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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 05:55 PM
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350 build

I bought my 350 and im going to pretty much completey rebuild it. Getting it acid dipped and sadblasted by my friend then I was thinking of buying the lower end kit off of jegs from eagle. Its like 600 its just street strip cast.

I was wondering on the heads. I was told by my friend to throw my old 305 heads on it for better compression to keep it on a budget build. Then get a decent cam and intake and call it quits. does that sound ok? any oppinions on this. Trying to stay under 1500 dollars on the whole rebuild
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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by joker0907
Getting it acid dipped...
For the record, it's a caustic solution, the opposite of an acid.

Originally Posted by joker0907
I was wondering on the heads. I was told by my friend to throw my old 305 heads on it for better compression to keep it on a budget build. Then get a decent cam and intake and call it quits. does that sound ok? any oppinions on this.
Not with stock LO3 RS swirlport TBI heads. LG4 carb heads, LB9 TPI heads, yes. But, not TBI heads.
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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 10:02 PM
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Re: 350 build

k so i need to get heads too.... i dont see me getting it done under 1500 then
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 12:26 AM
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Re: 350 build

When I built my motor, ended up finding a set of 906 Vortec heads for $250, in rebuilt condition. Just have to look, you may find a good deal.
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