I am in the process of gauging engine prices, anyone know a good engine at a good price?

 

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I suppose that would depend on your definition of "good" in both respects.

I recently bought a new engine to swap from a 305 to 350...in all my searching and research, the cheapest price I found was here:

www.rebuilt-auto-engines.com

If Im not mistaken, the 350 I bought was this one, for about $1200:

http://www.rebuilt-auto-engines.com/...21107283192.35

I cant say how "good" it is, because were just finishing up the swap now...we havent even started it yet.

Good luck!

 

Whats your budget,and are you gonna attempt the work or have someone else do it.

 

Well it will probably be $2 or 3000. I am going to get someone else to do it in fear that I would totally screw it up lol... but besides the engine, what else would I need?

Could a corvette engine fit in my car. I think she currently has a 305 TBI, could a SLI be implemented?
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This one seems like a good deal. (not corvette):

http://www.rebuilt-auto-engines.com/...21107283192.35

this is corvette engine:

http://www.rebuilt-auto-engines.com/...38107143000.5e

 

You can get a complete 350 crate motor from gm.It's made for a 1992 fleetwood and runs well I put one in my gta.Call up your local dealership.

 

boy, what an immensly broad question, with equally broad answers.

Sure a vette engine will work, I got a '76 "Vette" motor in my garage I could sell ya for $3000, it'd make your car GO like a Vette alright.

GM makes some nice cheap complete motors, for somewhere in the $1800 range I thought. So in Newfoundland dollars you'd be just above $3000 when you're ready to turn the key and run it. 250HP 350CID Goodwrench style engine there.

 

the first engine you have there looks like a 82 to 92 corvette & camaro L-98 with the camaro iron 083 heads.The second one looks like the corvette camaro LT-4 WHICH makes great power.They both look like pretty good deals.I`m a little warry of the remans though. I used the fleetwood/caprice TBI goodwrench crate engine that rohmanski was talking about($1,650 new) because the bottom end is the same as the L-98 camaro/corvette engine.the cam and heads are poor and only makes about 200 hp at most so i used the 1996 CORVETTE/CAMARO LT-4 cam (about $100 new) with the 1.6 roller rockers(about $280 new) to get full use of the cam.For the heads i used the ZZ-4 heads which are the same as the alluminum L-98 corvette heads(about $1,100 new) and boom i got a corvette engine.There are good heads that are cheaper,but i wanted to stay as true to third gen original equipment as i could and bolt my tpi right on to it.With the second engine you`ll probably need a different fly wheel if its not a 1 piece rear main seal.Are you gonna go with a carb setup or try to bolt your tbi up to it.There are all kinds of options out there,order a catalog from these guys 1-888-522-8163 pace performance.com they have good prices on new warrentied GM engines and have good help on the phone getting you the power you want at a price you can afford.But haveing someone do it for you is not going to be cheap either.No matter what someone quotes you for a price on an engine swap there ars almost always hidden and unexpected cost that can drive the final price way up.

 

Keep me posted because I was thinking about buying that motor for my IROC. Just wanted to know if someone else had an experience with that motor before I put my hard earning down for it.

 

In case I forget, or miss this thread...yell at me sometime in the next 7 days...we will be finishing up very soon (depending on the weather, its cold here!)...just gotta bypass the VATS and turn the key

 

I don't want to use the carb setup if I haven't got to, I would rather bolt my tbi up to it. Thanks I will give these guys a call.

 

bumo

 

How did the engine install. Hope everything went ok.