well, my motor finally Blew!....going to work this morning started knocking like crazy and oil pressure was almost at 0....dies at 180000 and about 100 hits 100hp NX...oh well!

I want to be able to use everything off my motor ...so Im thinking alls I need it a long block....

what do I get? .....I have no clue what Im looking for?...someone help me out...I dont enough money to go hog wild on this thing..

 

Watch the Classifieds here, Ebay, or your local Classifieds. You should be able to fine one relatively cheap.

I picked up a L98 Long Block for like $100 bucks a year ago. (~100k mi)

 

if I wanted to have a long block 355 built...would it need to be certain stuff to work with my TPI?...Im wanting to use all of my TPI stuff but just put it on top of a 355 motor......what would I have to tell the guy? certain cam, and heads..thats it? I am dumb when it comes to stuff like this...

 

that 355 will botton up to everything you got there. if i was you though i'd get some new heads,cam and or get them rework. 180k is a good amount of miles. you don't want them old parts to break that new block your getting. Maybe replace some of them hard to reach cheap sensors too. at least i would. I'd get trans rebuild at the same time. might cost money but you'll be happy that you took the safe route down the road
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im guessing this isnt a daily driver. if not i would save your money for a little bit and build a good engine once.

check out the forsale section on camaroz28.com for various lt1 guys selling their cams. if i hadnt have picked up my cc306 for so cheap i was looking for a 224/230 grind from combination motorsports. i was going to pair that with a set of either afr or patriot performance brand heads along with the lt1 intake.

the best thing to do is look for good deals. i got my cc306 for 125 bucks shipped. yes it has a little under 10k miles on it but with a roller cam that really doesnt matter. im expecting to pick up a good used set of pro mag rockers for under 200 bucks (found a set for 175 that had 300 miles on them but didnt have the cash) and whatever other used parts i can find.

when i rebuild the bottom end im going with a 355 much like you and did some quick parts searching a couple weekends ago with summit and had a completely forged bottom end with rings, forged pistons, and forged h beam rods for less than a grand.

the deals are there, if you have the time, find them and do the job once to save you down time and money later on.