engine building question
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Car: 1988 Trans am GTA
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engine building question
I want to get a 350 built for my gta. I'm on a budget and wondered what would be more cost effective buying a new block and parts or buy a used engine? Its going to be a 4 bolt main block with vortec heads.
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Re: engine building question
if you're keeping it TPI you don't need 4 bolt mains. Being a GTA, it already has a 350 you can rebuild. Going with all new parts is unnecessarily expensive.
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From: Northern New Jersey
Car: 1988 Trans am GTA
Engine: corvette 350 swap
Transmission: t-5 swap
Axle/Gears: 3.27:1 borg warner 9-bolt w/ PBRs
Re: engine building question
I originally had a 305 in it but it blew so I'm starting from scratch. I dunno if I should buy a new block or a whole used engine.
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Joined: Jan 2003
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From: Northern New Jersey
Car: 1988 Trans am GTA
Engine: corvette 350 swap
Transmission: t-5 swap
Axle/Gears: 3.27:1 borg warner 9-bolt w/ PBRs
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Re: engine building question
You should be able to find an '87-up 350 without heads for $100-150, or a '96-up Vortec 350 for around $450-500, and start disassembling it.
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Re: engine building question
Do you want to keep it efi or are you going carb cause you can build a stout 350 for $2-$3k.
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