Show me where you can find a restored SS 350 that cheap.

Try more like $20-30,000.

Anyway, if you're going to do all those mods to it... why spend the money on a restored SS, when you could do the same with a plain Jane and make it into an SS clone?

 

what is a plain jane???

 

A "vanilla" Camaro is often referred to as a plain Jane. It means non-RS, non-SS, non-Z/28... just a base Camaro with a 230 six-cylinder or 327-210HP V8. Could come with an auto or stick, column or floor shifter... some even have deluxe interior and a vinyl top.

My kid's 67 std. coupe began life as a plain Jane. (see link in sig.)

 

It always amazes me, how those with the least knowlege are the first to get on here and start talking.

It's fine to be a fan of a particular manufacturer or engine combo. But making statements like this just ruins your credibility for the next time you post.

Read your history. I guess the 1969 SS conv. with a 350ci. that I purchased new in 1969 must really have been a 396.

Maybe, because the Trans Am rules restricted the size to 5L or 305ci. Again, if you haven't lived it, read some history! Chevy wanted to use the 350 up due to the ci. restrictions couldn't. Realizing they had the components "on the shelf", with the 327 block and 283 crank they went that route instead. Hot Rodders were doing this (building 301's) years before Chevy.

 

Man, I don't know why I'm justifying this with a reply, but I thought the 327/350 annoyance was over. Again, let's make fun of Mitsubishis and Suzukis instead.

 

Let us not forget that in 1967, the 350 was brand new for Chevrolet and at first was only available in the Camaro. The 327 (and 283) had been tested and run hard in Corvette some time by then.

Furthermore, because of the TransAM 305 cid restriction, Chevy was all prepared to run the 283 in it (the 1st prototype actually had a 283) until Vince Piggins suggested that by running a 283 crank in a 327 they could get 302 cid. The full race versions when further and messaged out the "street" 302's to 305 cid.

I think the basis of the whole argument of 327 vs. 350 started because someone suggested that someone else needed to get rid of their 327 and swap in a 350 for more power. The 327 guys chimed in and said that wasn't so, that a 327 could be just as/or more power as/than a 350.

In reality, I'm neither. I'm a keep it original fan myself. If you have an RS, SS or Z/28 with the original matching block, then I say do whatever you can to preserve that. (It'll increase the value in the long run.) Even if the original block is long gone, replacing it with a correct period block than close matches the original will still help preserve the value somewhat. However, it is your car, so if you want to swap that 302 "MO" block for a 415 cid Motown stroker... who am I to say you can't? (However, I will say you're nuts! )