Originally Posted by Barlow8869

seem to be out of any 1986 gm 350 car

Originally Posted by sofakingdom

Basically, random junk. Not worth worrying about what they are beyond that.

The block is the single most common 4" bore casting from about 69 to 80. Came in absolutely every imaginable 350 application from 160 HP Impala 2-bbl to Vettes to trucks to ... everything else. A few 327s and 302s as well. No need to "check" the bore; it's 4", plus whatever overbore.

Originally Posted by sofakingdom

Basically, random junk. Not worth worrying about what they are beyond that. The block is the single most common 4" bore casting from about 69 to 80. Came in absolutely every imaginable 350 application from 160 HP Impala 2-bbl to Vettes to trucks to ... everything else. A few 327s and 302s as well. No need to "check" the bore; it's 4", plus whatever overbore.

Originally Posted by sofakingdom

I don't understand... Guy asks what heads they are. I tell him. What do you suppose I should have said instead? So his heads are some kind of junk stock crap, and I'm willing to tell him THE TRUTH straight-up without any candy-coating; that makes me "king"? What are you anyway, some kind of an "alternate winner" all through school, and the idea that some things are not as good as some others, and some aren't any good AT ALL, bothers you somehow? It's a 350, that's almost certain. Doesn't make the slightest bit of difference where the block came from, because as "almost" certain as it being a 350, it's equally "almost" certain it's been rebuilt. And once you take the guts out of a block, it becomes exactly equal to all other such blocks, in terms of "lucky" and all that; the sheet metal (or fiberglass) that GM originally wrapped it in, becomes altogether irrelevant. You can take the mightiest "LT-1" block and stick a 442 cast crank in it, some Badger or similar "rebuilder" pistons, a 929 cam, and a pair of (or ... just, 2) random junk heads on it, and voilà! instant 70s 160 HP smogger turd. Or, take a block from the lowliest 74 G10 van 350 2-bbl, and put 14:1 domes in it, a pair of 220cc aftermarket heads, a solid roller cam, and get 650 HP out of it. In NO case does the provenance of the block have any effect whatsoever on the finished product. Its condition, the quality control in its machine work, and such as that, might; but "Vette" or "van" or "Nova" or whatever, no. Yes it's definitely better than having a 305. And of course, "running" and reliable transportation, is all good too. But also, definitely not as good as it could be. The first step in getting to that "goal" is, identifying what you've got. So what you've got is, a common 350 block (good as far as that goes), garbage heads (you know that they're NOT a foundation for a "competitive" engine) that are among the first things that need to go in the trash in your quest to improve your engine, no idea what pistons whoever rebuilt it put into it yet, no idea what cam is in it, and so forth. You know for sure though what at least SOME of your upgrade paths are.

Originally Posted by sofakingdom

I don't understand...

Guy asks what heads they are. I tell him. What do you suppose I should have said instead? So his heads are some kind of junk stock crap, and I'm willing to tell him THE TRUTH straight-up without any candy-coating; that makes me "king"? What are you anyway, some kind of an "alternate winner" all through school, and the idea that some things are not as good as some others, and some aren't any good AT ALL, bothers you somehow?

Originally Posted by Mrbanados

I've searched google and all I can find is 86 350, doesn't even say truck next to it. 1.94 1.6 valves I think but I'm not sure what they came off of?

Originally Posted by sofakingdom

Now... Mr B, right, you can do all the external sort of things; exhaust, drive train, paint job & interior, etc.; and just let the motor be, if it's reliable and gets you around. No need to just jump in and start spending money on something that's working, regardless of the excellence (or lack thereof) of the castings. Best way these days to come up with the best possible core, is to watch the boneyards for a 96-2000 truck motor, and do your buildup on that. Even if you don't want those specific heads (Vortec), you can always sell em. Meanwhile, that's a good way to get a roller block, with all the roller stuff still in it, and it'll have MODERN quality control instead of the death-of-the-US-auto-industry sloppiness of the 70s. I'd do that, a LONG time before I'd buy a whole "crate" motor, myself.

Originally Posted by sofakingdom

And Barlow, the fact that it's not your post and you just have to get your panties all in a wad and come in here trying to bust on somebody that's none of your business, just demonstrates that whole "alternate winner" mentality that goes in general with the Internet's liberal manufactured outrage machine.

I frankly don't give a rip what you think; I'm gonna tell THE TRUTH even if it hurts whiners like you.

Mr B, glad I could help. I'm sorry this other .... individual ... had to come in here and pollute your thread. I'll apologize FOR him, since he doesn't seem like the type that will man up and realize the error of his ways and apologize for himself. Those "alternate winner" types never do, it's always "somebody else's" fault anyway whenever they screw up and make a fool out of themselves. (mine in this case I'm sure)

Meanwhile, the heads look like ... C'mon Barlow, tell us HONESTLY, what do they look like to YOU?

Originally Posted by sofakingdom

Barlow!

Way to contribute helpfully to the OP's thirst for knowledge.

I'm still sorry ON YOUR BEHALF since you're still not willing to apologize in person after acting a jerk, and will continue to apologize FOR YOU, until such time as you become a man with a spine and realize that it's the right thing to do. Oh well. You can go right on ahead with your "righteous indignation" on somebody else's behalf pretending to be "offended" even though YOU'RE NOT, and be as much of the "alternate winner" that you are displaying yourself to be, as much as you like. Until you apologize both TO ME and TO THE PERSON WHOSE POST YOU FORNICATED, I really don't have anything more to offer you and therefore will just ignore you, but I'll be happy to help out the gentleman who wants to know what his engine parts are.

Originally Posted by redneckjoe

one fact is they're small valve, open chamber/low compression heads. they were made on june, 2, 1985. nothing fancy about them. run em til it blows up or you get something better, or sell them, but i would'nt put any money into them. wether or not somebody is a "dick" for calling them "junk", is outside the scope of my knowledge level at this point and time of reality, reconsiderations of the original question that was at hand by the original poster can only be answered by the one that asked the question, then received a possible answer that was straightforward and to the point, yet challenged about its integrity and usefulness to the here & now & future possibilities of being useful or of the possible rafifications of being such "junk", or blunt truthfulness to in all actuality be helpful in a non-evasive nature.