc breaks and i hve had about 5 people tell me that i do have posi i do have sum pics of one of the best one wheeled wonders u will see i will try getting them on here so you guys can see but ya let me new anything else that would help thanks guys

 

posi should leave 2 marks. i dont know, the only way to tell for sure is to raise the rear and spin your wheel, if they both spin the same direction you have posi, if not, you got a peg leg (i think thats right)

 

Exactly what year is this "80's truck" engine?

 

That doesn't always work. The real way to tell for sure is to take the cover off and look.

 

ya the motor is coming out of a 80's truck but i'm only using the block and the heads every thing else is either new or coming off the motor in the car.
This burn out took me 111 steps and the truck in the picture did no do it my car did the burn out mark

 

You'd be better off only using the block and keeping the heads off your car, too.

 

 

so you guys are saying to just us the block from the truck motor and use the other parts from the car well the parts i don't by new

 

you can try get 305 heads to up the compression, or vette aluminum heads

 

Exactly

 

alright thanks guys i will keep you updated on what i'm doing